I have never seen the "Bear" logo thread by Coats & Clark
(I'm in the U.S.A.), but I suspect it's very similar to
"upholstery"thread or "buttonhole twist":http://www.coatsandclark.com/Product...ats+Sewing+Thr...

Are you researching this particular thread or do you just
want a similar heavy duty thread?

Beverly

Thanks! I'm just interested in this particular thread. Now I have
found out from Coats that this thread is only sold in Sweden, Denmark,
Norway and Finland, so that's why you hadn't seen it. I guess it just
happened to become very popular here like a hundred years
ago, and that they therefore have kept it here even though it's no
longer part of their regular assortment.
--
Per Starbäck
"Life is but a gamble! Let flipism chart your ramble!"