At 08:40 PM 11/24/97 +0000, David wrote: >Are you sure it is soapstone in the holder? I've seen those >before and it wasn't soapstone...Don't know exactly what it was. Yes... it's quite definitly soapstone. As a test you can scrape a little off with a fingernail and rub it between your thumb and a finger. If it's soapstone it will scrape easily and will be very slippery. There ARE similar things which aren't soapstone or perhaps a very poor quality of it, though. If you scape a bit of it and rub it between your fingers you'll know as it feels a bit greasy and not very slippery. >Microfine teflon IMHO is superior to anything I've tried >including soapstone. I agree, but it's also expensive, can be messy, is more difficult to carry around and is harder to obtain. For those who don't want to go to the trouble it's an alternative, especially over talc, which I won't use at all anymore. John John Musselwhite, RPT Calgary, Alberta Canada musselj@cadvision.com http://www.cadvision.com/musselj/
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