by Timerover51 » July 12, 2010, 7:18 pm
Guest wrote:Back in the day, probably made of cotton, not the polypropylene which never seems to breakdown/rot.
I went and looked up what fishing nets were made of early in the past century in my copy of A. C. Hardy's T
he Book of the Ship
, a valuable if somewhat dated reference source. He indicates that trawling nets were normally made of Manila hemp twine, while gill nets, having less stress put on them were normally made of cotton twine. It is likely that the nets shown drying were, in fact, made of cotton.
[quote="Guest"]Back in the day, probably made of cotton, not the polypropylene which never seems to breakdown/rot.[/quote]
I went and looked up what fishing nets were made of early in the past century in my copy of A. C. Hardy's T[quote]he Book of the Ship[/quote], a valuable if somewhat dated reference source. He indicates that trawling nets were normally made of Manila hemp twine, while gill nets, having less stress put on them were normally made of cotton twine. It is likely that the nets shown drying were, in fact, made of cotton.