[Ansteorra] straw bales

[Doug Copley]

ooooo, now that is another project I would love to work on. I have no 
idea where to get river cane but I would love to get some if anyone 
finds a good source.

Vincenti

On 7/29/2011 3:08 AM, Ld.blackmoon wrote:
> 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"
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> Sent: Friday, July 29, 2011 2:00 AM
> Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] straw bales
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>> 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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