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Thread title ... "Edgin Hair Snare"

translation ... a trap for hair

explaining a joke never works ... truly, nevermind. 🤨

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5 minutes ago, mikechell said:

Thread title ... "Edgin Hair Snare"

translation ... a trap for hair

explaining a joke never works ... truly, nevermind. 🤨

You're right, it didn't work.

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I got mine in  the mail yesterday and I tried it out on a few things.

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In this case I was running out of enough tinsel to finish wrapping this hook shank with fingers alone. It worked well enough for that.

I also tried it on various hackles. It worked really well on the butt ends of the the hackle, gripping better than standard hackle pliers, but on the tip of the hackles, it slipped easier than regular pliers.

In summery, I would say, if you're looking for a new toy, you could get one. This one was eight bucks and some change from Amazon. It got here in 4 days.

OTOH, if you already have hackle pliers that you are happy with, I'm not sure this would help you much.

If you want me to try this tool on anything in particular, let me know.

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I have some of those Norm, they are a little clumsy for me though and didn't hold onto the feathers very well. The examples you picture look a little better than mine. There must be different manufacturers and I got a poor quality one.

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could be one factory in china is better than another factory 😀

i use them for holding flies to dry

hackle pliers work as good as that hair thingy

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38 minutes ago, flytire said:

could be one factory in china is better than another factory 😀

i use them for holding flies to dry

hackle pliers work as good as that hair thingy

I think you are right. I can't think of anything it does better than anything else but I'll see. Like maybe it would be handier on parachutes than any other given thing.

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On 10/19/2020 at 6:17 PM, Mark Knapp said:

I think you are right. I can't think of anything it does better than anything else but I'll see. Like maybe it would be handier on parachutes than any other given thing.

Thanks Mark for checking this out,  I am finding similar results that there are situations where it seems to hold the feather better than some other pliers.   Other situations, I find what I am used to that works best.

 

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On 10/13/2020 at 4:26 PM, mikechell said:

That's pretty cool!  I've always wanted to trap a hair !!!

You and Elmer Fudd.

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On 10/19/2020 at 12:57 PM, Mark Knapp said:

I have some of those Norm, they are a little clumsy for me though and didn't hold onto the feathers very well. The examples you picture look a little better than mine. There must be different manufacturers and I got a poor quality one.

Try putting a little dubbing wax under the hook (the one on the clip, not the one in your vise.)  Works for me.

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18 minutes ago, redietz said:

Try putting a little dubbing wax under the hook (the one on the clip, not the one in your vise.)  Works for me.

Ah, good tip, thanks.

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