[lace] Re: and a purloined solution...
Does anyone know of a UK supplier for this gadget - the Gimp Grabber or wooden-handled hackle plier? It sounds most useful. I only have a very basic hackle plier, with no handle at all, and find it quite awkward to use. I certainly couldn't use it to hold a broken thread prior to throwing it out. on Thu, 11 Feb 2010 Clay Blackwell wrote: ...After I used my first Swivel Hackle, I had the notion that it would be very pleasing if the metal handle could be replaced with a bobbin. I gave Richard Worthen one of these hackles, and asked him to insert the working part into one of his turned bobbins and on Fri, 12 Feb 2010 kenn van dieren replied: ...the copyright symbol is for the name of the tool Gimp Grabber not the tool itself... Bridget Marrow, in Pinner, Middlesex. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] Re: and a purloined solution...
There are lots to be found on a UK google search. A new one I have just seen, priced at £4.80, is one with a bamboo handle - (http://www.lakelandflytying.com/40/Hackle_Pliers.aspx). You need the 4 version. But there are lots of others on other sites. I would say though, if you work with fine thread, avoid the ones with a brass handle as they are quite heavy. I am still using the one Tamara gave me when we couldn't get them in the UK, and using a brass one belonging to one of my students, I found it too heavy to attach to a whisker, as it was too 'robust'. They are immensely useful for broken and for running-out threads, as they just drop in place as a bobbin replacement, so more than one in your workbox will find a use. Jacquie in Lincolnshire - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
