Covering patch box

[sarcasmn]

I have an older TC hawken I just found and am planning to fix up a bit. I am not a fan of brass furniture and plan to replace most with iron. Any ideas for the patch box? I am thinking of filling in the hole and maybe cover the whole thing with a wood inlay or maybe an iron patch box. Any ideas out there, nice things others have done in the past.

 

[hawkeye2]

In my opinion a wood inlay would look out of place. If you get a Track of the Wolf catalog you will see full size photos of patchboxes that you can copy and cut out to see if they will cover the existing inlet. Did I see in another post that you were going to replace some of the hardware with iron? An iron patchbox would be a good match. If I remember many years ago there was a group of iron parts available for the TC that were a drop in replacement for the brass. By the way that carry handle might be handy but it ought to go. :grin:

 

[sarcasmn]

That is the condition it came in. I plan to put some simple iron sights on her so she can be seen in public with some dignity

 

[Vaino]

Use the brass Pbox as a template and make one out of steel.....Fred

 

[bubba.50]

how about some really thin steel shim stock cut to fit & epoxied or soldered on? then ya could brown or blue to match the other furniture.

 

[hawkeye2]

Duhh.....I shoulda thought of that!

 

[Bruce Bogart]

Lert me look I may have a "handmade" steel patchbox that fits that inlet. It may take a bit of work to make it operable. I'll look to see if I Have a picture of it handy.

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[Col. Batguano]

Have you thought of blackening the brass instead of making a whole new part?