I am interested in hearing about unusual uses for beeswax, such as the following two cases from my own experience: 1) A military friend asked me for beeswax to stiffen the points of his moustache - he had trained it out about three inches on each side but drooped at the ends. A light application of beeswax each morning fixed it for the day. 2) Another friend, who is into medieval jousting, needed to stiffen his leather armour because these enthusiasts get carried away in the heat of battle and whack one another pretty hard sometimes. (In the Middle Ages, the poor foot soldiers used leather while the knights used metal armour. Nowadays, metal armour is cheap but heavy - those who can afford it use lighter, leather armour). My friend had heard that leather could be stiffened by dipping it in beeswax. (Does anyone know if this is another medieval practice?). The individual pieces of leather were not large, so we heated them up a bit in an oven and dipped them in liquid beeswax. The results were very satisfactory on the field of battle and it was about five years before the leather had to be treated again. Do you know any other out-of-the-ordinary applications for beeswax? No need to mention candles and batik dyeing, as these are common uses. Thanks in anticipation, Falconer Henry, Capital Region Beekeepers Association, Victoria, B.C., Canada