Number Duck → 2/0 Duck — Greige

2/0 Duck — Greige

This is the heaviest cloth we stock. Period. Often called “32 oz” duck in the trade, this weight measures approximately 30.5 oz/sq.yd — which is less a fabric and more a commitment. Woven on shuttle looms with a closed selvedge — old-school, slow, and exactly the way it should be. You don’t rush something built to carry saddle pannier bags, construction tools, or the grudges of a generation. It’s the kind of cloth that doesn’t ask for permission and doesn’t need to explain itself. When lighter ducks tap out, 2/0 is just getting started.

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Composition: 100% Cotton

Grade: "AB" Grade Non-Dyeable

Yarns: 7/6 x 7/6

Thread Count: 30 x 18

Stock Widths: 26"

Common Name: 32 oz

Actual Weight: approx 30.5 oz./sq.yd

Applications: Equestrian pannier bags, Construction tool bags, Carpet backing, Rubber boots
Trivia:

In 1943, Federal Spec CCC-D-771B classified Number Ducks all the way up to 12/0 — a 48-ounce monster made with 9-plied yarns in both warp and fill. That’s not fabric, that’s armor plating. Nobody makes 12/0 anymore. The looms that could handle it are gone, the demand vanished, and frankly the world got softer. But 2/0? Still here. Still woven on shuttle looms with a closed selvedge. If 12/0 was the battleship, 2/0 is the destroyer that never left the fleet. This is as heavy as it gets without calling a museum — and it’s still earning its keep.

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