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2. Piton - Wikipedia

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   1960s-era pitons, including: knifeblades, lost arrows, bugaboos, ring angles, and bongs. A piton (/ ˈ p iː t ɒ n /; also called pin or peg) in big wall climbing and in aid climbing is a metal spike (usually steel) that is driven into a crack or seam in the climbing surface using a climbing hammer, and which acts as an anchor for protecting the climber from falling or to assist progress in ...

3. Spike (stagecraft) - Wikipedia

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   Spike tape may also be fluorescent (in which case it is made of plastic or vinyl rather than cotton) so that it can be easily seen by the running crews moving set pieces during a dark scene change. This is usually referred to as "glow tape" or "glo-tape". Glow tape is notoriously less sticky than spike tape and may be additionally held down to ...

4. Compact Cassette tape types and formulations - Wikipedia

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   Recording onto a metal tape requires special high-flux magnetic heads and high-current amplifiers to drive them. [19] [79] Typical metal tape is characterized by remanence of 3000–3500 G and coercivity of 1100 Oe, thus its bias flux is set at 250% of Type I level.

5. Glossary of climbing terms - Wikipedia

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   Piton Also angle , beak , bong , knifeblade , lost arrow . A flat or angled metal blade of steel for protection that incorporates a clipping hole for a carabiner or a ring in its body that is hammered into cracks; comes in a wide range of designs and types for different crack types and widths; common in aid climbing , big wall climbing , and ...

6. Gaffer tape - Wikipedia

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   A narrow version of gaffer tape, called spike tape, is used in theater productions for floor layout. [11] [12] In the absence of console tape or artist tape, live sound engineers or light board operators may use a strip of white gaffer tape along the bottom of a mixing board to label the channels or submasters used for a particular show. [3]

7. Peton - Wikipedia

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   Piton, a metal spike to aid climbing; A 5-face in a polytope; Howard le Peton (1895–1981), Welsh-born Irish cricketer This page was last edited on ...

8. Bodkin point - Wikipedia

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   In its simplest form it is an uncomplicated squared metal spike, and was used extensively during the Middle Ages. The typical bodkin was a square-section arrowhead, generally up to 11.5 cm (4.5 in) long and 1 cm (0.39 in) thick at its widest point, tapered down behind this initial "punch" shape.

9. List of James Bond gadgets - Wikipedia

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   Spike fan Weapon developed by Wai Lin's counterpart division to Q Branch. Appears to be a Chinese fan, but when opened, several metal spikes with strings attached are thrown. Due to its brief appearance with no additional explanation, it is unclear whether the strings are for entanglement or a similar purpose like a taser, or to retract the spikes.