Metal Drinking straws....

k3wt · 24 Jan 2010 at 08:21

random as this may seem but im after some metal/stainless steel drinking straws.

thought id ask u lot as this is such a diverse forum, full of wierd and wonderful people and you may know where i can source them from within the UK

searched the internetz, however all sellers are in the US of A

....like this perhaps

Magic_x_uk · 24 Jan 2010 at 08:42

Just get some metal tube, fill with sand, bend to your shape, remove sand and hay presto. A metal straw suitable for poking your eye out!

whitecrook · 24 Jan 2010 at 08:43

Just get a bit of small gauge copper pipe.

Fourstar · 24 Jan 2010 at 10:37

whitecrook said:
Just get a bit of small gauge copper pipe.

Copper is not a great choice unless lacquered.

Citric acid in lemon or lime will dissolve the oxide layer off the copper and give whatever you drink a nasty metallic taste. Straws will however come up nice and shiny

Sorry, can't help on where to buy bendy metal straws.

Quint · 24 Jan 2010 at 10:42

They can't be very hygienic can they? Not the easist thing to clean surely?

ElliorR · 24 Jan 2010 at 11:00

Just order them from the States. The worlds a smaller place now you know.

panda_uk · 24 Jan 2010 at 11:02

Can't be the safest thing either can they.

whitecrook · 24 Jan 2010 at 11:05

Fourstar said:
Copper is not a great choice unless lacquered.

Citric acid in lemon or lime will dissolve the oxide layer off the copper and give whatever you drink a nasty metallic taste. Straws will however come up nice and shiny

Sorry, can't help on where to buy bendy metal straws.

Yeah good point.

Taff · 24 Jan 2010 at 11:08

How about titanium?

http://www.cpfmarketplace.com/mp/showthread.php?t=196710

Not bendy though. And not in the UK

ElliorR · 24 Jan 2010 at 11:10

Why not some Kevlar straws? You get cool straws and they're bullet proof, just in case.

Muban · 24 Jan 2010 at 11:17

The only thing I have seen over here are stainless steel spoon straws, but at around 2.50 each only really any use if you want a small numbner of them.

Tomsk · 24 Jan 2010 at 12:12

Men don't drink through straws.

Cosimo · 24 Jan 2010 at 12:53

Tomsk said:
Men don't drink through straws.

Only children drink through straws.

Raumarik · 24 Jan 2010 at 13:12

I put mustard on my straw as a child, it stung a lot.

GhostlyPea · 24 Jan 2010 at 13:23

Buy plastic straws and spray them with non soluble silver paint? Win both ways can you can bin them when finished and spray some more?

- Pea0n

Efour · 24 Jan 2010 at 14:34

I didnt even know they made metal strawns... i thought the whole point was that they were a dissposable hygenic thingy.

Im interested in th ehistory of the straw now im off to the Internetz ##laptop**** keyboard ****

The Funktopus · 24 Jan 2010 at 15:00

Just snort your coke through a rolled up bank note like all the cool kids do.

yermum · 24 Jan 2010 at 15:03

I have seen silver straws, maybe in the Links shop?

Cosimo · 24 Jan 2010 at 15:08

k3wt said:
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They look like a druggie's accessories. ;)