Over the years…since getting my first dubbing brush platform from Jim Smith…I’ve used dubbing brushes and often would experiment and have ended up with many extra’s that I won’t use so I’ll send some to anyone …[in the states] that would like them.
I won’t vouch for the quality but they have served me well. The colors vary so I’ll just send a mixture in a regular long office letter envelope and believe about a dozen will fit. They are tied with 34 gauge wire…copper /silver /brass . The price is right… free and includes postage…just PM me your address…I think there is room.
YES! This is what FAOL in all about and why it has lasted as long as it has! Thank you so much for sharing…You will be Blessed…Have a very Merry Christmas…
What a great idea! Make a very generous offer and then tell people that the first person to send a PM gets the goods, knowing that your mailbox is full;) Just kidding. Very nice gesture and I’m sure the lucky recipient will enjoy them and find that they really add some new creativeness to the bench.
Nice gesture. Years ago, like 20, I saw my first dubbing brush maker at the Int’l Fly Tying Symposium. My friend, who was a little bit of a tool maker, made a few similar ones for himself and me. Although I still have it, I’ve rarely used it. Maybe I will now that I’ve been reminded about it. Where do you get the 34 gauge wire? Do you ever use just thread. Anyway, have a wonderful Christmas.
Allan,
My copper wire is salvage from electrical wire etc. It comes in various sizes and I find I like what seems to be 34 ga the best…maybe if I was trying to throw half a chicken up in Alaska I’d use heavier.
I get the 34 ga at JoAnn’s in silver and brass…[use a coupon]…and I haven’t locally found it any where else.
Any chance you could show us pictures of what they were like 20 years ago?
I don’t use thread because I figure the brush relies on the bendable qualities of the wire…unlike thread that furls.
It is somewhat similar to the one posted by Byron. The one I have has a notch along which the bottom wire is positioned and connects to a hook. You add the material and flip the wire over the hook bringing the wire back to the starting point and tie it down. The hook is part of a ‘turbo spinner’ and just spin it until the material tightens up and the wire actually breaks. Remove. As I recall, it’s been a long time, if you wanted to use thread (it’s lighter and for tighter bodies) just place a thin coat of Fleximent on the thread immediately before adding material. Dries quickly and the furl is much reduced or eliminated. Now that I think of it, the maker we saw way back then may have been Marryat(?) or some European tyer. Just found this image on net. The mechanical part looked something like this and you can see where the groove would be. Total length was about 10-12 inches.
