Re: OT: Handloading question

"Ed Huntress" <huntres23@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I looked around a few years ago and the fabric stores I asked had never
heard of it. Even now, on the Web, I see that there are only a couple of
retail sources -- unless you buy a designer pillow and gut it. <g>

Thanks for that link, Wes. At $40, it looks like a ten-lifetime supply, but
at least there's a source.

Finding some old life vests at yard sales is starting to look good. Uncle
read about using flax or hemp fibers wrapped around a tow hook as the way
the old timers cleaned their muzzleloaders. So I bought a kilo of the stuff
(hemp) and gave him half. Well, it didn't work all that great for cleaning
but now I have an idea what to do with my half.

http://www.hemptraders.com/product_info.php?cPath=27&products_id=69

This is a picture of what the degummed product looks like:

http://wess.freeshell.org/usenet/rec.crafts.metalworking/HempFiber.JPG


Wes
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