Made a little mistake

[Webster]

I tried to open an air-tite capsule supplied by SovereignSteve with a knife , I carefully pried it open until I heard a creaking sound, and proceeded to open with my fingers. I seemed to have made a small dent int the plastic on the rim. Will this seriously affect the seal??

[pho]

no

[ChrisSilver]

The trick is to prise open one area slightly and then move all he way around the circumference prising open slightly, once you get the the beginning you go around again prising open a bit more, that way it all happens relatively evenly and you won't break the capsule.

 

[Webster]

Managed to do it well the next few times!  will this one be letting air now (damaged one)?

[sovereignsteve]

C'mon lad, you're a physicist. You have it in hand, you should be able to suss out whether it will be airtite or not!

[Roy]

When you next have it in hand, put down the knife! 

[Webster]

11 hours ago, sovereignsteve said:

C'mon lad, you're a physicist. You have it in hand, you should be able to suss out whether it will be airtite or not!

Haha I'm not good at these things!   I have no experience with the AirTites where the seal actually is located. I'm guessing it where the face of the lid meet the lip of a lower part, that was why I was worried as if there is a tiny gap then the air couple maybe deep through

 

11 hours ago, Roy said:

When you next have it in hand, put down the knife! 

I will do, don't want to poke my eye out xD or do you mean stop using the knife to open AirTites completely?

[sovereignsteve]

19 minutes ago, Webster said:

Haha I'm not good at these things!   I have no experience with the AirTites where the seal actually is located. I'm guessing it where the face of the lid meet the lip of a lower part, that was why I was worried as if there is a tiny gap then the air couple maybe deep through

Don't overthink things. The seal is no more exciting than a tight interference fit between the rims of each half.

I wouldn't worry too much about a perfect ait-tight seal though; the early perth caps had a couple of gaps round the edges to facilitate opening using your finger nails. They did OK.

[Webster]

Cheers pal:) just managed to grab myself 198g of pre 1947 silver for 25 quid , it was listed and instantly bought haha by chance I went on eBay haha!

i was thinking of sorting out the good condition ones into tubes can anyone recommend tunes which can for 3 pence, 6 pence, shilling , florin, half crown etc?

[sovereignsteve]

Any collectable ones, keep in flips or similar. Others, chuck together in a bag.