T4tomo
Legendary Member
Harris tweed is quite a loose weave so not particularly strong compared to say Donegal tweed, sometimes marketed as "thornproof". However an old pal was a scientific officer with the Water Board, and for his role checking up on farmers he needed to look smart-ish but a suit was too city-boy. Harris tweed like a country vet gave him the right gravitas and authority. Anyhow, someone had had a carboy of battery acid leak in the van and it had gone all over his new tweed jacket, and nylon lining completely melted. He swilled it in water and his mum made a new lining and the tweed itself was just fine
I'm not planning to run through a thorn hedge or bath in battery acid.