Dave wrote: > I live in "Amish ville" so there are plenty of horses around here. No > shortage of them in this part of the country (Northern Indiana) There > are about a dozen next door... > > Hmmm..... If I could lure them to the fence with a nice pile of fresh > cut grass ....get their tails near the fence and hide the scissors > ....., I could ...... ;-) > > Might not make me very popular with Victor, next door though... > >
Dave, One thing you should know - which any good maker of violin bows will tell you - is that you should only use the hair from the tails of male horses. The female horses pee on theirs and that makes the hair brittle!!! The hair also has a 'right' and a 'wrong' direction. The scales of the hair grow so that they overlap in one direction so that, when the hair is pulled through the hand in one direction, it feels rough and in the other direction, smooth. This is important for violin bows and also for when I use horsehair as a polishing thread in jewellery making. Ian ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
