Kuulutus, milles müüakse jahipüssi ning kasutatakse kirjapilti “damasser”, millle vaste saksa keeles on “damaskus”. Kuupäevaks 14. september 1902 ehk mõni aasta enne seda kui Luts oma raamatuga alustas.
> Prior to the early 20th century, all shotgun barrels were forged by heating narrow strips of iron and steel and shaping them around a mandrel.[44][45] This process was referred to as “laminating” or “Damascus”.[44][45]
Ehk siis, haavlipüssi torusid valmistati väga räpakal meetodil – mitte tõmmates ega valades / puurides, vaid sepistades lamineeritud raua / terase kihte ümber šablooni (kuidas šabloon pärast kätte saadi, ärge küsige, aga oletan et välimist toru ruttu kuumutades ja kõva kolkimisega). Püstoli raudadest pole juttu, seega ei tea – aga võib-olla Tootsil oli tegelikult kärbik? 😛
> These types of barrels earned a reputation for weakness and were never meant to be used with modern smokeless powder, or any kind of moderately powerful explosive.[45] Because of the resemblance to Damascus steel, higher-end barrels were made by Belgian and British gun makers.[44][45] These barrels are proof marked and meant to be used with light pressure loads.[44]
Ehk siis, ärge seda kodus tehke, läheb üsna kergelt lõhki. 🙂
Kui ma Tamisier’i leiutise kohta Wikipediast loen, siis minul tekib mulje, et ta ei täiustanud mitte raua vaid kuuli ehitust. Paistab et varajaste vintrauaga relvade koonilise tipu ja silindrilise sabaga kuulid polnud õhus stabiilsed, kurrulise ja õõnsa sabaga kuulid lendasid paremini – just nagu rakett lendab stabiilselt, kui raskuskese asub eespool õhutakistuse keset.
> Compared to round shots, which offered a rather inefficient but symmetric and stable aerodynamic round profile, the aerodynamic stability of the cylindro-conical shot had been an issue in early rifled weapons of the type developed by Delvigne.[2] Through Tamisier’s method, the resistance of the air behind the center of gravity of the shot was increased, thereby increasing its stability.
A rifled muzzle loader? I guess such things existed but I would be quite skeptical about that theory, rifling and muzzle loading don’t really work so nicely together. As far as I know, muzzle loaders were generally smoothbore because it makes it so much easier to load.
Damascus steel is a dodgy term at best of times that can mean whatever the merchant wants it to mean, but often it’s used to refer to pattern welded steel, I have certainly seen old muzzleloaders made of such. But I don’t think it relevant, I find it contrary to Toots character for him to have any real metallurgical knowledge and recognize anything about steel he had in his hands. The context is more that Toots had heard Damascus steel is “good” and of course his pistol was the best and therefore must be made of the stuff.
“Raud” can easily mean any sort of ferrous material in Estonian vernacular, or even anything that looks similar. Referring to steel as “raud” is common as dirt even in modern language and certainly would have been back then.
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Selline mõte torkas pähe. Tõe eest ei vastuta, aga mõtlesin et võibolla siin kah kellelgi huvi asja vastu.
Panen siia väikese ekraanitõmmise:
[https://postimg.cc/sBwptNNc](https://postimg.cc/sBwptNNc)
Kuulutus, milles müüakse jahipüssi ning kasutatakse kirjapilti “damasser”, millle vaste saksa keeles on “damaskus”. Kuupäevaks 14. september 1902 ehk mõni aasta enne seda kui Luts oma raamatuga alustas.
[veel kaks kuulutust](https://photos.smugmug.com/Gun-Stuff/Baker/i-pp6PFtR/0/5f5be9e6/L/1904Clung%20-%20A%26B-L.jpg)
Vot ei tea, aga Wikipedia artikkel Damaskuse terase kohta ütleb, et seda kasutati ka õhukeste püssiraudade tootmisel.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus_steel#In_gunmaking
> Prior to the early 20th century, all shotgun barrels were forged by heating narrow strips of iron and steel and shaping them around a mandrel.[44][45] This process was referred to as “laminating” or “Damascus”.[44][45]
Ehk siis, haavlipüssi torusid valmistati väga räpakal meetodil – mitte tõmmates ega valades / puurides, vaid sepistades lamineeritud raua / terase kihte ümber šablooni (kuidas šabloon pärast kätte saadi, ärge küsige, aga oletan et välimist toru ruttu kuumutades ja kõva kolkimisega). Püstoli raudadest pole juttu, seega ei tea – aga võib-olla Tootsil oli tegelikult kärbik? 😛
> These types of barrels earned a reputation for weakness and were never meant to be used with modern smokeless powder, or any kind of moderately powerful explosive.[45] Because of the resemblance to Damascus steel, higher-end barrels were made by Belgian and British gun makers.[44][45] These barrels are proof marked and meant to be used with light pressure loads.[44]
Ehk siis, ärge seda kodus tehke, läheb üsna kergelt lõhki. 🙂
Kui ma Tamisier’i leiutise kohta Wikipediast loen, siis minul tekib mulje, et ta ei täiustanud mitte raua vaid kuuli ehitust. Paistab et varajaste vintrauaga relvade koonilise tipu ja silindrilise sabaga kuulid polnud õhus stabiilsed, kurrulise ja õõnsa sabaga kuulid lendasid paremini – just nagu rakett lendab stabiilselt, kui raskuskese asub eespool õhutakistuse keset.
> Compared to round shots, which offered a rather inefficient but symmetric and stable aerodynamic round profile, the aerodynamic stability of the cylindro-conical shot had been an issue in early rifled weapons of the type developed by Delvigne.[2] Through Tamisier’s method, the resistance of the air behind the center of gravity of the shot was increased, thereby increasing its stability.
A rifled muzzle loader? I guess such things existed but I would be quite skeptical about that theory, rifling and muzzle loading don’t really work so nicely together. As far as I know, muzzle loaders were generally smoothbore because it makes it so much easier to load.
Damascus steel is a dodgy term at best of times that can mean whatever the merchant wants it to mean, but often it’s used to refer to pattern welded steel, I have certainly seen old muzzleloaders made of such. But I don’t think it relevant, I find it contrary to Toots character for him to have any real metallurgical knowledge and recognize anything about steel he had in his hands. The context is more that Toots had heard Damascus steel is “good” and of course his pistol was the best and therefore must be made of the stuff.
“Raud” can easily mean any sort of ferrous material in Estonian vernacular, or even anything that looks similar. Referring to steel as “raud” is common as dirt even in modern language and certainly would have been back then.