Topical Guide 557

Mark Dorset

Building Materials: Concrete Reinforcing Bar (“Rebar”)

Reservations Recommended, Chapter 7:

     He’s looking for another weapon, though he isn’t conscious of that, won’t allow himself to be conscious of that, is only half-aware that he grabs something, rejects it, grabs something else, a short length of reinforcing bar, bent at one end, hefts it, decides that it will do, […]

5/8" X 12" Rebar 10/Bundle, from FLT Geosystems

J-Hook Rebar Stakes, from Sandbaggy

See also:
Building Materials: Masonite TG 167

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