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Whip Finisher
The host of the tying program on KWSU tv, (the Washington State University Public TV Station) has a whip finisher with the end sharpened for cuting off the thread when he finishes the fly, is this factory on a finisher or did he sharpen it himself?
Eric
KWSU Tv website has great video clips for beginning tiers who cant get to lessons or cant afford them
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Tis bettter to have hooked and lost, than never hooked at all.
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Eric-WD,
I don't believe it's necessary to sharpen the end of the whip finish tool. Just keep the thread taut and press the butt of the tool to the thread at the knot.
Several years ago I saw Craig Matthews (Blue Ribbon Flies) do just that. When I returned home I tried it. It works! I don't usually use the tool to put on the whip finish (fingers are faster), but occasionally I use it for awhile just to keep the technique alive. That's when I use the butt of the tool to snap the thread. Taut thread and push the tool on it. Pop!
Bill
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Name indicates where I fish and for what I fish.
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Oops,
Perhaps your whip finisher is more finely finished than mine. Mine was inexpensive (but very functional) and the bottom of the tool looks like the round wire - a bit less than 1/16th inch - was just cut off and the end flattened so the handle wouldn't slide off. HTH
Bill
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I have a friend who uses the whip finisher with the butt end flattened like a scredriver head or chisel. I asked him it it came that way. He said no, he had to do it. He said "I Think" he said he had to hammer it down and the material was extremely hard. Put dents or almost put dents in his anvil.
Gem
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The person who uses the finisher in the videos works one day a week at the local fly shop, I will have to go in and ask him. just thought someone here would know, and I have forgotten to ask him both times Ive been in when he was there.
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Tis bettter to have hooked and lost, than never hooked at all.
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Eric-WD,
I have a fly tying DVD at home that shows a tyer using a whip finisher with the end sharpened to cut the thread with. He showed this as a tying tip and I am led to believe that this is something that you the tyer can do and is not a whipfinisher that comes this way. I cannot remember which of the 6 DVD's this was shown in. It is a good tip and it does work rather well.
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Warren
[This message has been edited by WarrenP (edited 19 June 2006).]
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I have seen people that have filed a sharpened 'V' notch in the end of their whip finisher. Looks like it works great.
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OK, I went and asked. He is at the fly shop on Mondays so the owner can have a day off.
He didnt realize what I was asking at first then he remembered (the shows are reruns and havent been made in a few years) He had taken a hammer and flattened the back of his whip finisher and then used a triangle file and cut a notch blade. It worked well but he does not use it any more.
think Ill try it
Eric
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Tis bettter to have hooked and lost, than never hooked at all.
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OK, so now we not only have a tool that we didn't need in the first place, we have a modification to the tool so it can do something that we didn't need to do in the second place. You may, without tools of any kind, do a whip finish by hand, and then do one of two things after that. You can cut the thread with your thumbnail, or, open your scissors and with tension on the thread, cut it with the flat blade. The scissors were right there in your hand anyway, right? Talk about speed! You never even have to pick up a tool!
Eric
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"OK, so now we not only have a tool that we didn't need in the first place, we have a modification to the tool so it can do something that we didn't need to do"
"The scissors were right there in your hand anyway, right?"
Once again we have the my way is right your way is wrong school of thought, Im glad you find it comfortable to tie with Scissors in hand and whip finish with out a tool, I on the other hand don't.
I am sure when the first tying vice came out people said the same things about them.
Just beceause somthing is different doesn't make it better or worse for everyone. Just Different.
Eric