Rondy Camp Towels?

[jbtusa]

Anyone found a source of material to make 1800-1840 rendezvous camp towels?

 

[Rifleman1776]

Yes, Viva from the supermarket. :shocked2: :wink:
Advantage is they can be burned to get rid of.
PC would be old style feed or flour sacks.

 

[Pigman]

I do not know if they are correct forthe period but Walmat and Kmart carry Flour Sack dish towels in their housewares section. I use them in campand for hankies.

Foster From Flint

 

[Black Hand]

Anyone found a source of material to make 1800-1840 rendezvous camp towels?

Linen....

 

[Coot]

Plain linen works & is correct. Hemp canvas (I think Turkeyfoot deals in this) will also serve. A C Moore Crafts has some cotton hand towels but they need to be picked out by someone who knows their period patterns & colors. Walmart sells a ten pack of diaper cloth towels (in plain white) that will work well.

 

[Poor Private]

I was just at Fields Fabrics. They had rolls of Kitchen towels already have the edges bound you just buy the lenth you need and cut to size and bind the othere edges. 100% cotton. I think they were 16" wide. If thats the way you want to go. Other wize I go to the dollar store and hit the auto area and pick up a bundlke of cotton 16x16 towels for about 5 bucks. I use and treat them like paper towels. Gun wipes, body washing, pot holders, towels, you name it.

 

[matt denison]

I do not know if they are correct forthe period but Walmat and Kmart carry Flour Sack dish towels in their housewares section. I use them in campand for hankies.

Foster From Flint

Yep, me too. Cheap, work good, washable. Nonobtrusive.

 

[Woods Dweller]

My wife who has been studying textile from the past. She also sows and makes clothing. She says that these two cloth's were used as towels in the 1700 and early 1800.
"Monk toweling"
"Huck toweling"
You can still get these fabric's at a fabric store.
She say's “Duck cloth” was more of a poor mans towel.

 

[Prairieofthedog]

Woods Dweller,is Monks toweling the same as Monks cloth.That would be great because Monks cloth makes about the best char cloth you can make.Towels get ratty turn them into char cloth.Dual purpose.

 

[Woods Dweller]

Woods Dweller,is Monks toweling the same as Monks cloth.That would be great because Monks cloth makes about the best char cloth you can make.Towels get ratty turn them into char cloth.Dual purpose.

yes Sir. :hatsoff:

 

[jbtusa]

Joann Fabric has monk cloth. But, what is "huck?"

 

[Woods Dweller]

Joann Fabric has monk cloth. But, what is "huck?"

http://www.bing.com/search?q=huck+cloth&src=IE-SearchBox&FORM=IE8SRC

 

[Rev_William]

Waugh that's what god invented sleeves for

 

[Woods Dweller]

Waugh that's what god invented sleeves for

Lol, and that's why Napoleon put a row of buttons on his Army's, jacket sleeve.

 

[Billnpatti]

So it is said but I question the validity of that idea. Think about it. If you wanted to use buttons to keep the soldiers from wiping their noses, faces, etc. on their sleeves, wouldn't you place them on the front of the sleeve rather than on the back of the sleeve. Raise your arm up as if to wipe your mouth on your sleeve. It is the front of the sleeve not the back of the sleeve that you will be wiping your mouth or nose on. No, I think the buttons are there just for a decoration and actually serve no functional purpose at all. I have no idea who made up the idea about the buttons being on the soldier's sleeve to stop them from wiping their noses or mouths on their sleeves. There are people out there who substitute a vivid imagination for research.

 

[Woods Dweller]

Yep, opinions are like nose's everyone has them. :hatsoff:

 

[gearheart]

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[Woods Dweller]

The History of the Button
Towards the end of the 1700s big metallic buttons were in vogue and this resulted in uniforms and outfits needing fewer. It also saw the introduction, apparently by Napoleon, of sleeve buttons on tunics2. This didn't, however, halt the development of the double-breasted jacket. These jackets were much like the chef's jacket of today. When the outside of the jacket was soiled the wearer just had to unbutton it and place the soiled surface on the inside then button the clean side outermost. Now that is practical.

2This apparently reduced the likelihood of those in uniform wiping their noses on their sleeves due to the risk of self-mutilation. A smaller version of these buttons can still be seen today on the jackets of men's suits.
http://www.h2g2.com/approved_entry/A23623616



Button Button

There is no reason to believe that Frederick the Great (ruler of Prussia from 1740 to 1786) caused buttons to be sewn onto his soldier's clothing to prevent them from wiping their noses on their sleeves. Though it is a good story, earlier paintings of men wearing buttons on their sleeves make this fanciful explanation difficult to accept.
http://www.goines.net/Writing/button_button.html

:hatsoff:

 

[Rifleman1776]

That would be great because Monks cloth makes about the best char cloth you can make.

You let the secret out. :shocked2: :wink:

 

[Ringel05]

Not to self, hide all my monks cloth at events.