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   Message 143,729 of 144,800   
   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.   
      
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