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That is still a fairly popular hook so I think it is still in production
unless it is very recent. We sell #4 and #6 mostly for bonefish flies. Many here in the US have gone to the more expensive, sharper, harder Japanse hooks now like TMC, Targus, Dai-riki, Daichi, Gamakatsu, Trey Combs and Owner for salt water flies. -- Bill Kiene Kiene's Fly Shop Sacramento, CA, USA Web site: www.kiene.com "fish.iddx.net" wrote in message ... Anyone knows if this hook has gone out of production? -- Tight lines! - Thomas Schreiber Aarhus, Denmark - http://fish.iddx.net |
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The thing is, Tiemco 811S(12 hooks a pack) cost about 1.50$ MORE(!!!) than
the Mustad 34007(25 hooks a pack), and in the only difference is the color. They're both stainless. If i can get more for less, im gonne do it. ![]() -- Venligst, Grüsse, Regards, Thomas Schreiber - Finsensgade 48, 4tv 8200 Århus N. Danmark - 45+ 86725588 45+ 60725588 - "Bill Kiene" wrote in message om... That is still a fairly popular hook so I think it is still in production unless it is very recent. We sell #4 and #6 mostly for bonefish flies. Many here in the US have gone to the more expensive, sharper, harder Japanse hooks now like TMC, Targus, Dai-riki, Daichi, Gamakatsu, Trey Combs and Owner for salt water flies. -- Bill Kiene Kiene's Fly Shop Sacramento, CA, USA Web site: www.kiene.com "fish.iddx.net" wrote in message ... Anyone knows if this hook has gone out of production? -- Tight lines! - Thomas Schreiber Aarhus, Denmark - http://fish.iddx.net |
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Thomas,
All the Japanese stainless steel salt water hooks are far superior to the Mustad as far as sharpness and hardness in concerned. We won't buy a commercial fly that is not on a Japanese hook for any fly in our shop. The reason is here in CA the customers won't buy a fly with a dull hook. You can still shop the internet for a good deal on good Japanese SS hooks. -- Bill Kiene Kiene's Fly Shop Sacramento, CA, USA Web site: www.kiene.com "THOMAS SCHREIBER" wrote in message ... The thing is, Tiemco 811S(12 hooks a pack) cost about 1.50$ MORE(!!!) than the Mustad 34007(25 hooks a pack), and in the only difference is the color. They're both stainless. If i can get more for less, im gonne do it. ![]() -- Venligst, Grüsse, Regards, Thomas Schreiber - Finsensgade 48, 4tv 8200 Århus N. Danmark - 45+ 86725588 45+ 60725588 - "Bill Kiene" wrote in message om... That is still a fairly popular hook so I think it is still in production unless it is very recent. We sell #4 and #6 mostly for bonefish flies. Many here in the US have gone to the more expensive, sharper, harder Japanse hooks now like TMC, Targus, Dai-riki, Daichi, Gamakatsu, Trey Combs and Owner for salt water flies. -- Bill Kiene Kiene's Fly Shop Sacramento, CA, USA Web site: www.kiene.com "fish.iddx.net" wrote in message ... Anyone knows if this hook has gone out of production? -- Tight lines! - Thomas Schreiber Aarhus, Denmark - http://fish.iddx.net |
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The reason is here in CA the customers won't buy a fly with a dull hook.
