Re: [VFB] Ekich bobbin - ?

[mark romero]

As far as the long bobbins go, i think the simple Tiemco ceramic is the 
best. But i really like the short guys. Griffin makes 'em i think. They bout 
half as long. I gave all 6/7 of those i have to my wife though because she 
has small hands. She has her own tying station set up in our kitchen in 
Manhattan, with enough materials and hooks to last her forever, or at least 
until we sell the apt. and she moves up to Roscoe full time. I also like the 
long Griffins. mark.....

From: Martin Westbeek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: [VFB] Ekich bobbin - ?
Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2005 22:42:10 +0100
Thanks, Pete. At present my favorite is the Umpqua Ergonomic bobbin. I like 
the shape and the weight. Can't wait to try the Ekich.
Martin

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Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 2:57 PM
Subject: Re: [VFB] Ekich bobbin - ?

Hey, Martin -
 Congrats on the FAOL monthly prize drawing!  I've used the Ekich for my 
17/0 trico thread and it works very well *for an automatic*.  I guess the 
feel is somewhere between a Thumb-plate bobbin and a Norvise bobbin, in my 
opinion.  Personally, I'm a control freak, so I don't care for the 
"automatic" types, but if I had to go with one, this would be it. 
Norvise's bobbin is too awkward for my gorilla hands, and the spool-change 
thing isn't for me, either.  I like the design of the Ekich having only 
one side of the bobbin bar, with the other (loading) side free.  You can 
do some nice thread- tension tricks with it that way, but then you are 
defeating the purpose of an automatic bobbin.  All in all, I'd say it's 
better than most but not my favorite.  If you like the feel of an 
automatic bobbin, then this is the best I've tried.
 Just my personal opinion... I'm too trained in 'thread tension' (read: 
control freak!) to go to an automatic bobbin.  For the record, I have 7 
bobbins that I use currently, 6 of them being Griffin ceramic bobbins (one 
of those 6 being midge, the other 5 standards) and the 7th being some 
cheap generic brand that I use for "rippers" (wires and tinsels that 
damage the head of the bobbin).  I have a half of a shoebox (size 21 
shoes, I might add) of old bobbins that I don't use for one reason or 
another...
Hope that helps, and have fun tying with it!
Tight wraps,
Pete

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