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I was browsing through Kickstarter today and came across one I found particularly interesting.
It's a roll of moldable plastic that has high tensile strength and abrasion resistance.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/braeon/braeon-worlds-strongest-and-most-adaptable-materia?ref=category
My immediate thought was to have this in a first aid kit as an emergency splint. Using it for handle wraps is another idea, you can see a Buck wrapped with it on their page.
I have a fair amount of skepticism, though. How many times can it be heated and remolded before it begins to deteriorate? Is there a threshold of heat to where it begins to break down? (Holding an open flame to it, for example. I saw he had a lighter to it in the video, but it's still concerning.) Molding at 140 degrees F is a fairly low point. Does it begin to lose some of it's strength in the upper 80's-90's temperature range?
With these doubts I have, I'm still going to back it and test it out. I thought you all might be interested in seeing it too, given it's potential bushcraft and general use.
Thoughts?
It's a roll of moldable plastic that has high tensile strength and abrasion resistance.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/braeon/braeon-worlds-strongest-and-most-adaptable-materia?ref=category
My immediate thought was to have this in a first aid kit as an emergency splint. Using it for handle wraps is another idea, you can see a Buck wrapped with it on their page.
I have a fair amount of skepticism, though. How many times can it be heated and remolded before it begins to deteriorate? Is there a threshold of heat to where it begins to break down? (Holding an open flame to it, for example. I saw he had a lighter to it in the video, but it's still concerning.) Molding at 140 degrees F is a fairly low point. Does it begin to lose some of it's strength in the upper 80's-90's temperature range?
With these doubts I have, I'm still going to back it and test it out. I thought you all might be interested in seeing it too, given it's potential bushcraft and general use.
Thoughts?
