The Armour Archive

I was going to use the sinew for my aventail but decided to go with the waxed linen thread. Anyone have a online source or 3.

Tim

Most good sewing shops sell it. alternatively, some linen thread and a block of wax work well. Be sure to use beeswax.

http://www.hedgehoghandworks.com/

http://www.threadneedlestreet.com/

http://jas-townsend.com/

100/3 is a fine thread and 18/2 is supper thick. IMHO sinew will hold much better.

Thomas James Hayman wrote:Most good sewing shops sell it. alternatively, some linen thread and a block of wax work well. Be sure to use beeswax.

I have the wax (I keep bees), I need to find the thread-and I like on-line.

Tim

James B. wrote:http://www.hedgehoghandworks.com/

http://www.threadneedlestreet.com/

http://jas-townsend.com/

100/3 is a fine thread and 18/2 is supper thick. IMHO sinew will hold much better.

Is the Townsend Artifical Sinew ok to use?

Tim

PS have you had a chance on those patterns yet?

I hate artifical sinew, it does not work well at all.

I am on them Tim, I just got cought up on a top of backloged to dos.

James B. wrote:I hate artifical sinew, it does not work well at all.

I am on them Tim, I just got cought up on a top of backloged to dos.

Hmm Ok how about a source of sinew you do trust

NP on the patterns--I wont be able to sew much for a couple weeks with events coming up--then the heat of the summer demands cooler cloths

TIm

For deer sinew http://www.ilwifurco.com/sinew.htm

James B. wrote:For deer sinew http://www.ilwifurco.com/sinew.htm

I knew I came to the right place. You have the COOLEST links

Tim

Gotta like a place that carries bear fat...

Thomas