[Ansteorra] Suitable breathing armor

Steve Scott (Dietrich) dietrich.strobelbart at yahoo.com
Wed Jun 17 10:29:34 PDT 2009


Not sure if they still do, but, the last time we went to Ikea, they had bolts of fabric in their drapery area that were labeled as linen.  HE Gwen was rather excited about the find, so I have to assume it was genuine 100% natural linen. ;-)

YIS,
Herr Dietrich Strobelbart





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Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 12:22:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Suitable breathing armor

The bolts DO sometimes say 100% linen in JoAnn's, but you have to look and it's not worth the money you pay.
/former JoAnn's employee.
-Grainne
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Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 11:44:55 am
To: ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org
From: James Crouchet <james at crouchet.com>
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Suitable breathing armor

On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 10:58 AM, Stephanie Wilson <imstephw at swbell.net>wrote:

>
> I can personally recommend using 3-4 layers of medium-weight linen from
> www.fabrics-store.com (IL019 - 5.3 oz.) to make rapier armor. They have a
> good product that is consistent in quality, their prices are reasonable,
> their customer service is good, and their shipping is prompt. I have found
> that linen is often available from Jo-Ann's in larger cities, but their
> prices are higher and IMO the quality of the fabric in terms of tensile
> strength is not as good or as consistent as that from fabrics-store.com.


I believe that what Jo-Ann's sells as linen is often not linen or is not all
linen (flax). I have absolutely run into examples where they labeled rayon
based "linen look" fabric as linen and they seemed to feel that was
legitimate. Some of the linens from there that people have had me test in
the last couple years don't feel right (I have handled a lot of linen over
the years) and are not as strong. I suspect we are seeing them sell blends
and look alikes labeled so the layman can't tell the difference.


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