...and I got this from them today:
Dear Sirs,
We should be pleased to supply you with our grenades but we regret having to inform you we are unable to satisfy your request as no courier is willing to transport fire crackers, which are needed to trigger our grenades.
We are therefore enclosing the fire cracker technical details, so that you may have the opportunity to find it in your country.
TECHNICAL DETAILS - pyrotechnic toy named PIRATOC
It is made up of a cartboard cilinder whose external diameter is mm 8.5, its internal diameter is mm 6 and its lenght is mm 73. This cilinder is closed by a cartboard cork (explosion mm 60 from the top), and opposite to the cork there is the start-up friction button. It has a not less than four seconds delayed explosion.
In it there are the following pyrotechnic mixtures :
1) gr. 0.5 di explosion mixture made of:
- Barium nitrate
- Aluminium powder
2) gr. 0. 4 delaying explosion mixture:
- Barium nitrate
- Sulfur (free from acids)
- Wood coal
- Shellac
- Granulated mixture made of:
- Potassium nitrate
- Sulfur (free from acids)
- Wood coal
3) gr. 0.1 friction ignition mixture made of:
- Potassium clorate
- Potassium nitrate
- Zinc oxide
- Potassium bicromate
- Shellac
- Arabic gum (non-acid glue)
In Italy, the distributor is Ditta Viviano s.n.c.,
S. Angelo di Mercato S. Severino (Salerno).
If you think it would be possible for you to find this kind of fire cracker somewhere in you area, please contact us again and we will give you all details required for a potential order.
Kind regards,
Stefano Morandi - Pensieri di Leonardo S.r.l.