Greshire

Save your knees and wear some greshire pants before you go tracking the deep forests.

Greshire is a central plains organic compound made for hardy use and durable fabrics. Greshire's ability to resist and dull impact and protect from damage made this plant cloth was one of the greater early discoveries.

Long before the Humans, or even the Dragon King, the plains of the Independant Cities were learning to turn Khordin into protection, first through the weaving of the strips of leaves of the hardy plant into a tough material, then over time into the Greshire known in modern times. Research continues on how to make a more universal hardy material, but materials-researchers wonder if such a material would even be called Greshire - even if it were made on a Khordin base.

Properties

Material Characteristics

Dark brown, coarse material with limited stretchability but high resistance to puncture and cutting. This has made its use as outerwear a common fabric choice. It folds reliably and keeps an edge.

Tests show that a double layer of modern greshire can survive a strike from a meteor hammer.

Due to the liquor used in the process, greshire is more flammable than untreated organic matter, and burns with a noxious smokey black flame. This does mean for things like heat resistant gloves or Smoke masks were never made with the material despite the resistant nature of the material being good for protection where smoke masks would be needed.

History & Usage

Manufacturing & Products

Khordin leaves are cut into thin strips the ends connected by plant gum and crocheted into a loose weave. Over the next few weeks the pattern is dried and weaved with a fresh layer of Khordin before the whole thing is hydrated in a fruit gum before being dried again. This is repeated until the cording is not visible to the eye and mimics a continuous fabric.

Byproducts & Sideproducts

The gum/plant sweat juice is a very good adhesive.

Hazards

It is the fruit gum that is the most dangerous part of this process. Gathered from berries from local plainer shrubs, and excess sap, mixed and concentrated before being gathered into vats, the gum exudes flammable vapours that are highly dangerous if caught within the heavy dry season suns.

Reusability & Recycling

Greshire is repairable, easily patched due to requiring just the fruit gum to adhere and stitch the smaller scrap of greshire passed over the damaged area. but also good to break down in prolonged exposure to warm water or san

Distribution

Trade & Market

Trade in greshire is ubiquitous, mainly because the supply vastly outweighs the need, and while labour intensive, the recipe is widespread and easy to replicate. The biggest slow in production from experts into just somthing someone makes themselves is the time sink and the space requirements for growing Khordin (and how it is an invasive species outside of central Levis).

Storage

The fabric requires a flat dry space for storage. While It can be folded, it retains a crease well and so bundled greshire will age into weird crease filled shapes if left bundled haphazardly. Greshire is also suceptable to mold, the fungus attracted to the fruit gum residue left that makes the bonded Khordin so tough.

Law & Regulation

Immitations exist, but to be called greshire it must be made with Khordin.

Type

Textile

Taste

If licked, tastes of plant gum and Khordin leaves.