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Offline paco664

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Re: Flax and ipe
« Reply #15 on: October 01, 2015, 05:18:18 pm »
where can one find raw flax?  i have looked and never really found...
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Offline PatM

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Re: Flax and ipe
« Reply #16 on: October 01, 2015, 05:35:24 pm »
Weaving and Spinning  supply shops.
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« Reply #17 on: October 01, 2015, 05:51:55 pm »
If you live in farm country,it's a small plant with purplish blue flowers.it's one of the last crops to come off next to soup beans.there a field just down the road from me.
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Offline paco664

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Re: Flax and ipe
« Reply #18 on: October 02, 2015, 12:23:32 am »
thank you.. there aren't many of them here in south florida... so i guess i'll hit up the ole interwebs and see what i can find...
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Offline Grandpa Bill

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Re: Flax and ipe
« Reply #19 on: October 03, 2015, 09:09:45 am »
I purchase raw flax from a spinning store on the web.

I have backed 2 bows with it - a white oak longbow at 50# and a red oak at 40#.  It is a major pain in the a$$ to work with.  Used TB3 to glue it down and 99 cent store combs to smooth it out ... used a lot of fiber because I was never happy with how they laid out on the backs of the bows, so I would strip them all off and start over again.  Hickory backing is the best choice for me. 

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