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Got some new ones from a buddy at PGI including a mew Bullseue from Lew's, two new Animal Series, from Grand Patriot, The Brick from Monster Fwks, Thunder Btick from Brooklyn Fwks, Eagle Brnd,...

Thanks. Was this a firecracker label? What does logo say? Can't quite tell.

Anyone check out the Indian reservations in WA for new brands?

Found two new logos, Miracle and Rocket Mania. Watercrackers and tube salutes. No braided crackers found.

Heard about these so far:

Sky Painter
Brookland Fireworks
Major League Pyro
Sky King (old logo with new artwork)

The season is here, so get out there and scour the stands, tents, and stores...

It all has to do with safety, transportation, and storage regulations as they effect commerce. You can make or possess any firework, cartridge, or flammable device you wish as long as you don't offer...

Have seen quite a few old crackers, both collecible ones and shooters on July 4th Auctions.

If you see any new brands in the tents, stores, and stands, snap a pic and post here.

I still buy them for collecting only. Like to save a brick label and a small pack of each. they haven't been worth shooting for almost 50 years now after the 2-grainers bit the dust. CPSC would have...

Nope. Monster chlorate-based salutes were common well before Hitt invented flashpowder right after WWI. Cannon crackers were made for toy cannons. Pistol crackers were made for toy pistole.
Just in...

I'd like a few boxes of 14" from Butler Brothers.

And good to keep them cool also, like the ammunition makers recommend.

Got some crackers made in Taiwan pre-1857 and they still go bang.
Was the railroads that started the restrictions, not against the public, but for the industry.
Too many cases of torpedoes going...

The brand came out during the Korean War. 1952 I believe. The 'rough cat' label was used on 1-5/8 and 1-11/16". All cello wrapped I believe. Slightly later, the 'semi smooth' or 'notched ear' label...

Thanks. You explained the 'gray area' perfectly. They are concerned about use and transfer (as is DOT), and possession of explosives or related materials and devices in or potentially in illegal...

This is a gray area for so many regulatory agencies. All sorts of products were made before they imposed tens of thousands of rules on transport, storage, and use of so many items formerly and...

Yeah Dr. Lai mentioned that in his book. Chinese also tried all sorts of additions to black powder over the years. Have some very old One Thousand Blessings crackers from Taiwan that I can clearly...

Always looking for trades or buys

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I think the first PGI 'supersstrings' sort of evolved from individual members just hanging and shooting long strings and rolls of 2-grain crackers. Possibly some ICC's in the earliest conventions in...

Have an old Hitt's printblock on eBay now that shows their famous
Flashcracka and the patent number. Also a block that shows their famous "Regular fellas" on their salute boxes.

The really big (up to 14") domestic salutes were not flashpowder. Just plain chlorate/sulfur/charcoal stuff.

The Chinese for centuries tried adding various chemicals to their basic blackpowder...

pre-1950 Zebras, the King of Crackers. Tube and round salutes are merely crude noisemakers.

Could be bulk crackers sent to Macau for braiding and packaging, as actual production there was in decline. Some companies actually removed labels from packs made in the PRC and replaced them with...

I should elaborate a bit more here. In his book on the Taipa firecracker trade, Dr. Lai mentioned 'flashpowder fuses' when describing the addition of potassium dichromate to make fuses faster...