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Steintod Gas Pistol
I have a Steintod pistol from the late 19th century that I'm going to try to sell on GB. It has a little surface rust but not much. Should I try to Flitz/polish the rust off, or is it worth more with the "patina" of years? What says the here accumulated wisdom?
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I've never heard of such a gun. How does it work? Can you post a picture?
I think collectors would ask that you leave it alone. If they want it cleaned up they may prefer to do it themselves.
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I'll post pics later. This is a single shot (detachable barrel) self defense pistol manufactered in Germany before WW1. It fired a 12mm gas cartrifdge containing irritating tobacco "gas".
sent from my phone 'cause I'm too lazy to walk to the laptop..
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It's "scheintod" and means "the appearance of death". They're an interesting group of self-defense items. Kindofan early version of our current pepper spray. Some shot pepper and others tear gas of sorts.
I've never heard of one with "knock-out" gas.......
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I'd really like to see pictures of that. Who knew?
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Mine is a single shot. Any other opinions on cleaning?
sent from my phone 'cause I'm too lazy to walk to the laptop..
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OK, the obligatory bad cell phone pics:
in the third pic, you can see the detent for barrel removal.
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