Pete, You can buy a carding brush at a pet supply store. Most people use two of them. They have lots of very small, wiry, flexible teeth. They are used to line up the fibers in wool like before spinning it on a wheel (I think!), but lots of people use them on dogs and cats to get out the dead hair. They are often called slicker brushes. Bruce Whittle ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 4:47 PM Subject: [VFB] Carding brush?
> > Hello again, everyone, > I was just reading a new-to-me book (The Practical Fly Tier: No-Nonsense Patterns and Techniques for Wet and Dry Flies, Nymphs, and Streamers by Royce Dam et al) and I'm interested in what a 'Carding brush' is. I make my own wool dubbing and dye it, so I'm highly curious what this device is... the context is that the brush makes wool dubbing easier to work with in a 'strand by strand' fashion. At first I thought it was a simple bore-cleaner for a gun barrel, or something like that, but I'm a bit confused as to what the book means. Could someone please shed some light on this? Is this the 'lint-remover' brush? > Thanks, > Pete > > ________________________________________________________________ > The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! > Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! > Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! >
