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A look at Duluth Trading Co., Part 3: Using fire hose canvas to make...well, everything

By Rain Noe - January 24, 2011

in Materials | Object Culture

The thing on Duluth's website/catalog that draws the most attention from me is their copious use of fire hose canvas. Recognizing that this is a particularly tough yet pliable material, DTC makes pants, jackets, vests, parkas, bibs, coveralls, wallets, hats, bags, and even stretch pants out of the stuff. It's stain-resistant, tougher than duck canvas and their customer testimonial section has insane things to say about the material, from withstanding a wild boar attack (WTF?) to a marine construction worker who wears it over his wetsuit as an anti-chafing measure while doing underwater welding.

Check it out here.

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Richard Gnaedinger

11 years ago

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Can we use flexible canvas fire hose for collecting sawdust from a bench saw to a collection bag? The collection bag is connected to a blower that draws the sawdust from the exit of the saw. I'm wondering if the blower will draw enough suction to move the sawdust through the hose into the blower. Will that movement of air be enough to keep the hose open. Have you had any experience with that. The hose will be short, less than 10 feet. The exit of the saw is 1&1/4 inch OD.
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