Dear All, A while back --July 2004! How on earth did I remember that?-- there was an exchange about cutting strings to get two for the price of one. Ed Dubrow wrote about Nylgut "I can get two strings as long as I can tie an extra length to reach the peg." I have a similar situation with gut: 3 meters of gut and a string length of 140.5 cm. Not enough for two strings, but too much to throw away.
Am I inviting trouble if I attempt Ed's barrel/blood knot with gut? How about figure eight knot (<http://www.animatedknots.com/fig8boating/index.php>) at the bridge or peg end to save precious centimeters? Thanks, Peter. the next auto-quote is: One of the great achievements of science has been, if not to make it impossible for intelligent people to be religious, then at least to make it possible for them not to be religious. (Steven Weinberg) /\/\ Peter Nightingale Telephone (401) 874-5882 Department of Physics, East Hall Fax (401) 874-2380 University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI 02881 To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
