kootenay joe wrote: ↑Sun Nov 03, 2019 6:27 pm
Very neat to learn of Fostarene. Bonite shrinks a little but does not seem to break down in any way. Does this fit with properties of Fostarene ?
It was Albert Baer who lobbied Dupont to create a knife handle material that was stable, could be milled, zero shrinkage, etc.
In other words the Perfect knife handle material that had none of the problems that all previous synthetics had. Quite an achievement really.
Delrin i read, cost Dupont 4 million to develop which was big money in 1950's.
Spamhaus blocking members here has happened to me many times, then after a few days it's gone and i can post again.
Happens to others as well.
Should be possible to make Spamhaus leave members alone with a little programming.
kj
Thanks for that KJ it was starting to make me not want to post anything because people would take their valuable time too respond and then it would appear as though I were ignoring them..also I spent hours both trying to figure out what was wrong..and trying too contact them ( spamhaus) , for someone my age its very hard too understand how a legitimate business can not be contacted by phone ..but it says so right on their site!! And I'm so computer illiterate that it makes it very difficult....anyway both sorry and glad i'm not the only one...
Also thank you for the destinction on the Bonite
And the insight into Derlin.. the stuff is truly amazing ! I have a schrade 127 uh that I found with my metal detector buried on our property it was about 3 inches deep under the soil...the main spring had rusted so bad that it had slightly deformed the liners...after research this knife had belonged to one of my contractors(a Friend) workers that built our house..that meant it had been exposed too the elements for 15 years!! I cleaned it and got it working again..polished it up and tell people the story even though the main spring is severely rusted and the Stainless blade has some pitting..the derlin is discolored and the uncle henry shield is almost unreadable the knife still functions as intended..it reinforces my reasons for collecting schrade ( everyman knife)