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Hemp
Pat B:
Zuma, I use hemp cord for handle wraps. It is very strong but not uniform in diameter. I buy it from Wally World in a 1# ball and it comes in a light tan and a light brown color. I first started using hemp cordage on a bow I built that was spliced in the handle but also bends in the handle so the riser kept popping off. After beefing up the handle area a bit I wrapped it with hemp cord and saturated with Massey finish. The handle never popped off again and I now use it for most of my handle wraps.
Hemp has been grown in the US since WWI. It was used for making rope. Now days it is used for all sorts of things from food to cloths like said above. This hemp was bred for its fibers, the other kind was bread for it's intoxicating resins.
stickbender:
Awww, Mannnnnn...... now I'm like real hungry!......
Wayne
Zuma:
--- Quote from: stickbender on November 03, 2015, 01:51:28 pm ---
Awww, Mannnnnn...... now I'm like real hungry!......
Wayne
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Awwww, Mannnnn--- could you move this post up the page with Outbacks?? :) ;) :D
Zuma O:) lol
Pat Thanks,
I was going to tell you where I know there is tons of it growing wild.
Left over from the big time manufacturing stuff like you posted about.
But I see a market blooming for it right here before my eyes.
What you guys got for trade?? Oh, crap now my inbox is full up.
Zuma O:)
DC:
Snort!! You're on your game today ;D ;D ;D ;D
JoJoDapyro:
--- Quote from: Pat B on November 03, 2015, 11:48:52 am ---Zuma, I use hemp cord for handle wraps. It is very strong but not uniform in diameter. I buy it from Wally World in a 1# ball and it comes in a light tan and a light brown color. I first started using hemp cordage on a bow I built that was spliced in the handle but also bends in the handle so the riser kept popping off. After beefing up the handle area a bit I wrapped it with hemp cord and saturated with Massey finish. The handle never popped off again and I now use it for most of my handle wraps.
Hemp has been grown in the US since WWI. It was used for making rope. Now days it is used for all sorts of things from food to cloths like said above. This hemp was bred for its fibers, the other kind was bread for it's intoxicating resins.
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Hemp was banned from the US until this year. Colorado allows the growing of it. Some larger supplement companies that are based out of the US had to buy foreign grow hemp for protein powders until this year.
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