03-16-2009, 01:01 AM
"I use a sewing needle glued to a wine cork for a bodkin"
I used something like that for many years, Goddess. A friend of mine who makes bamboo rods, however, uses the trimmings to make bodkins, and I now have several of them.
Would I buy something like that? Likely not. But the price was right, and they're fun to brag on.
Having learned to whip finish by hand I never have gotten the hang of a whip finisher. I keep fooling with them, but it's quicker to just continue using my fingers.
If you tie a lot of bucktails, as I do, a stacker is crucial. But I made one from an empty rifle cartridge, rather than buy one.
Fact is, anyone can make a lot of their tying tools.
Brook
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I used something like that for many years, Goddess. A friend of mine who makes bamboo rods, however, uses the trimmings to make bodkins, and I now have several of them.
Would I buy something like that? Likely not. But the price was right, and they're fun to brag on.
Having learned to whip finish by hand I never have gotten the hang of a whip finisher. I keep fooling with them, but it's quicker to just continue using my fingers.
If you tie a lot of bucktails, as I do, a stacker is crucial. But I made one from an empty rifle cartridge, rather than buy one.
Fact is, anyone can make a lot of their tying tools.
Brook
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