Tying off a Parachute Differently

[Byron haugh]

I say "differently", perhaps all have been tying off this way - I hadn't.
I now tie the hackling feather off on the base of the post, and do my whip finish on the base of the post instead of tying the hackling feather off at the eye of the hook.
I think it looks much neater this way as the eye of the hook is clean.
What do you think?

[herefishy]

I like the look of yours, but when I do it, I must make too many wraps around the post, as my hackle gets forced up away from the thorax. How many wraps do you make?

[Byron haugh]

I make about 5 wraps.

[lastchance]

Hi Byron. I've been doing that for a lot of years, and to me, it's much easier and neater. Nice tie.
Bruce

[AlanB]

Thats the way I have been doing it for at least 10 years. Do you turn the hook in the vice for this, or turn your wrist to make the whip finish horizontally?
Cheers,
A.

[AlanB]

One other thing. The easy way to put head cement on that whip finish.

Once you have formed the whip finish, but before tightening it, pick up a tiny drop of head cement on your bodkin. Put your bodkin into the loop of the whip finish and draw tight around the bodkin. Now pull the bodkin out, leaving the head cement right on the whip finish.

Cheers,
A.