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Old 04-23-2014, 10:42 AM
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Rocky Whitaker's pics add evidence that coolie caps could have been produced in at least two separate waves, with the dividing line somewhere about '66-'68 or so. The two groups are...

(1) "cover the butt, secure with hex nut," and
(2) "pyramid pile, attack with a file" group.

The first group is cruder in appearence, but more "hand made" looking and perhaps more graceful. The second group is slick and professional looking, but a little soul-less, stamped-out looking, to me.

It remains to be seen if there was a moment in time that was a dividing line between these and when it occured, why, what exactly was the difference, and how they did it. There may have been no such division.

But, if enough examples are gathered, we may actually end up with three goupings because the more recent renditions seem definitly to have the countersunk "inverted tang" nuts. The ones shaped into a skull crusher point are an example.

Last edited by Jacknola; 04-23-2014 at 04:06 PM.
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