On 2011 Feb 7, at 8:56 PM, David Griffith wrote:
I was wondering if someone out there knows how to acquire smallish
quantities of gutta-percha for antique-ish fiddling around with. I'm
looking for sheets, blocks, or bars of the stuff; not the tiny needles
sold by dental suppliers.
Just for amusement, we received some at our radio-musuem:
http://www3.telus.net/radiomuseum/vtour/bamfield/index.html
Photo about 3/4 of the way down "cable splicer's tool chest".
About a 100 years old though.