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Message no. 1
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Allergies (was Re: Astral Sight)
Date: Thu, 1 May 1997 11:39:26 +0100
Tim P Cooper said on 22:34/30 Apr 97...

> > So what happens if the guy's allergic to ferrous metals, ie iron,
> >steel, etc? Bone lacing's safe, but what about things like razors? or
> >spurs? :)
>
> Who said they had to be metal? I hear they can do wonderous things with
> ceramics and carbon fiber now, let alone 2057.... also what about simply
> sheathing them in something safe?

Don't forget that "metal" is not the same as "iron." You could very
well
make hand razors out of titanium, which doesn't contain iron (unlike
steel, which can contain anything from about 60% to 99% iron). Such metals
wouldn't trigger the allergic reaction.

It could be asking for disaster, though. Sort of like wearing a plastic
raincoat over your other clothes when you have a plastic allergy (if
it's not touching your skin anywhere, it should be fine), and then getting
a load of buckshot fired into you...

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