Humorous eBay Vise Description

All about flies Fly Tying
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Sorry, but I just had to share the following vise description taken directly from an eBay listing. This seller is obviously a serious fly tier… NOT! Must work for the govenment.

Will

Up for auction is a Renzetti Fish-Fly Tying Device. A device for tying fish flies onto the shank of a fishing hook. The device includes a rotatable shaft and a one-way clutch for rotating the shaft about the longitudinal axis of the shaft and for holding the shaft at any rotational position. Clamping means, including a pair of jaws, are mounted on the end of the shaft at a compound angle to the axis of the shaft. The clamping means includes a pair of jaws which terminate immediately adjacent to the axis so that when the hook is held in the jaws its shank is coaxial with the axis of the shaft and fully exposed. The shaft and clutch are mounted on a beam, whose height is adjustable. A clamp base secures the device to a table or other surface. A thread cradle is mounted on the beam and a spring clip for holding fly making components is mounted on the shaft.

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Sounds Nigerian to me. Surprised he is not asking for help getting funds out of the country for a fee.

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Oldfrat,

If it were really Nigerian, the vise would be described as “diamond and jewel encrusted.” 8T

You had better learn to be a happy camper. You only get one try at this campground and it’s a real short camping season.

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The thing that makes it even more humorous is that to anyone not familiar with tying the technical description is pretty good.

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Sounds like it was drafted by a patent attorney.

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The seller is obviously an engineer, not a fly tyer.

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Sooo,
How much did you bid? (grin)

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“MEGO” definition: My Eyes Glaze Over

MEGO: what happens when I read that description or ask my engineer husband about his work.

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This guy has got to be former military supply.

I remember looking forever for a replacement zipper (for my jump boots) in the Marine Corps Supply Roster. We finally found them after a long and exhaustive search, under ‘I’, for “Interlocking Slide Fastener”.

Semper Fi!

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GIG…{G}