[Northkeep] Fabric Weight question

Mercedes de Cerdanya steldr at home.net
Thu Jan 31 07:11:50 PST 2002


Talana - where can you get the gossamer handkerchief weight linen????????
And Faolan - I would send that question to the Lady Rapier list - someone
there will have suggestions....

Mercedes
(and I agree about the linen, once I got over my initial reluctance to cut
into it..........it's wonderful!!!)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jennifer Carlson" <talana1 at hotmail.com>
To: <northkeep at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 8:47 AM
Subject: Re: [Northkeep] Fabric Weight question


> Faolan,
>
> Linen is gauged the same way leather is - number of ounces per a certain
> size piece.  The larger the number, the heavier the linen.  Linen fabrics
> run a gamut of densities, from gossamer handkerchief weight to canvas you
> can sail the high seas with.
>
> You might want to check with others in the rapier community who have been
> making linen fighting gear to see if they have found a preference of what
> weight and how many layers.
>
> Linen.  Great stuff.  Can't have enough of it.
>
> Talana
>
>
>
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