Canadian hemp tow with its natural golden color. When hand processed, tow is the short, tangled fibers mixed with chaff left in the hackles during the combing process. This hemp tow is machine processed, which shreds the entire plant while cleaning out much of the chaff. Tow was traditionally used for rope, oakum in ship building, mattress stuffing, doll stuffing, fire start, cleaning black powder residue from muzzle loaders and other purposes. Today it is also used in taxidermy, handmade bows, etc. Please note that this tow has too much chaff for spinning a fine thread for fabric; however, it can be spun on a specialized tow wheel with a large orifice for making twine and rope.
       While this flax tow is machine processed, I do the final steps by hand and only make a fewpounds a day. I process tow to order and I fill orders in the order in which they are received. It may take several weeks to process your order but I know you'll be pleased.