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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...idle boast, but now David Renwick, 32, is anything but idle. An artsy-craftsy Englishman who set up shop near Sheffield four years ago to practice the dying art of hand-forging iron, he whimsically wrote to an American pal: "I can make anything from lamps to chastity belts." The pal promptly responded with an order for a hand-forged chastity belt from an anonymous Texan. Well, why not? Renwick found a design in a public library, forged a replica-and immediately received orders for 40 more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Antiques: Iron Belt | 5/30/1969 | See Source »

Since then, Renwick has had little time to produce anything but chastity belts. Orders for his belts-decorated with a frilly flower design and diamond-shaped cutouts around the waistband -keep arriving from the U.S., France, the Low Countries and Scandinavia. A Mr. Fung of Hong Kong wanted one with a 32-inch waist. A dealer in Italy asked for 150 of them and in Kuwait, Renwick's agent reports that a few sheiks are interested in his wares. "I'd much rather make a weather vane or a fat cow than reproduce something as inherently horrid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Antiques: Iron Belt | 5/30/1969 | See Source »

...steals from Harvard defensemen gave R.P.I. breakaways on Higgins early in the second period. Rancourt converted the first at 3:17 and John Renwick hit the second at 6:19, making the score...

Author: By Robert P. Marshall jr., | Title: Skaters Stay in Slump With 7-2 Loss to RP1 | 1/5/1968 | See Source »

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