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On 3 Nov 2017 14:23:23 GMT, notbob > wrote:

>On 2017-11-03, > wrote:
>
>> I heard them saying it was the lever, plastic now, not metal. Don't
>> know what make mine is but only the hose is rubber as opposed to
>> metal.
>
>If it has a rubber hose and zero squeezable handle --looks like it
>would stand, upside-down-- and is made of brass, it's a soda/acid
>extinguisher and is probably dry. If it has a squeezable metal
>handle, a hose, and what looks like a bicycle tire filler stem near
>the handle and works right-side-up, it's a jes a pressurized water
>extinguisher. Either way, you should ask at a reputable antique
>dealer and perhaps get some "real" money, as those are some seriously
>collectible extinguishers. "Collectable" is about all they are good
>for, as they are painfully obsolete.
>
><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_extinguisher> ...."History" pics
>3 & 4 and "Water types", pics 2 & 3.
>
>Kidde's extinguishers are cheap junk (A,B,C dry agent), but they are
>"cheap" affordable junk and will do the job ....if in working
>condition!
>
>nb --ex fireman (USAF)

Mine is a Garrison, all the bits on top are metal and it looks pretty
much like the one at the top right. Highly unlikely I will have a fire
but best prepared.