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- From: bq434@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Michael A. Chance)
- Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
- Subject: Re: Rattan Swords - Looks great, less tape!
- Date: 30 Dec 1992 19:57:46 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- Message-ID: <1hsuvqINNpuo@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>
- References: <1992Dec29.234455.9796@ac.dal.ca> <graham.725433332@eqsun5>
- Reply-To: bq434@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Michael A. Chance)
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- In a previous article, sinister@ac.dal.ca () says:
-
- >In article <graham.725433332@eqsun5>, graham@Civil.Concordia.CA (Graham to my friends) writes:
- >> ........................ I would say that probably the
- >> original impetus was to make the swords -silver- with duct tape and thereby
- >> look like metal (if you squint real hard in the sunset with the sun shining
- >> into your eyes you might be fooled.) ..........
- >
- > Well, if it once was, it isn't now. I thought I had a great idea,
- >shortly after I made my first stick. I discovered ALUMINUM duct-tape...
- >Structural integrity AND great-looking sword, too!
- > Except that it seems to fall under the provision of "offensive steel"
- >within the eric. So much for looks.... back to the well chewed, drab grey
- >duct tape we all know and love.
-
- I have seen, on rare occassions, *silver* (not gun metal gray) cloth
- duct tape. It is not metallic, merely metallic-looking. However, I've
- not been able to track down a source for it, or even a manufacturer's
- name and/or address. If anyone knows where such might be had, please
- post!
-
- Mikjal Annarbjorn
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- Michael A. Chance St. Louis, Missouri, USA "At play in the fields
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