Re: MtMan-List: rubber manga's

[John Kramer <kramer@kramerize.com>]

Henry,

I have no information about the appropriateness of a poncho, I do have some on
grommets.  Plain rubberized tarps may have been available.  

If I remember right Jeff Hengesbaugh was the first to bring mangas up from
Mexico for the buckskin trade back in the seventies.  They didn't have ties or
grommets.  To cut a T shape head hole in the middle of a small tarp seems like
something someone would have done.  Ties could be easily added to the corners
and edges.

The two piece stamped grommets we are familiar with today are not appropriate.

Grommets were not unknown during the period but would be a simple wood,
bone or
metal ring tightly whip-stitched onto the canvas (lashed like a buttonhole
stitch around the entire ring).

I don't research later period but would be very suspicious of modern grommets
being correct for Civil War.

John...




At 09:00 AM 10/27/98 -0600, you wrote:
>What's a rubber manga?
>
>HBC
>
>>I have two rubber manga's. What is the history of these, when were they
>>available? Were they at any rendevous? My is starting to dry out, can any
>>type of repair work for this. I am considering using rubber latex to paint
>>over the cracks.
>>Thanks in advance
>>Joe
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