Date: Sun, 21 Sep 1997 12:05:00 -0600
From: Philip Wylie <pjwylie@superiway.net>
To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
Subject: Re: lashing/keelson
Wayne,
You are correct! I Just tried them and the vulnerable area is just
as you say. To bad they were almost perfect if only the leather
wraped higher around the side of pinky as you say and just a little
longer perhaps up to the first joint of the pinky. They were designed
for golf only and perhaps mountain biking. The thumb has the best
padding. If only it had been the pinky.
Cheers,
Philip
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wayne steffens wrote:
>
> That might work if I adjust my style, but the area that got me was at
> the
> last joint of my pinky and index finger. I dont know if they would
> protect
> those spots. I'm pretty pleased with how the mitt worked for beam
> lashing
> but I will have to get something else for sewing. Somebody mentioned a
> sewing "palm" which I will look into.Maybe my hands will toughen up by
> then. I doubt it.
>
> Wayne
>
> At 10:00 AM 9/21/97 -0600, you wrote:
> >Hey Wayne,
> >
> >For a practicle glove to use for lashing, what do you think of
> >those spandex glove gloves with the fingers cut off half way and
> >having think webbed palms and velcro wrist snaps to hold them on?
> >Any thoughts here? I have a pair and was wondering,since I use
> >one while holding my high performance compound bow while shooting.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >
> >Philip
> >
> >
>
> >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> >wayne steffens wrote:
> >>
> >> At 09:10 PM 9/20/97 -0500, you wrote:
> >> > >
> >> >3 piece of course! You're in it for the CHALLENGE aren't you?
> >>
> >> Hehe. Apparently. :D I'm all for the 3 piece, just wondering if
> there
> >> were
> >> overriding reasons not to use one. I dont think anyone can talk me
> out
> >> of
> >> it. Thats it, I'm making a 3 piece!
> >>
> >>
> >> My artificial sinew sure smelled like burning nylon to me when I
> >> singed the
> >> ends.Got all but one beam lashed tonight. If I knew then what I
> knew
> >> now
> >> I'd be more judicious in my dowel placement. A couple of beams left
> no
> >> choice but an odd angle for the lashing but so what. I didnt want
> to
> >> make
> >> my grooves through the dowels.
> >>
> >> Found an old elkskin chopper glove that has seen better days and I
> >> used
> >> that for tightening the lashings to protect my apparently sensitive
> >> hands.
> >> I had to take it off to feed the line through on each turn but
> being a
> >> mitt
> >> it slipped right back on quickly with one hand while I held the
> line
> >> tight
> >> with the other and wasnt really a delay.
> >>
> >> I got to wondering why the end plates arent lashed. So? If thats a
> >> really
> >> stupid question how about just one person saying so. ;)
> >>
> >> One of mine is lashed anyway, because of a split at the end of a
> >> gunnel
> >> that I wanted to encourage to stay closed, but just one lashing
> near
> >> the tip.
> >>
> >> Wayne
> >
> >