Getting the Duct Tape collection ready to "roll"

Collection rolls of Duct Tape from world countries is a journey not a race. Hard to believe that it has been two years since the last OM Worlds in Ames and here is a picture of all the rolls that I have collected since then. Eighteen rolls and a great story to go with each of them. The stories get logged and then published on this blog, but I don't put rolls on the world map for awhile.

So I rolled out the collection and got to work today. Since I will be taking the collection to OM Worlds in Ames, Iowa again this year I refreshed myself with how the whole display goes. Tricky but got the hang of it pretty quick.

To mount the new rolls I have to split the two halves, United States rolls and World Countries in half and lay down the World side. This way I can mount each roll and run a string from the roll to the pin in the country the roll came from.

Wow! With rolls from 80 different world country this map is just about full. I will be getting another world map and working on how to  modify the case and place a piece of 1/2" plywood as a leaf in-between the two halves. This way I can go all the way and get the remaining 120+ countries to finish the collection. That is going to be an OM worthy problem to solve.

OK all put together and looking pretty full on the world map side. And heavy.

All closed up and wheels on ready to "roll". OM World Finals here we come. Will be displaying the collection around the main pin trading area if the weather is nice. Stop, say hi and take a look at the one of its kind WORLD DUCT TAPE COLLECTION.  Check out the list of rolls in the collection at ducttape2thefuturelist.blogspot

Bahrain announces its largest oil. gas find and Duct Tape roll #80

And here is a picture of that roll of Duct Tape from Bahrain! Fellow OM'er Steven Lewarn has a co-worker in Bahrain that got the roll and brought it with him to Canada where he gave it to another co-worker that brought it to Steven during a visit to New Jersey. Steven sent the roll in a nice gold box that arrived in the mail while me grand children were here for Easter. When they got it out of the mailbox they were very excited and wanted to know the whole story about the World Duct Tape Collection. 

Pictured with the roll of Duck Tape from Bahrain is Steven's engraved 1 of 200 Duct Tape coin that I will bring with me to OM World's this year in Ames Iowa and give it to him there. You too could get one of these rare coins. Just check the list of countries I already have rolls from at.  ducttape2thefuturelist.blogspot  Get a roll from a country not on the list and send it to me with your story and I'll send you a 1 of 200 Duct Tape coin engraved with the name of your country, the date and roll number in the collection.

Dick Anderson.  11672 Center Hill Rd.   Darlington, WI. 53530

P.S. The off shore discovery in the Khalij al-Bahrain Basin covering 770 square miles in shallow waters of the country's western coast of 80 billion barrels of shale oil is the largest oil and gas find in the middle east.  Experts and officials expect the newly discovered oil field to be "on production" within five years.