[Ansteorra] siloflex swords

Stefan li Rous StefanliRous at austin.rr.com
Sat Feb 9 19:41:29 PST 2008


On Feb 9, 2008, at 8:07 PM, Sir Morgan Buchanan wrote:

> Siloflex is a polymer tubing material which can be purchased at a  
> variety of
> places like home improvement or plumbing supply, as I understand  
> it.  It
> doesn't substitute for rattan, but is used to enhance rattan.  One  
> takes a
> core of rattan and drives it into a siloflex tube.  The hard(er)  
> polymer
> tube keeps the rattan healthy longer, or so the theory goes.

Thanks for yours and others comments so far. Rattan weapons need to  
be covered with duct tape. Does this siloflex/rattan sandwich still  
need to be wrapped in duct tape, or does the siloflex replace the  
duct tape?

Thanks,
   Stefan
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