The Rarest of ALL Mags ( I don't even have one)

[Dryden]

Wow, a few questions, then. About what year might this have been? Are the velocity nuts SS or were those Ti too? Would a Ti valve be more or less resistant to scratching?

If you scratch a SS Classic valve, such as what you see a lot around the air inlet where it's been gouged with a wrench, the scratches are yellow/gold in color. Would a Ti valve not show the same thing?

[aqua_scummm]

It don't work.

i posted it before it finished uploading, you were just too quick

[mag_lover05]

i need a mag that field rental one looks nice...


i wish i had a Ti valve. lol

[tech-chan]

Sorry.

[custar]

Is that valve only or valve + regulator? If the former, there may be some telltale differences in coloration. Unless some heathen used an ANS regulator or similar.

custar

[SummaryJudgement]

Pictures comparing a 68automag Field Rental Valve to a Titanium Spork, with polished and rough areas:
http://www.threehundredfps.com/images/magspork

A titanium spork!? That's awsome......what, was it designed for the moon or something?

[White Wolf]

Tom have you contacted Oh Pawluk, I remember going in his store in 97-98 and him having just got back form some tourney and was showing of his Ti valve. This one was one of the "getting through Austrailian customs {pump} mags"

[FiXeL]

Were the titanium valves really impossible to distinguish from the normal ones? Is there anything different about them other than the weight?

Yeah, there are ways but these will damage the parts:

- Grind it - Stainless gives dark orange sparks, Ti gives white sparks
- Heat it - Ti gives a very colorfull oxidation into the blue and purple when heated, Stainless goes only to orange at best.

Other than that it would be very hard to distinguish (sp) them because colors look very alike.

Tom, you really started a quest:

Tom Kaye and the Quest for the titanium valves (great movie title, Lupin III anyone?)

Just kidding, it will be really hard to find those out of 90.000 mags produced, not all those owners are checking AO on a regular basis. It will be a real find and make a regular mag a real collectors item.

[Niox]

May just be the light but I think I have a contender, the 2 serials are CF04433.

I don't know whether it is a titanium one or what, probably isn't, if I get some good quality shots up could someone tell?

[mag_lover05]

rub them against a glass cup...if it marks the glass like a crayon its titanium...if it doesnt mark it at all...it isnt.


supposedly...from a few posts up

[Niox]

No mark ah well, best of luck with your search Tom.

[flyboy]

If regular valves are stainless then they should have some magnetic properties. Titanium won't.

[CaliMagFan]

Pictures comparing a 68automag Field Rental Valve to a Titanium Spork, with polished and rough areas:
http://www.threehundredfps.com/images/magspork

ah yes, the REI Ti spork. i love mine, I think lighter than the Snowpeak by a couple of grams.. go light, go well.

[Niox]

I can't get any magnets to stick to the valve or the powertube, they only stick to the spirng, bolt or rear velocity adjuster screws. Shame the serials are way out of range...

I can see half of AO go to stick magnets on their valves now.

[Dryden]

If you mail me your valves I'll weigh them for you.

If you get the valve back it's stainless steel, if you don't get it back it was titanium.