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(05-08-2018, 10:12 AM)Limey Pete Wrote: Al Capone had syphilis not alkysimers.
I heard the same thing
Titanium is pretty interesting..............
"Titanium is the ninth-most abundant element in Earth's crust (0.63% by mass) and the seventh-most abundant metal."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanium
Light weight cutlery is one of the least demanding applications IMO and unlike plastic not normally day glow orange so easier to misplace in long grass ............... there are arguments both ways.
This was true of aluminium in the past........
"The currently known processes for extracting titanium from its various ores are laborious and costly"
As these get scrapped it should get cheaper
"The former Soviet Union developed techniques for making submarines with hulls of titanium alloys forging titanium in huge vacuum tubes."
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Hey titanium is not that expensive, only $7:50 to $20 for sheet titanium for a kilo.
These items for outdoor use should be cheaper.
$50 for a 4.5 ounce titanium kettle! It should be cheaper!
It is 35.27 ounces to a kilo.
So it is $2.55 for 4.4 ounces even if they pay top price of $20 a kilo of titanium.
Add on the manufacturing costs and over heads, which for aluminium is about $10, and the price of a titanium kettle should be $12.55.
NOT $50
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(05-09-2018, 08:43 AM)Limey Pete Wrote: ............ a titanium kettle should be $12.55.
NOT $50
Marketing I guess Pete
Low volume sales at high markup rather than high volume sales at low markup.
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The CDT passes within a mile of my house. I am planning a trek now. But my ears are not long enough to carry a pack. So I will be riding one mule and packing another.
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(05-17-2018, 07:46 PM)muleskinner Wrote: The CDT passes within a mile of my house. I am planning a trek now. But my ears are not long enough to carry a pack. So I will be riding one mule and packing another.
Muleskinner
Ha! Good one... Please take some pics so we can all enjoy the trip, too.
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