I completely understand about the FG.
It is nasty work.
BTW, It wasn't the "THC/Top Hat and Cane", that made me forget about your shells.
I am just kind of lame.
Did you say you have a date stamp in a Bass Drum?
Not a Blaemire I presume?
I have never seen a date stamp or mark on any of Allen's shells.
They would have been cool though.