----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen Van Wormer" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Susan Walter" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2014 11:05 AM
Subject: Re: Research concerning the alteration of weaponry and/or 
ammunition into other sorts of tool forms


> Young children (or anyone else) should not be playing with lead dice. 
> Lead
> is a heavy toxic metal.  I also attend some rendezvous and the idea of
> practicing a 19th century lifestyle does not excuse ignoring 21st century
> common sense safety precautions.
>
>
> Stephen Van Wormer
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Susan Walter
> Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2014 9:19 AM
> To: Steve Van Wormer
> Subject: Fw: Research concerning the alteration of weaponry and/or
> ammunition into other sorts of tool forms
>
> FYI
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Smoke" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, September 08, 2014 3:25 PM
> Subject: Re: Research concerning the alteration of weaponry and/or
> ammunition into other sorts of tool forms
>
>
>> Occasional round ball lead projectiles from the earliest days of lead 
>> use,
>> through the day of the modern cartridge, made into sets of dice.  I have
>> even done this at Rendezvous for the children to use.
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 12:54 PM, Aaron Levinthal <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Is anyone aware of research focused on civilian or military (informal)
>>> modification of weaponry and/or ammunition into tools of other sorts 
>>> (for
>>> example, kitchen or construction).  The general chronology would be pre
>>> 20th century and most specifically the mid 18th century until just after
>>> the American Civil War.  I am open to information coming from both rural
>>> and urban and free and enslaved contexts.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Aaron Levinthal, RPA
>>> Archaeologist and Lab Director Consultant
>>> Maryland State Highway Administration
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Smoke Pfeiffer
>> Don't believe anything until
>> you hear the official denial!
>
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