Tony I recently picked up an old veniards trout kit from ebay. Those little cigar boxes are going for a lot more than 50 cents now. They are a neat little piece of fly tying history. I enjoyed digging through it. :0) Iain has sent me the best tools to go with it. I'm actually having a good time using the older tools. They've come a long way but some of them are still fun to use. I won't trade my modern vise for the old ones though. They just don't seem to hold the hooks as well as my Dyna King. Deb ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Spezio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2004 8:11 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] Finally!!! Joyce
> My first vise was a homemade affair. I bought my first "store bought" > vise in 1946. It is a Thompson "B". Cost was 2.50. I still have it. My > total set of tools was the vise, a pair of Thompson hackle pliers, an > old pair of scissors, piece of bees wax and a wood cigar box with some > Herters tinsel and floss. No bobbins in those days, thread was regular > sewing thread that I waxed with the bees wax. Dubbing was cut off the > skin of a rabbet or muskrat that I trapped. Most of my hackle came from > the chicken market where my dad worked on Saturdays. The hooks I used > were "Life Saver Brand" They were less expensive than Mustads. If I > recall correctly, they were 25 cents for a box of 100. > Well I rambled on enough, lot's of memories are being stirred up. > Tony
