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Yeah, but I have seen them with rubber adhered to the inside also. Newer (or less old) ones maybe?

There is no rubber anywhere. My theory is that the hose gets wet, even drips but the linen swells and keeps almost all of the water inside. Then when the hose gets dragged through some fire or hot...

Despite saying "Quaker City Rubber Co." this one is not lined with rubber.
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..........:rofl2: Yeah, and besides if they are not already matched up with some leather who cares if they shrink?

I hang mine to dry using two small pieces of wood on either end c-clamped together so just an inch of the strop is sandwiched. Then I loop rope through the c-clamps on both ends. The loop on the...

I've done this too and it works great. I like the ends your friend put on there, I only sealed my ends with super glue but it works alright. Geezer posted something about hanging it to dry with...