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  1. Christopher Beasley

    October 21, 2019 at 5:47 pm

    Seems like there should be more interesting applications than apparel for such a high performance fiber.

  2. iamdmc

    October 21, 2019 at 11:11 pm

    I’m genuinely interested in this product, but really worry about the cost

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