-- Bill Kiene What do you mean by dull? Are you sure that the Japanese hooks(Tiemco) er that better than Mustad for example? -- Venligst, Grüsse, Regards, Thomas Schreiber - Finsensgade 48, 4tv 8200 Århus N. Danmark - 45+ 86725588 45+ 60725588 - |
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![]() fish.iddx.net wrote: The reason is here in CA the customers won't buy a fly with a dull hook. -- Bill Kiene What do you mean by dull? Are you sure that the Japanese hooks(Tiemco) er that better than Mustad for example? I believe that chemically sharpened hooks are sharper than mechanically sharpened ones. Although Mustad's more expensive hooks are chemically sharpened, the Mustad 34007 is mechanically sharpened. Willi |
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Willi,
What is the source for your information that the 34007 is mechanically sharpened? thanks, JFK. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- "Are you still wasting your time with spam?... There is a solution!" Protected by GIANT Company's Spam Inspector The most powerful anti-spam software available. http://mail.spaminspector.com "Willi" wrote in message ... fish.iddx.net wrote: The reason is here in CA the customers won't buy a fly with a dull hook. -- Bill Kiene What do you mean by dull? Are you sure that the Japanese hooks(Tiemco) er that better than Mustad for example? I believe that chemically sharpened hooks are sharper than mechanically sharpened ones. Although Mustad's more expensive hooks are chemically sharpened, the Mustad 34007 is mechanically sharpened. Willi |
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![]() Sierra fisher wrote: Willi, What is the source for your information that the 34007 is mechanically sharpened? thanks, JFK. I'm not sure. Just something I "know." In the late 80's or 90's Mustad introduced their line of chemically sharpened hooks, I think they were the 8000 series. They didn't change the way they sharpened their standard fly hooks. You taught me something about stainless hooks. I didn't realize they couldn't be chemically sharpened. Willi |
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I mistated my question above.
Apparently "chemically sharpening" is a plating process, perhaps similar to electoplating. I cannot find out much about it on the internet. All hooks are rasonable sharp when originally ground, but "chemically sharpening" defines the edges better, and makes it sharper. This extra sharpening is rapidly lost in salt water, perhaps as the salt dissolves the plating. Neither the Teimco nor the Mustad stainless steels hooks are "chemically sharpened". Both are unplated stainless steel. Tiemco on their web page states that the process of making stainless hooks precludes chemical sharpening. My question was "what evidence do you have to state tht Tiemco stainless steel hooks are sharpened differntly than the 34007? -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- "Are you still wasting your time with spam?... There is a solution!" Protected by GIANT Company's Spam Inspector The most powerful anti-spam software available. http://mail.spaminspector.com "Willi" wrote in message ... fish.iddx.net wrote: The reason is here in CA the customers won't buy a fly with a dull hook. -- Bill Kiene What do you mean by dull? Are you sure that the Japanese hooks(Tiemco) er that better than Mustad for example? I believe that chemically sharpened hooks are sharper than mechanically sharpened ones. Although Mustad's more expensive hooks are chemically sharpened, the Mustad 34007 is mechanically sharpened. Willi |
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I though chemical sharping was an acid dip, It used to be common to
"sharpen" files by dipping them in sulphuric acid. Now it's cheaper to buy a new file and throw away the old one. "Sierra fisher" wrote in message ... I mistated my question above. Apparently "chemically sharpening" is a plating process, perhaps similar to electoplating. I cannot find out much about it on the internet. All hooks are rasonable sharp when originally ground, but "chemically sharpening" defines the edges better, and makes it sharper. This extra sharpening is rapidly lost in salt water, perhaps as the salt dissolves the plating. Neither the Teimco nor the Mustad stainless steels hooks are "chemically sharpened". Both are unplated stainless steel. Tiemco on their web page states that the process of making stainless hooks precludes chemical sharpening. My question was "what evidence do you have to state tht Tiemco stainless steel hooks are sharpened differntly than the 34007? -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- "Are you still wasting your time with spam?... There is a solution!" Protected by GIANT Company's Spam Inspector The most powerful anti-spam software available. http://mail.spaminspector.com "Willi" wrote in message ... fish.iddx.net wrote: The reason is here in CA the customers won't buy a fly with a dull hook. -- Bill Kiene What do you mean by dull? Are you sure that the Japanese hooks(Tiemco) er that better than Mustad for example? I believe that chemically sharpened hooks are sharper than mechanically sharpened ones. Although Mustad's more expensive hooks are chemically sharpened, the Mustad 34007 is mechanically sharpened. Willi |
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"fish.iddx.net" wrote in message
... What do you mean by dull? Are you sure that the Japanese hooks(Tiemco) er that better than Mustad for example? Every Tiemco hook I've bought, was by far sharper than any Mustad hook. Buy a pack and compare for yourself. You'll be surprised at what you've been missing. |
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