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Eadric Anstapa wrote:
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Vyolante de Oporto wrote:
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<div>And thank you for your post it was very insightful, but got
another qeustion for you. I ran acrost what I think is the current sca
missile combat book and it said that thrown objects could use schedule
40 pvc pipe...... is that a siloflex equiv or did I read something
wrong? </div>
<div>**its to early for this kind of confusion**</div>
<div>Vy<br>
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Dang-it. There was part of your question I neglected to answer. NO
Sched 40 PVC is NOT a Siloflex equivalent.<br>
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The best explanation of what a siloflex equivalent is can be found here:<br>
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href="http://www.sca.org/officers/marshal/combat/archery/siloflex_equivalent.pdf">http://www.sca.org/officers/marshal/combat/archery/siloflex_equivalent.pdf</a><br>
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The short form as found in the Marshals Handbook says :<br>
<font color="#3333ff"><i><b>Siloflex equivalent: </b> other tubing or
pipe, typically made for drinking water applications, made from <br>
polyethylene resins with the ASTM classification of PE 3408 and
produced to the ASTM D2239 <br>
standard. The material should have a minimum of ¼ inch (6.35mm) wall
thickness and an outer <br>
diameter of at least 1¼ inch (31.8mm) for use as a skin over rattan for
a single-handed sword or the <br>
outer surface of a throwing weapon, or an outer diameter of 1 inch
(25.4mm) for use as the inner layer <br>
of a throwing weapon. </i></font><br>
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PVC is pipe made from Poly Vinyl Chloride and can get brittle and
break with sharp edges.<br>
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Siloflex equivalents are made from PE or Poly Ethylene is softer (but
not floppy at the wall thicknesses we use), not brittle at any
temperatures we will find on our battlefields, and wont break with
sharp edges.<br>
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Regards,<br>
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-EA<br>
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