Well gentleman,:rotf: I must be of good fortune to be from the southwestern part of PA. For in the small town of Stahlstown, in Westmoreland county, there is a festival in late September called, aptly enough, "The Flax Scutching Festival" :hmm:. It's sponsored by a local church there. The event features steam machines, Buckwheat hotcakes and Maple syrup w/ sausage for one demo, and a fee. And the featured and highlighted demo: making linen; the whole process from seed seperation by flailing the flax to spinning it, weaving it and making items. I was last there about three years ago and was GIVEN some discarded tow for the taking. I had a 55 gal black drum bag PACKED full
. I've given much of it away and have a small amount left. :wink: A return trip will be on this years "to do" list. I've used it for cushioning as well as for cleaning gun barrels using a tow worm. You gain much use from a small amount if you remove it and wash it out after cleaning your firearm with it. It also makes a great scouring pad for cleaning pots and pans, rubbing ash to brighten metal, etc. It has a lot of uses.
It might serve one well to check and search for festivals and places that they demo with it and one can aquire tow for the taking. All they can say, when you ask, is, "No, pay! Asking cost nothing.:grin: What I'm given for free, I will not charge for. My friends are of like mindset. We do pass things back and forth, or forward. It might seem like trading. It's not really. I learned (was told by a greybeard) many years ago, when you're given something, take it and say, "Thank you! ...and smile." Mind feed for y'all.
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