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I vaguely recall there is a product the English use (or perhaps used to use) called toew(Sp?) which I recall is a product similar to what is used in hemp rope. I think Michael McIntosh referred to it in one of his articles.
I did a quick Google search and came up with zip.
Can someone help me out?
Thanks
Bill

It’s a wool-like product made from hemp fibers used to clean muzzleloaders way back in the day because paper towels didn’t exist. If you really want to clean your gun the “English” way have your man Jeeves do it.

Jon, the uranium pottery glaze is a distinctive orange-red color, not purple. The brand in question would be Fiestaware and I would be perfectly fine drinking from such a cup provided the glazing was unchipped and otherwise intact. Uranium and its decay daughters are primarily alpha emitters, ergo they are completely safe to use in a glaze as long as you aren't ingesting pieces of it (from chips). It is somewhat less suitable for plates because those get damaged by silverware more readily.

Mercury was fun to play with and I doubt small exposures cause us any more harm than suppressing our 51 other modern woke natural genders. Kind of good to not be too confused. In times past, they used Calomel, which was Hg2Cl2, a mercury type salt, to purge bowels when constipated. Now we have a gallon jugs of liquid which does the same thing without mercury exposure. Mercury and mercury salts were used in treatment of STDs and all types if illness and mental conditions. Almost all were not effective in a positive way.

Funny how many chemicals and elements, which were commonly used, are today consider toxic and dangerous. Think of the Radium Girls for those who need a perfect example. Uranium was used in pottery because it gave a great purple color when fired. How would you like drinking tea or coffee from a cup which is still, and will always be, radioactive?