Cob: Re: horse hair

[Bill&Julie]

Well,, Sonny,,, yearsss  ago,, when I was just a littl'un,, my first grade
teacher told the story about when she would sell her hair to the Military.
She said that, they would use the long strands to sew parachutes....
Now I ain't going to say she was tellin' the truth,,, but if she wasn't,,
she shouldn't have been a teacher....
But if that was the truth,, then the Barbershop would be a good source
for hair.....  but I think I would ware gloves.... bill


----- Original Message -----
From: "Brad Calvert" <bradcalv at netspace.net.au>
To: <coblist at deatech.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 7:52 AM
Subject: Cob: horse hair


> >are you sure they used mane hair and tail hair and not body hair?
>
> I was just thinking they are the parts of a horse where you can harvest a
> decent quantity of hair in a short time.  I would think long strands
provide
> better reinforcement.
>
> Cutting hair from an entire horse with scissors is not my idea of fun.
>
> Could be they did just use it on plaster.
>
> I've heard on half-timber wattle and daub infill panels horse hair was
mixed
> in with the mud.
>
> Dunno how human hair would go, I can't say I really like the idea, seems a
> bit creepy, but that may just be my 20th/21st century cultural bias.
>
>