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Gwen
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Member # 126

posted 12-05-2001 01:33 AM

Hi folks-

looking for reliable sources for

1) Vervelles
2) Wet-spun linen thread for sewing

Any leads would be appreciated.

Thanks!

gwen

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Wes
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Member # 251

posted 12-05-2001 08:08 PM

I believe Mandrake Arms makes vervelles, but I don't know how period they are. Tom Justus makes his own vervelles, and I'm sure they'd be very period. I think Anselm Arms does as well. Tim Finkas might also make them if he's still into brass casting.

The websites can be accessed from www.therionarms.com .

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Fuimus

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fra.hulettaes
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Member # 222

posted 12-05-2001 08:43 PM

Hi Gwen,
This site sells wetspun linen thread in a variety of colours.
Smiles, Joan

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hauptmann
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posted 12-05-2001 11:15 PM

Since Gwen asked about this for me, let me be a little more specific...

Linen thread- need a consistent source for cordwaining thread; the type used for shoes. If I could find a source for Barbers(sp?) I'd be set. I know where to get 5 ply hungarian wetspun linen, but it's expensive and a little too heavy.

I need quantities in the several hundred yards, ideally by the 1/2 pound or pound cone. I'd like to pay less than $25 per 1/2 pound.

I can get two ply dry spun, but it's not really strong enough and is a little too irregular. I don't mind waxing the thread though. And I don't need colors-- natural or white is perfectly fine, preferable in fact.

Thanks in advance if anyone can help.

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Dru
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Member # 180

posted 12-06-2001 10:24 AM

There is a Company in Toronto called Capital Findings that carries Barbours Linen. I thought it was a little more expensive than I was willing to spend at the time. However, when my supply of Belgian linen finally runs out, I may have no choice. As I recall, it was $50.00CA per pound and I think they do mail order.

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Dru Shoemaker
www.medievalshoes.com

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J.K. Vernier
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Member # 123

posted 12-06-2001 01:45 PM

Late this summer I asked the guy at Sav-Mor Leather in L.A. if he carried Barbour's or the equivalent. He said he was working on it and hoped to have it by the end of the year. I haven't been back since August, but it might be worth giving him a call.

John

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hauptmann
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posted 12-06-2001 06:03 PM

Thanks, John.
I will ask them...again.

FYI,
I've been buying from Sav-Mor for over 10 years and have heard the same thing from them for that entire time. They've never had Barbour's in the whole time I've dealt with them, and they still have it listed in their catalog.

Either they're overly hopeful, or they're lying.

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fra.hulettaes
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Member # 222

posted 12-06-2001 10:06 PM

Okay,
Stupid newbie question, comin atya.
What is a vervelles?
Joan TTD

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Seigneur de Leon
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Member # 65

posted 12-06-2001 10:28 PM

They are (sometimes) little cast brass "rivets" that go along the bottom of a bascinet to attach the camail to. They are flattened on the inside, have a little tip on the outside which has a hole in it that a leather or wire thong goes through. The wire holds the leather edge of the mail to the bascinet. Undo the wire/thong, the mail camail comes off.

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VERITAS IN INTIMO
VIRES IN LACERTU
SIMPLICITAS IN EXPRESSO

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Anne-Marie
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Member # 8

posted 12-10-2001 10:17 AM

hey all from Anne-Marie

from weaving works here in seattle: www.weavingworks.com
they also do waxed linen threads (in several plies), wool, silk and mohair as well as cotton and regular yarns. They have a wide assortment of dyestuffs as well, including funky stuff like indigo, cochineal, etc.

dangerous place .

LINENS & LINEN BLENDS

Yarn name
Price
Color
Yds/oz
Yds/lb
Put up

1. 8/2, wet spun, natural color
$13.95
83 yds/oz
1328 yds/lb
664yds put up
8oz tube

2.8/4, wet spun
$1.65
Natural color
42 yds/oz
672 yds/lb
336yds put up
8oz tube

3. 8/5, wet spun
$1.65
Natural color
33 yds/oz
528 yds/lb
264 put up
8oz tube

4. Vavlin 16/2
$11.00
Bl,CA color
146 yds/oz
2340 yds/lb
520 yds put up
100g tube

5. 14/2
$ 3.40
CA color
162 yds/oz
2600 yds/lb
1lb cone

6. 14/4
$3.40
CA color
81 yds/oz
1300 yds/lb
1lb cone

7. 16/1, line
$2.30
Nat, B1 color
300 yds/oz
4800 yds/lb
1lb cone

8. 16/2, line
$2.30
Nat, Bl
150 yds/oz
2400 yds/lb
1lb cone

9. 16/4, line
$2.30
Nat, Bl, black
75yds/ oz
1200yds/lb
1lb cone

10. 16/6, line
$2.30
Nat, Bl
50 yds/oz
800 yds/lb
1lb cone

11. 20/1, tow
$2.30
Bl
375 yds/oz
6000 yds/lb
1lb cone

12. 20/2, tow
$2.30
Bl
188 yds/oz
3000 yds/lb
1lb cone

13. 30/3, line
$2.30
Nat
188 yds/oz
3000 yds/lb
1lb cone

14. 40/2, line
$2.30
Nat, Bl
375 yds/oz
6000 yds/lb
1lb cone

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