Subject: Re: baidarka Fwd: Hemp Skin on Frame?
From: Jonathan Stehn (stehn@cgspouses.net)
Date: Sun Nov 19 2000 - 14:49:33 EST
Paul Raymond wrote:
> >From the Kayak Building Bulletin Board comes this good question:
>
> "Just wondering if anyone had any thoughts about making a skin on frame with
> hemp canvas, I figured it would work well, the old dutch boats had to have
> been made out of hemp, canvas is the old duch word for cannabis. What weight
> fabric would work best though? I'm planning on making a skin guillemot, does
> anyone else whose made one have any advice."
>
> I know Klepper uses "a proprietary weave of Egyptian cotton and hemp" for
> the deck, but have they ever used it for skin material?
>
> Paul
Is there a source for Hemp in the US. I thought it was illegal.
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