finding pine tar
notg...@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca
learned on lo these many years ago. $30 Canadian, such a deal! But there
is no pine tar on the bottoms (no wonder the original owner only used the
skis a couple of times, I think), and I doubt that the local ski shops
will have a pre-synthetic relic like pine tar.
Anybody know what kinds of places sell pine tar? I suppose really good
sporting goods places would have some for use in baseball.
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Kathy Myers
Try a hardware store for pine tar. . . I'm sure you'll
find it. (MAHN - does the thought of it bring back
some GREAT, aromatic memories!!!)
:-)
Good luck!
Kath
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Matthew Sanford
Akers Ski (ME USA) has an on-line catalog.
Http://www.akers-ski.com
They sell Swix heat-in tar: 100ml. $12.95 US
Matt.
David Dermott
> I just picked up a pair of almost new hickory XC skis just like the ones I
> learned on lo these many years ago.
>
> Anybody know what kinds of places sell pine tar? I suppose really good
> sporting goods places would have some for use in baseball.
>
I go to Alberta every Christmas to visit family and go skiing. I
often see people with old hickory skis that look like new. I've also
seen new wood skis for sale in ski shops out there so pine tar is probably
sold at better shops. Someone said that pine tar is also sold for horses
(for their hooves??), so maybe a horse equipment store might have it.
Wood skis may get very brittle if they have been stored in a very
dry place for a long time. There were several suggestions for
re-moisturising the skis: wrapping them in moist rags, etc. I kept mime
in a damp basement so didn't have that problem.
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W Scott Elliot
wall of your family room.
The old wooden skis are neither as durable or pleasant to ski on as modern
fiberglass ones.
I have my mother's old skis, which I learned to ski on many years ago. They
look really great on the wall. I have no intention of ever skiing on them.
I once caught my son trying them out when he was young, but that phase soon
ended. Fortunately he did not break the family heirlooms, although he has
destroyed many pairs of more modern racing skis.
Unless you are trying to develop some kind of retro image, I can't see the
point of spending much time on those old monsters.
Scott*
;-)
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notg...@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca wrote in message
<72l152$l2u$1...@news.sas.ab.ca>...
>I just picked up a pair of almost new hickory XC skis just like the ones I
>learned on lo these many years ago. $30 Canadian, such a deal! But there
>is no pine tar on the bottoms (no wonder the original owner only used the
>skis a couple of times, I think), and I doubt that the local ski shops
>will have a pre-synthetic relic like pine tar.
>
>Anybody know what kinds of places sell pine tar? I suppose really good
>sporting goods places would have some for use in baseball.
>
Matt
Equipment Co-op in Vancouver. You have one there in Edmonton right? If
they don't have any maybe they could get some from the Vancouver store.
Blake Paton
There's at least one tour or very icy day when a pair quiet wooden skis
feels better that almost anything else under the feet. I picked 5 jars of
pine tar at a sale a few years ago just in case the millenium bug causes
social meltdown. Call me a survivalist...
BP