[Ansteorra] straw bales

[Ld.blackmoon]

greetings

actually I'm looking for some good river cane , lots of it, really cheap, or 
even free.
I have been told by several people " oh yea know where there's lots of it 
growing wild " but they never seem to have any free time to take me there : 
(
no this isn't a " more stuff " issue, its for making primitive arrows  ; )
Be Safe , Be Happy, Have Fun .
Arthur
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stefan li Rous" <StefanliRous at austin.rr.com>
To: "Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." <ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org>
Sent: Friday, July 29, 2011 2:00 AM
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] straw bales


> I'm a city boy, so I don't know all the details, but "straw" and "hay" 
> are two different things. Some things you can use straw for, you can't 
> use hay for. I believe hay is still edible (at least by various  animals) 
> while straw is not.
>
> For building straw bale houses they specifically call for "straw" not 
> "hay".  At Pennsic they sell straw bales, used for combat barriors and 
> such, but for a number of years, I would by a straw bale, break it up 
> into handfuls and stuff a large bag I sewed from a tablecloth to make  a 
> mattress to sleep on. Since I was flying to Pennsic, it took up less 
> space than an air mattress and didn't suddenly go "flat" during the  week.
>
> So not much help with Goldweard's original question, since I'm not  quite 
> sure what characteristics he is needing, but a warning that  "hay" is not 
> the same as "straw" and may or may not work in this  application.
>
> Stefan
>
> On Jul 28, 2011, at 10:18 PM, Harry Billings wrote:
>
>>
>> Most straw and hay that is bailed is dry and depending on how you  want 
>> to fold/bend it may or may not work. It will probably bend very  little 
>> before it kinks (think of bending a drinking straw).
>>
>> plachoya
>>
>> Ansteorra
>>
>>>
>>> Most feed stores carry hay bales and the last time I bought a  2X4ish 
>>> size it
>>> was under $10.00. As for the flexibility I could not say
>>> Vivian McKinnon
>>>
>>> On Jul 28, 2011 9:37 PM, "Brett Chandler-Finch" 
>>> <naturemakeswell at gmail.com
>>> >
>>> wrote:
>>>> I am working on a project that would need straw to fold and bend.
>>>> Can I use regular straw from a bale and how much would a bale cost.
>
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