Another source for splicing tools/knitpickers is the carp department of a tackle shop. Crap fishermen call them "boilie needles". Martin
----- Original Message ----- From: "Henk Verhaar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 06, 2004 8:29 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] re;tying legs > *This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(tm) Pro* > > On 6-sep-04, at 20:03, Tony Spezio wrote: > > > *This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(tm) > > Pro* > > Henk, > > That is the same tool as the Knit Fixer I mentioned. > > Sure, there a quite ubiquitous contraption. Mine actually came from a > long needle (like a gudebrod splicing needle but with just a sharpened > bevel at the end) which used to be sold over here as a bait needle to > thread dead baitfish onto a line. Hook was then attached and pulled > back into the fish. I cut the hook end of the needle with a dremel > cutting disk and attached a home-turned handle. > > henk > > ==========================Heisenberg was right!======================== > | Dr. Henk J.M. Verhaar | | > | Environmental Fate and Ecotoxicology Specialist | > | Fly Tier | web: www.xs4all.nl/~flyrod | > | Stichts End 17 | e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | NL-1244 PK Ankeveen | phone: +31 35 656 2128 | > | the Netherlands | ICQ: 15727113 | > ==========================Uncertainty happens!========================= > >
