Jeff Shields
Registered: February 2007
Location: Austin, Texas
Posts: 203
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Mon February 11, 2008 11:01am
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That's really sharp, Billy. Looks great with the integrated fade.
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mark blabaum
Registered: June 2006
Location: Southwest - Wisconsin
Posts: 1,282
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Mon February 11, 2008 11:47am
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Billy, very nice work on this one. The colors are outstanding.
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Al Ciner
Registered: October 2005
Location: joliet,illinois
Posts: 692
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Mon February 11, 2008 12:23pm
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I love this pattern. Gonna have to try it one day. Super as always.
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BIlly Vivona
Registered: March 2005
Location: Staten Island, New York
Posts: 2,910
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Mon February 11, 2008 12:35pm
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Believe me, it looks better in the picture then in real life. The Blue disappears into the background, and the pattern is very small on the blank.
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James Labanowski
Registered: March 2005
Location: Oxnard, California
Posts: 2,061
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Mon February 11, 2008 12:52pm
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Hey I bet this is awesome out in the sun. Great work Billy your criticize your choices too much. I really would love to see the effect of it in the sun.
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Jorge Pozzobon
Registered: May 2007
Location: Passo Fundo - RS - Brasil
Posts: 1,147
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Mon February 11, 2008 2:25pm
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That looks splendid. 4o points on 12 mm is a lot of wrap on a samall blank. Is wonderful Billy. I hope to see after finish.
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Mark Fisher
Registered: March 2005
Location: Broken Hill, N.S.W, Australia
Posts: 1,715
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Mon February 11, 2008 2:27pm
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Looks good to me Billy. I've been doing a few GUSA's lately and really like them but as you say, the diameters don't leave a great deal of room for larger style wraps. The 40 point is one I have wanted to try but haven't had a blank diameter large enough.
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BIlly Vivona
Registered: March 2005
Location: Staten Island, New York
Posts: 2,910
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Mon February 11, 2008 2:33pm
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Mark - Maybe on a split grip rod, or even better....use 60wt MAdeira or 00 Gudebrod. Smaller thread will let the pattern build large enough without wrapping around. I have a lot of 60wt, I'm scared to use it.
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Paul Rimbeck
Registered: August 2005
Location: Tabernacle, NJ
Posts: 292
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Mon February 11, 2008 5:02pm
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Another fine job. I'm with you on the 60 wt.
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russell cook
Registered: May 2007
Posts: 127
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Mon February 11, 2008 7:11pm
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The pattern is sick, Thread God man, Thread God.....sweet job.
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Michael Joyce
Registered: March 2005
Location: Central MA
Posts: 1,528
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Mon February 11, 2008 7:21pm
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" I love the smell of Madeira (napalm) in the morning" ..Appocalypse Now. This is the toughest wrap in the book IMHO. It aint called 40 points for nothing. Its a 60wt pattern and a 40 wt background kind of wrap. Eleven.
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Jim Rippe
Registered: March 2005
Location: Hammond, Indiana
Posts: 621
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Mon February 11, 2008 7:55pm
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Billy, still looks great. I agree with Doc.
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Fred Yarmolowicz
Registered: March 2005
Location: Brick(Central) NJ
Posts: 565
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Mon February 11, 2008 10:07pm
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How many 40`s did it take to finish this one? As always sweet wrap. Wish I had the time to experiment a little more.
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edward torres
Registered: April 2007
Location: San Antonio Texas
Posts: 236
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Mon February 11, 2008 11:47pm
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What the freckles is wrong with you, the wrap and work behind this is just awesome. I too agree with everyone now put finish throw it in the sun and post that baby up. Awesome work HAUS.
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BIlly Vivona
Registered: March 2005
Location: Staten Island, New York
Posts: 2,910
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Tue February 12, 2008 9:49am
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How many 40's, huh? The is only 6 passes, which I actually took the time to layout the cross over points on. I did 1 packing pass after 5, leaving enough for the last pass on teh inside boxes. ONce I closed the pattern I threw 4 background passess, packed and went to bed angry. Honestly, it probably only took me 1 1/2 - 2 hours to get the pattern on the blank & packed, and another 45 minutes for the background. The next night I did the entire GReen wrap in one sitting, adn didn't come back to this for 4 days as I was gonna cut it off. I figured since it's a Demo rod which I will never use, it wasnt' worth it.
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