Hi Paul: Thanks for the explanation. I was aware that most of the fly tying thread we buy was re-spooled, dyed and sometimes waxed but I thought that there were still a few that made their own. Part of Gudebrod's demise was because they lost a contract to supply dental floss. Presumably they did not make it but instead re-spooled and packaged it.
Neville Gosling On Feb 25, 2014, at 8:42 AM, Paul <[email protected]> wrote: > I'll answer the questions in one reply. > Wayne: I'm not "Paul of UNI" because I've never worked for UNI. The founder > of UNI-Products, the late Jean-Guy Côté, was a very good friend. I wrote the > booklet for his company. > Neville: One of the biggest misconceptions is that the companies named on the > spools are thread manufacturers, none are. Thread manufacturers are huge > companies, think DuPont for example. They have plants around the world > servicing one of the largest industries, clothing. In my first post you'll > note that I keep referring to "respoolers" because that's what the fly-tying > thread companies are. They buy commercial spools of thread and respool them > onto the little spools we use. You don't believe that Climax makes the > material for their tippet spools? The reason why UNI labels now say "Spain" > for example instead of "Canada" is because of a change in the way US Customs > interpreted the importation regulations. Originally the amount of value added > (spools, labels, wax, respooling) was sufficient to label "Made in Canada", > they then decided the source of the base material was the controlling factor, > so ..... > Tony: I agree, the 10/0 is smaller than 8/0, 12/0(?) and 14/0(?). > Optical measurement is meaningless for comparing a flat thread to a twisted > filament thread. What are you going to measure, the flat side or the thin > side? > Breaking strength is measurable, but doesn't say anything about diameter. > The article by Chris Helm unfortunately had quite a few errors. > > Paul > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VFB Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
