Cork...

Posted by Fall Guy from pool0231.cvx19-bradley.dialup.earthlink.net on August 02, 2001 at 00:50:29:

In Reply to: It's gotta be pith posted by Scranton on August 01, 2001 at 22:39:47:

.. is often used in shoes. Especially in those dreadful Birkenstock sandals.
Cork is a first-rate insulator and is also used as an environmentally friendly filler material in construction. Old corks from wine bottles are ground up and... need I go on? ;)
Anyway, a light cork helmet should make an excellent lid in high temps. Maybe you could make a cork fedora? Use finely ground cork (throw the corks in a blender), mix with a putty (how about that Micro Ballon stuff they sell as an extremely light filler for balsa wood. It can easily be sanded and painted!).
That's crazy, you say? I think not! ;)
FG

: I looked up pith in the dictionary "soft spongy tissue in the center of certain plant stems" - cork- about a half inch thick. The tag on the old hat says "polo helmet"- Must be protection from polo balls and mallets. Were they adapted from adventure to polo or visa-versa? Here's what the modern ones look like...
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Follow Ups:

• I tried cork!.. Scranton 02:38:20 8/02/2001 (3)
  • You... did... ? Fall Guy 05:07:55 8/02/2001 (2)
    • Enough! You guys are pithing me off!!! :) Sean 07:22:51 8/02/2001 (1)
      • Put a cork in! Mwahahahahaha! ;) (nm) Fall Guy 13:49:53 8/02/2001 (0)

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