[at-l] Poles

[rerunner@xxxxxxxxx (rerunner@xxxxxxxxx)]

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>>>"Work much better that Plastidip for the same price."<<<

Perhaps true, given the larger diameter footprint of the Komperdell tip,
compared to my fuel-hose tips, until they fall off and are
lost...Komperdell tips dipped in Plastidip would probably hang around a
awhile. Sierra Outlet is out of tips at the moment,
http://www.vstore.com/cgi-bin/pagegen/vstorecamping/sierraoutlet/page.html?mode=home&file=/page/home/home.spl
but http://www.sierratradingpost.com/ has pairs of tips for
US$4.95+$4.50 (S&H), and the shipping fee is good for up to a $30.00
purchase, which is too hard to resist, so tips cost 25.05+4.95+4.50=
$34.50 (with the bonus stuff I "needed" anyway) and Plastidip and fuel
line costs $8.00+$3.00+$1.00= $12.00....Even cheaper would be to make a
little Komperdell tip-shaped slip-mold, stick the pole tip in it, and
fill it with http://www.hardwoodint.com/3m52maradsea.html
This stuff is "tough"! And the copyright infringement would mean more
lawyers could afford to hike!

Alex

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Reply-To: <lparker@cacaphony.net>
From: "L. Parker" <lparker@cacaphony.net>
To: <rerunner@webtv.net>
Cc: "AT-L List (E-mail)" <at-l@backcountry.net>
Subject: Re: [at-l] Poles
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 17:22:30 -0600
Importance: Normal

Sierra Outlet usually has Komperdell Walking tips in stock for only a few
dollars. They fit almost all ski poles and hiking poles. Work much better
that Plastidip for the same price.

Lee I Joe

<rerunner@webtv.net> wrote in message
news:<mailman.1042321010.72608.at-l@mailman.backcountry.net>...
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> If a permanent semi-flexible rubberized coating is desired, Plastidip
> will work. I took some heavy-walled fuel hose that was a very tight fit
> on the end of my surplus $2 ski-poles, got about an inch of the pole tip
> jammed in the hose, with a quarter inch of the hose extending beyond the
> tip end, and dipped the pole end in red Plastidip. It's fun to go to the
> marine-supply store: "I need a foot of A1-317 Fuel line for my
> ski-poles, please."
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> Alex
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