Mark or Iain, I don't tie with blind eyes so tell me why do you twist the gut to make the eye? Does it keep it from closing or what?
Mike On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 9:02 AM, Mark Romero <markflie...@hotmail.com>wrote: > Iain, i've twisted a lot of gut over the last few years.....i know the > process.....and i never said it was hard........it IS a piece of > cake........... > What i said IS, it's time consumming. And i simply don' t have the time for > that. Plus i'm set for life on gut now. i can't live long enough to use all > i have. > > ------------------------------ > From: iainsh...@hotmail.com > To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > Subject: [VFB] Re: in case > Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:42:22 +0000 > > Naaaah, twisting is easy. Nail in a bench gut ends knotted. other end > knotted or loops on a cup hook, hook turned in electric screwdriver. > soak gut first in boiling water to soften then twist. leave overnight to > dry. > > ------------------------------ > From: markflie...@hotmail.com > To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > Subject: [VFB] Re: in case > Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:44:04 -0700 > > Not a bad idea Iain.....but i'd still have to twist it right? And actually, > i think i'm prolly set for life at this point.....i've got alllllllll kinds > of gut now, from a whole lotta sources and 90% of it is already twisted. > Twisting is not the problem.........it's the time involved to do it. > Time........the most precious and hard to come by thing we > got...........nowhere near enough of............Damn shame we need to sleep. > > > ------------------------------ > From: iainsh...@hotmail.com > To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > Subject: [VFB] Re: in case > Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:07:05 +0000 > > try your local vet for out of date gut sutures, comes in all sizes. > iain > > ------------------------------ > From: markflie...@hotmail.com > To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > Subject: [VFB] in case > Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 22:49:29 -0700 > > In case anyone is interested. i got my Ukelele strings in the mail > today..........the gut is very nice.......very clean and very light in > color........perfect for dying. i think there is more on ebay.......price is > pretty good as well. Now let's hope the tennis racquet stuff is just as > good. ebay is sometimes a crap shoot......lol > ------------------------------ > Windows 7: Unclutter your desktop. Learn > more.<http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9690331&ocid=PID24727::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WWL_WIN_evergreen:112009> > > > > ------------------------------ > Chat to your friends for free on selected mobiles. Learn > more.<http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/174426567/direct/01/> > </html > > > > ------------------------------ > Use Hotmail to send and receive mail from your different email accounts. Find > out how. <http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/186394592/direct/01/> > > > -- Mike Bliss Aloha from Hawaii --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
