On 31 Mar 2003 at 7:37, Deborah Duran wrote: > I actually use a thread base for spinning also...
I'm with Deb on this. The perceived requirement of having a bare shank to effectively spin deer hair is one of the persistent urban legends of tying. It just does not want to up&go away ;-) If you take a step back and think about it for a moment, you are tying tying down a clump of parallel round sticks. While the innermost ring of strands closest to the shank may benefit from less friction on a bare shank, this will not affect the vast majority of the strands. They will roll and move, relative to their neigbours, as much regardless of the bare or thread-covered center. Just Do It, and the hair will oblige ;-) Cheers, Hans W
