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mega monkey fist wicks

adamrice — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:34:15 GMT

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

Inverting leather tube for Wulff's grips

adamrice — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:33:26 GMT

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

adamrice — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:32:25 GMT

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

adamrice — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:31:33 GMT

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

adamrice — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 22:05:06 GMT

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

adamrice — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:34:06 GMT

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

adamrice — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:27:54 GMT

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

adamrice — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 16:16:51 GMT

Here are those stickers.

fire-gear burst logo

adamrice — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 19:20:18 GMT

Square-stitch snake 2

adamrice — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 22:24:05 GMT

Square-stitch snake 1

adamrice — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 22:23:40 GMT

wrapper's delight

adamrice — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 22:34:58 GMT

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

adamrice — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 21:45:22 GMT

Just got my first shipment in.