Boy, I've been gone from the list only one day and come back to find you guys talking about horsetail hair. Now if it was longhorn tail hair, it'd be worthy of another discussion, but "horsetail hair" ?????VBG BTW, I use tail hair from mares and just wash it good with a gentle dish detergent and it becomes silky once again.
John Martinez wrote: >The things you learn hanging around on this list. > > -John > Oregon > > >--- Ed Engelman/Sue Atkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>John and all >> >>I've read that you should not use tail hair from a >>female horse. A gelding >>(neutered male) or stallion is fine. The problem is >>that mares urinate on >>their tails and that the urea and associated acids >>make the tail hair >>fibers brittle and weak. >> >>Ed >> >> >> >>At 12:11 PM 9/21/02, you wrote: >> >>>Hi Bob- >>> >>>>From a horse!(chuckle). What a riot! Betcha never >>> >>saw >> >>>that one comin'. <VBG> >>> >>>I have several friends who raise horses and one of >>>them is going to be taking some to the knackers >>>soon.(A knacker is somebody who puts old horses >>> >>down, >> >>>please, no flames, I'm not the one taking them). >>> >>She >> >>>has already promised me some tails, I'll check with >>>her on what's going on with that. Will also check >>> >>on >> >>>just getting just some loose hairs from friends >>> >>when >> >>>they groom their nags. I'm sure I'll get some >>> >>strange >> >>>looks, but I'm used to it. Once you've picked up >>>roadkill, the rest is easy. ;>) >>> >>>Will let you know in a day or so what I get. >>> >>> -John >>> Oregon >>> >>> >>>--- Bob Haering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>>>Hi does any one know where I can get some horse >>>> >>tail >> >>>>hair in natural color; ie brown, black, gray , >>>>white ect? >>>> >>>>Thanks >>>>Bob Haering >>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> >>> >>>===== >>>The River- >>>You passers-by, who share my journey, >>>You move and change,I move and am the same; >>>You move and are gone, I move and remain. >>> >>>__________________________________________________ >>>Do you Yahoo!? >>>New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! >>>http://sbc.yahoo.com >>> >> > > >===== >The River- >You passers-by, who share my journey, >You move and change,I move and am the same; >You move and are gone, I move and remain. > >__________________________________________________ >Yahoo! - We Remember >9-11: A tribute to the more than 3,000 lives lost >http://dir.remember.yahoo.com/tribute > -- Jimmy D. Moore, "BIGTROUTMAN" I FISH BECAUSE I MUST! More importantly, I fish because my Dad taught me! Author,Outdoor Writer,TOWA, TF&G,VP-GRTU Owner/Webmaster - Worldwide Flyfishing Info. http://www.BIGTROUTMAN.homestead.com/MainPage.html
