[Ansteorra] Shattering Kydex?

[Tom Kyle]

In my experience, Kydex shatters when you get it to hot during the shaping
process.

On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 6:06 PM, Adam Edwards <wilim.penbras at pandora.org>wrote:

> Well, I don't wear a lot of Kydex but I AM currently in the Farthest
> Northern Region of the East Kingdom and just about everyone here has at
> least one piece of armor made out of Kydex.  No rumors, scuttlebutt or
> anything remotely similar to Kydex cracking due to cold weather.  BUT on the
> other hand when I was home, in Ansteorra, I did have a pair of Kydex half
> gauntlets shatter on me in the Ravine at Gulf War.
>
> Still I'd be happy to ask on the local list here in Ruantallan to see if
> there have been any complaints.
>
> Wilim
>
> Pat McGregor wrote:
>
>> Gentles, a side question, purely practical --
>>
>> --- On Tue, 6/8/10, chuck.graves at faa.gov <chuck.graves at faa.gov> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> As for covering kydex with leather, you might look at some
>>> of the pieces of cuir boilli...which is what you are approximating.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Hae you experienced the problem where these pieces, covered in leather or
>> not, shatter if they've been in freezing weather and are still cold -- say
>> out in one's car overnight -- and then dropped or otherwise handled roughly?
>>
>> siobhan m.
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