Been looking for a solid brass, made in USA hose nozzle for a while now. Finally got one at a reasonable price. 50 cents. Thought was a good deal - until I saw what new ones go for. $35! Yikes!
Here it is before and after cleaning.

http://www.amazon.com/Hose-Nozzle-High-Pressure-Garden/dp/B00CVG681G

"until I saw what new ones go for. $35! Yikes!"

WOW!! I gotta find mine and save them now...

thats 2 for $35.oo or $17.38 each

but today, all brass items are gone coo-coo price-wise.

I misplaced my good brass hose nozzle last fall. I found it the other day when I mowed it over with the rider. It put a heck of a dent in my deck.

Lawn mowers are far more effective than metal detectors at finding metal objects lost in the lawn. I have found wrenches, 2 sledge hammers, a screwdriver, and several gardening tools that way...

Quote from: rusty on May 09, 2014, 02:54:10 PM
Lawn mowers are far more effective than metal detectors at finding metal objects lost in the lawn. I have found wrenches, 2 sledge hammers, a screwdriver, and several gardening tools that way...

lol Too funny!

Quote from: rusty on May 09, 2014, 02:54:10 PM
Lawn mowers are far more effective than metal detectors at finding metal objects lost in the lawn. I have found wrenches, 2 sledge hammers, a screwdriver, and several gardening tools that way...

Just as, inside the house, bare feet are far and away the most effective tools for finding things, whether sharp or icky (think cat hairballs for the latter).

Quote from: rusty on May 09, 2014, 02:54:10 PM
Lawn mowers are far more effective than metal detectors at finding metal objects lost in the lawn. I have found wrenches, 2 sledge hammers, a screwdriver, and several gardening tools that way...

I agree!  I have found chain, a sledge hammer head sprinkler heads etc...  I call the mowing devise my lawn mower chipper shredder.  It also has the power to bring rocks up from the subsoil to just above finished mowing height.

I take it this company Cascade is no longer in business, as I can't find anything on it. Anybody have any clues?

Cascade appears to be a brand name, trademarked, by Lakeshore Automatic Products, Inc

http://www.lakeshore-automatic.com/browse_product.php?fam_id=11

Do you need more than 100 ?

Thanks, rusty!

My collection of these is really tiny. Maybe 5 or so. I can't resist them, but I don't see very many.
Every one I have is different. Seems nobody copied each others patterns.
  I have taken a couple apart and remachined. Its not that easy, surprisingly.
They wear and won't stay closed after a short while's use. I think the original plan was to get you to buy one every year.   

Rob Brophy has many many more of these. He's been at it longer and has better yard sales!
   
 

Quote from: scottg on May 11, 2014, 11:15:28 AM
My collection of these is really tiny. Maybe 5 or so. I can't resist them, but I don't see very many.
Every one I have is different. Seems nobody copied each others patterns.
  I have taken a couple apart and remachined. Its not that easy, surprisingly.
They wear and won't stay closed after a short while's use. I think the original plan was to get you to buy one every year.   

Rob Brophy has many many more of these. He's been at it longer and has better yard sales!
   

Yeah, I've noticed throughout the years that these types of nozzles tend to wear fast and leak. Prolly the inside tube is very finely machined, and it doesn't take much dirt/grit/hard water minerals to mess it up and then it leaks.
But I've been stuck replacing newer pistol nozzles all the time, and was just looking for a solid older USA straight nozzle like this to supplement my growing set of USA made garden hose accessories.

Funny how for years I've overlooked stuff my parents and grandparents used - and then, out of the blue, I recall some flash from the past and start hunting for those things. Guess I'm just at that age, eh?

Hmmm... I remember these from  my distant youth.  My grandfather had three or so.  They always seemed, in my memory's eye, to work properly.  I liked them.  I still like them.  Wish I hadn't lost track of them -- those I find now don't work so well.

The most classic movie scene of all time is in the middle of Pleasantville.
Mr Jenkins the hardware man watering his lawn with a 3/4" real rubber garden hose and one of these.  About 75 psi pressure behind it. 
So casual, so powerful, so elegant


  Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup
They slither wildly as they slip away across the universe........
  Pools of sorrow, waves of joy are drifting through my opened mind
Possessing and caressing me

yours Scott