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I have friction tape. It is still out there if you look for it. It is 
fabric based so it is much stronger for some applications than the plastic 
stuff. My grandfather worked for the PG&E (power co) so we always had a 
lot of friction tape and used it liberally.

On Wed, 16 Mar 2016 rlgoss at twc.com wrote:

> Thanks for the vote of confidence, Mike. As the world modernizes, 
> keeping the rule-of-thumb information from previous generations alive is 
> probably an important aspect of forums such as this.  As I wrote that 
> response, I thought back and wondered, "Can you still buy the original 
> design of friction tape?"  I know that I converted to vinyl electrical 
> tape for those applications years ago, but it just does not seem right 
> to think of baseball bats without a strip of friction tape on the handle 
> (with one end working loose.)  Friction tape was one of the two 
> essential items for your toolbox in the days preceding duct tape and 
> WD-40.  It used to be friction tape and 3-in-1 oil.