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Old 02-05-2013 | 11:25 AM
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It's getting pretty hard to find if you want 25%cotton and when you do find some the price is pretty high . I found some really old (35 years) reams for sale on eBay . It's 25 bucks a ream . (500 sheets) that may seem high but not when you consider it is selling at blackpowder supply places for about 15 bucks for a 100 sheets . Sometimes more . Many places like Buffalo Arms only have onion skin that is all wood content anymore. Needless to say I should have a lifetime supply
 
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Old 02-05-2013 | 11:31 AM
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Well at least your not going to run out. And maybe you can sell off a few sheet here and there to recoup your investment.
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Old 02-05-2013 | 11:33 AM
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Originally Posted by cayugad
Well at least your not going to run out. And maybe you can sell off a few sheet here and there to recoup your investment.
I shouldn't run out . I got 4 reams shucks I might have enough to write a few love letters to the wife, ain't done that in 20 years.
 
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Old 02-05-2013 | 12:00 PM
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Better get one of them calligraphy pens

So how many patches does one sheet of paper make? Curious...
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Old 02-05-2013 | 12:09 PM
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4 reams of 8.5x11 sheets?

This place has 16lb 100% cotton in a variety of sizes including rolls.
http://www.modernss.com/shopping/fam...yid_4421_cat_0

I did not look for anything below 100%
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Old 02-05-2013 | 12:10 PM
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Originally Posted by WV Hunter
Better get one of them calligraphy pens

So how many patches does one sheet of paper make? Curious...
Really depends on the bullet you are patching and how you cut them. but for me it's about 20 per sheet .
 
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Old 02-05-2013 | 02:09 PM
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I have been told the wood onion skin works well. I have about a dozen sheet to lay with this spring. I have right at 1000 sheets of the 25% but would buy more if it landed on my lap. I got lucky a while back and found three tablets of 25% cotton onion skin "air mail" tablets. They were .25 cents each. Ron
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Old 02-05-2013 | 07:31 PM
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Ever try cheap toilet paper? Some of that stuff is pretty tough.
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