Fire-gear Photo Album

mega monkey fist wicks

2008-09-30T22:34:15Z

Also made for Wulff. I think I'm getting the hang of these.

Inverting leather tube for Wulff's grips

2008-09-30T22:33:26Z

This was the hard part. You can see in this picture the fid that I used to help work the tube right-side out.

Stitching leather for Wulff's grips

2008-09-30T22:32:25Z

This was the easy part. That tool is a stitching awl, which I somehow managed to avoid impaling myself with.

Leather over chain loop grip

2008-09-30T22:31:33Z

I made these for Wulff. Massive pain in the ass. Please do not ask me to make a set just like them for you.

Oops

2007-10-24T22:05:06Z

Well, one of those 5-bight wicks kind of, um, disassembled itself. Fortunately, this didn't result in a dangerous situation, the customer was able to fix it, and I am pretty sure I know how to prevent it in the future.

5-bight monkey fists

2007-10-18T14:34:06Z

Made for a friend, Greg. These are 5-bight knots over 3-bight knots. My first try at this pattern. They came out kind of lopsided, but Greg says he thinks they look OK and spin well. They clock in at a little over 8 oz each dry, which makes them slightly heavier than my "mega" interleave wicks.

Giant strap

2007-10-09T16:27:54Z

For my deluxe finger nooses, the pad on the strap needs to be fitted to the wearer. Most folks seem to fall in the middle of the bell curve in terms of finger diameter, and can use my standard straps. A while ago, I started making smaller straps for smaller hands. But a linebacker-sized friend of mine wanted grips fitted to his fingers, which are the size of kielbasa. This is the result. I've shot this with a standard strap alongside for comparison.

Schwag

2007-09-12T16:16:51Z

Here are those stickers.

fire-gear burst logo

2007-08-21T19:20:18Z

Square-stitch snake 2

2007-08-06T22:24:05Z

Square-stitch snake 1

2007-08-06T22:23:40Z

wrapper's delight

2007-08-05T22:34:58Z

Prototype #1 of a new poi design. Each piece is made entirely of a single length of rope. The tail of the monkey fist serves as a chain, and is looped into an eye splice to form a handle. These are a little uneven, but usable. I'm going to make up a couple more sets of prototypes to get feedback and smooth out my process, and hopefully start offering them soon.

3/4" ipé dowels

2007-08-01T21:45:22Z

Just got my first shipment in.