L4R3L2 wrote:I want to clarify that I was just kidding. I get a warm feeling inside when I see these old safes preserved. Thankyou for finding it a good home. It's gorgeous, original paint and all!
Also, I'm not certain, but the alloys used in the cannonball safes may make them unrecyclable anyhow. I know that is the case for old, concrete filled fire safes, and this may be why we see so many of them still available compared to the iron and steel burglary resistive safes of old.
A lot of the old cannon ball safes were made out of manganese steel. Some mfg's even touted it on their labeling. Manganese steel is extremely hard to machine which makes it tough to recycle.
I remember one time a cannon ball safe was needed to be torched open because SOMEBODY made a boo boo (not me). Took quite awhile and several torch tips. The steel seems to get harder as you heat it which was a good feature sometimes....
