On Sun, 01 Oct 2006 23:56:38 GMT, "R.H." wrote:


"Andy Asberry" wrote in message
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On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 10:05:25 GMT, "R.H." wrote:

Just posted an image of the carpet stretcher from an old Sears catalog
where
it sold for 37 cents:


http://pzphotosan134-5.blogspot.com/

And, what is "Japanned" steel?

--Andy Asberry recommends NewsGuy--


I was wondering that myself, according to the web site below, it's "most
often a heavy black lacquer, almost like enamel paint."

Indeed. A lot of the early Japanese cameras were "japanned"...rather
than blued. A fairly tough lacquer, IRRC shellac based. When it
chips..it leaves bright metal under it usually.

http://www.answers.com/japanned&r=67

I thought it might be a dated term, but Lee Valley still uses it:

http://www.leevalley.com/hardware/pa...=3,43631,43634



Rob











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