Hemp Clothing

On 21/8/05 19:24, in article [email hidden], "Walrus,

Esquire said:

Does anybody know anything about hemp clothing? I was wondering whether
it was any good for hiking/sports or whether, like cotton, once wet it
gave no insulation, and was slow to dry.

Hemp will be no more useful than cotton in the cold and damp!

--
Andy Howell
Birmingham, UK

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Walrus said:

Does anybody know anything about hemp clothing? I was wondering whether
it was any good for hiking/sports or whether, like cotton, once wet it
gave no insulation, and was slow to dry.

Linen is hemp, so I guess that it's tougher than cotton and will take a
long time to dry.

Jim Ford

Bitstring <[email hidden]>, from the wonderful
person Jim Ford <[email hidden]> said

Quoted message said:

Walrus said:

Does anybody know anything about hemp clothing? I was wondering
whether it was any good for hiking/sports or whether, like cotton,
once wet it gave no insulation, and was slow to dry.

Linen is hemp, so I guess that it's tougher than cotton and will take a
long time to dry.

I thought linen was Flax?

--
GSV Three Minds in a Can
Contact recommends the use of Firefox; SC recommends it at gunpoint.

On Sun, 21 Aug 2005 21:48:46 GMT, Jim Ford
<[email hidden]> wrote:

| Walrus, Esquire wrote:
| > Does anybody know anything about hemp clothing? I was wondering whether
| > it was any good for hiking/sports or whether, like cotton, once wet it
| > gave no insulation, and was slow to dry.
|
| Linen is hemp, so I guess that it's tougher than cotton and will take a
| long time to dry.

Linen is made from flax
http://www.ancientroute.com/resource/cloth/linen.htm
and produces a much finer cloth than hemp which hemp which is made from
Cannabis sativa, yes that cannabis,
http://www.floridata.com/ref/c/cann_sat.cfm

--
Dave Fawthrop <dave hyphenologist co uk>
"Intelligent Design?" my knees say *not*.
"Intelligent Design?" my back says *not*.

Dave Fawthrop said:

On Sun, 21 Aug 2005 21:48:46 GMT, Jim Ford
<[email hidden]> wrote:

| Walrus, Esquire wrote:
| > Does anybody know anything about hemp clothing? I was wondering whether
| > it was any good for hiking/sports or whether, like cotton, once wet it
| > gave no insulation, and was slow to dry.
|
| Linen is hemp, so I guess that it's tougher than cotton and will take a
| long time to dry.

Linen is made from flax
http://www.ancientroute.com/resource/cloth/linen.htm
and produces a much finer cloth than hemp which hemp which is made from
Cannabis sativa, yes that cannabis,
http://www.floridata.com/ref/c/cann_sat.cfm

And the best hemp comes from plants with the highest THC content.
There was case recently of a farmer who applied for a licence to grow
something a little stronger than the usual weak stuff grown in the UK.
He got the licence but the fact leaked out and most of his crop was
nicked.
--
Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks"

GSV Three Minds in a Can said:

Bitstring <[email hidden]>, from the wonderful
person Jim Ford <[email hidden]> said

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Linen is hemp, so I guess that it's tougher than cotton and will take
a long time to dry.

I thought linen was Flax?

Sorry, you're right - I jumped in too quickly!

Jim Ford