** Reply to note from jaf@h... Mon, 16 Sep 1996 10:10:32 -0400 
 
James Foster writes: 
 
> 
> snip... 
> 
 
> get grabbed by buffers. I can't see trying to carve with mail gloves 
> on, however. B^) 
 
Did you ever watch the meat cutters working with mail gloves?  Actually a 
very fine metal mesh.  It would never stand up to a broadsword.  They do a 
fantastic job.  A chihuahua would have trouble getting a meal from what 
they leave on a bone. 
 
Hey chain mail and boning knives are old tools.

ernie 
The Arizona tool sink, IT #22