Re: [VFB] New article on a talented tyer

[mark romero]

Nick, Swiss Straw makes great wing cases, and sometimes wings themselves. 
Raffia makes good bodies. You need to soak it in your mouth first. Doesns't 
take much to get it pliable. mark

From: Rene Zillmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: [VFB] New article on a talented tyer
Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 22:12:39 +0200
Nick,
Raffia is the natural stuff, swiss straw is an artificial product. From my 
point - I have both -  not really simmilar. Swiss straw is a bit 
translucent, raffia not and raffia is more brittle. But it dyes well.
Best
Rene

Niclas Runarsson wrote:
Is Raffia really the same thing as Swiss Straw? I ordered the product that
was called Swiss Straw and this was rolled up on flat "cardboard spools".
(Can't come up with English name for it.) From the same dealer (at the 
same
time), I also ordered Raffia... which was delivered in "chunks" in 
zip-lock
bags.

The Swiss Straw is soft, thin but strong, and easy to work with... while 
the
Raffia is very much like dried grass. Very fragile and can crack up just 
by
bending it.

To me these two seem very different from eachother.
/Nick