Binder Clip Method

[Len]

Ran across this video and wanted to know if any of you guys have tried this for adding body material...

 

[Lost Pole]

Was gon say yeh til I watched the video. Way beyond me. I use a smaller clip for stacking multiple colors of bou in an off kilt pattern rather than tying in clumps at a time. But thatn there is a whole diff ball game. Looks cool.

 

[BucktailJiger]

Been thinking about it .

 

[AndyLane]

Never have but after seeing it I prolly will. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Bucho]

I use several different sized clips like that. Comes in very handy whenever you want to deal with soft material from a strong stem or skin that is not to be tied in with. There´s a whole family of tools to fold and collect fine feather fibers s.a. CDC

That binder clip above however seems to grab the material not only by a sharp edge but by a plane surface, which gives a much better hold of bigger, longer fibers for the big furry jigs I tie. Nice.

Then again for serial production there´s the dubbing brush board.

Edit: Wow! Those are really, really cheap!!! would´nt have thought of that - I´m sold!!

 

[Pup]

Very clever. Thank you for the video Len.

 

[ragged edge]

That video answered my question! thanks for sharing.........

 

[StumpHunter]

I keep a couple of those clips on my tying bench, works very well as you can see on the video. I also have the Marc Petitjeans Magic Tool that also worked about the same way as the clip but has many more uses.

 

[papaperch]

Wonder if one of those potato chip bag clips would work also ? Maybe the plastic finish would work easier with materials.
Anyway neat idea.

 

[StumpHunter]

Wonder if one of those potato chip bag clips would work also ? Maybe the plastic finish would work easier with materials.
Anyway neat idea.

Just remember that you need to use short clips around 2'' long. The Magic Tool is plastic.