Antique crown capper

[lxwitt]

Has anyone seen this style of capper? Any ideas on who makes it, how old it is, value etc? TIA.

 

[Biggz1313]

Wow, I have an old antique capper that I use that was in my Aunt's barn, and it looks nothing like that. That think looks super heavy duty. I'm very curious to know more about that thing.

 

[lxwitt]

Wow, I have an old antique capper that I use that was in my Aunt's barn, and it looks nothing like that. That think looks super heavy duty. I'm very curious to know more about that thing.

someone on a Facebook group unrelated to home brewing posted it so I thought I’d help with some digging. If it’s for sale I might consider. I’m so tired of those handheld wing cappers. They only last about one batch. What I need is some solid cast iron.

 

[Biggz1313]

Judging by the build of that thing, it makes me feel like capping 50 bottles of beer would take very little effort and with another person helping, go extremely fast.

 

[Snuffy]

Looks like you could use it to re-sole shoes when you’re not capping.

 

[mashpaddled]

someone on a Facebook group unrelated to home brewing posted it so I thought I’d help with some digging. If it’s for sale I might consider. I’m so tired of those handheld wing cappers. They only last about one batch. What I need is some solid cast iron.

I have a wing capper from when I started brewing in 2009 that still works just fine. I've bottled a lot of beer with it. What are you doing to wear yours down so fast?

 

[lxwitt]

Looks like you could use it to re-sole shoes when you’re not capping.

And those shoes would last five lifetimes.

 

[lxwitt]

I have a wing capper from when I started brewing in 2009 that still works just fine. I've bottled a lot of beer with it. What are you doing to wear yours down so fast?

Nothing outside of the recommended use. I had a wing capper when I first started and it worked fine. Then gave it to a friend when I moved to keg. Maybe I’ve just had bad luck but the handles always go a bit floppy after a couple batches. I’ve gone table top now. Less moving parts.

 

[Beermeister32]

Looks like you could use it to re-sole shoes when you’re not capping.

Looks like it would be handy for riveting brake shoes too!