Where to get neoprene?

schreiber · Post by **schreiber** » Mon Mar 26, 2001 9:40 am

In the post about the poleaxe, the maker was talking about neoprene sheet. Where is this stuff available?

I make a lot of shoes, and there's some stuff called crepe sole which I was thinking of using for a polearm. It's basically super- dense foam. You can see it on the bottom of the typical ren- faire suede boots.

Any info on the neoprene is appreciated.

HELMUT

Payn · Post by **Payn** » Mon Mar 26, 2001 2:06 pm

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by schreiber:
In the post about the poleaxe, the maker was talking about neoprene sheet. Where is this stuff available?

I make a lot of shoes, and there's some stuff called crepe sole which I was thinking of using for a polearm. It's basically super- dense foam. You can see it on the bottom of the typical ren- faire suede boots.

Any info on the neoprene is appreciated.

HELMUT<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Best place(depending on location) would be a pawn shop. Looking for an old wetsuit that's cheap. Alternatively http://www.friendlyfoam.com/ carries some nice neoprene based foam.

Fritz the peasant

IainMcClennan · Post by **IainMcClennan** » Tue Mar 27, 2001 10:34 am

The neoprene in this case is a hard, solid rubber. I found some by looking in the yellow pages under "Rubber". Many companies that deal in rubber have boxes of scraps and short ends that they will sell to the public.

Iain

Gethin · Post by **Gethin** » Tue Mar 27, 2001 4:08 pm

I have seen Neoprene being sold at Home Depot, but I am not positive that this is the same material needed. It was in the same section that the chain and rope.
I hope that this helps.

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