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|    Shawn Wilson to Jymesion    |
|    Re: Anyone know about Medieval cloth?    |
|    07 Oct 14 10:07:11    |
      From: ikonoqlast@gmail.com              On Monday, October 6, 2014 7:09:34 PM UTC-7, Jymesion wrote:                     > Unfortunately, there's one thing I've never found explicitly stated:       >       > how does it compare to readily available cloth today?                     Rougher, coarser, thicker, poor color selection, poor color retention, pound       for pound (see 'thicker') it will be weaker.              Cheap Wal-Mart crap would be a luxury fabric in the middle ages.                                          > Specifically, if I fill my time machine with $5 end-bolt bargains from       >       > Wal-Mart and take them to a fair in York in 1350, will I become rich       >       > or have to peddle them as rags?                     Rich.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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