I'm not much of a hair spinner, but I like the bare shank approach myself. But it is definitely not a requirement, as I know Chris Helms likes a thread base. To each his own.
Just my 2 cents. DonO ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hans Weilenmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 5:45 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] anybody out there? > 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 > >
