Featured in Winding (Response #15)

Featured 153 Days Ago by Kolbein - - 33 comments

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Beamer said 157 days ago:

Oh yeah baby!! For those who know what this is it will be 5x5!! Perfect for this Theme!! BRAVO! And a very fine still life photo too!

AnnaG said 157 days ago:

That's quite a contraption! What exactly does it do!?!?!?!? Oh, it's high marks, in case you are interested ;-)

sureshk_menon said 157 days ago:

Cant figure out what this is but definitely see knobs that can be used to wind! Very interesting!

Kolbein said 157 days ago:

@Beamer: I was hoping someone would know what it was;) Thanks for your comment:) Glad you like it:) When I saw the theme, this was one of the first things I thought of.

@Anna and Suresh: It is a Fly vise, for tying fishing flys. In the art of tying flyes, one has a hook where one winds tread on, around and around tying feathers or hairs to the artificial fly"body".
This is not my fly or vise, I'm thankfully not hooked(pun intended) on this hobby, so I had to borrow it from a friend. When he bought this vise some years ago, it was one of only 4 made with this color, a brown trouth color. and it cost 2000$!!. So that makes all my hobbies not so expensive anymore;)

Willem_de_VL said 157 days ago:

:-)

Very nice interpretation of the theme!

Willem_de_VL said 157 days ago:

That's expensive fishing....

I was intending to make a remark that the one who uses this must be working very tidy indeed, but I can imagine it's for display only?

Kolbein said 157 days ago:

@Willem, it is in use;) But I think he has more than one vise, not all so expensive. But I know him as a gut who buys quality-stuff and uses it, I know he has several knives that cost more between 500-1500 us$ and they are uses hard. He likes to spend weeks in the mountain, sleeping in tent or under the open sky, just hiking from water to water and fish:) An outdoorsman he is;)

CraigMartin said 157 days ago:

What are we looking at?

CraigMartin said 157 days ago:

Interesting - I recognized what looked like a fishing fly on the right, but couldn't figure the rest of it out.

Fred said 157 days ago:

Tying flies is an art form in and of itself. Not sure what the holder is called but I find it interesting someone would decorate it like that.

An impactful image. High marks.

Fred said 157 days ago:

I should add that fly tying is a science as well as an art form. To be of any true value the fly must be attractive to fish. It is all about creating allure or, a lure. ;o)

Kolbein said 156 days ago:

@craigmartin and Fred :-)

barbara said 156 days ago:

A wonderful addition to this week's theme. Crisp, colourful. Love the painted spots on the fly tying apparatus. 5's!

Kolbein said 156 days ago:

Thank you Barbara:):) I really apreciate the feedback:)

barbara said 156 days ago:

Did my rating go through? I thought there were 8 ratings before I rated this but I see it says 8 now... Maybe I'm just paranoid now.

Kolbein said 156 days ago:

I didn't look to be hones, but the feedback means more to me:)
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And to night I have been at a frinds drinking a few to many whiskys;) so all is good;)

ThelmaBlizzard said 153 days ago:

What is it?

ThelmaBlizzard said 153 days ago:

Ok, I know now. :)

CaptureThis said 153 days ago:

I think this is excellent. Fly tying certainly does require a lot winding.

Seeing this makes me wish I had entered one of my son threading a bassoon reed.

Kolbein said 153 days ago:

@Laurie, Thanks:)

lbimaging said 153 days ago:

Meticulous winding. Nicely done and high marks.

Ana said 153 days ago:

love this!

CaptureThis said 153 days ago:

Congrats!

lbimaging said 153 days ago:

Oh hey! So glad to put you over the top!!

sureshk_menon said 153 days ago:

Congrats Kolbein! And thank you also for the explanation above!

Willem_de_VL said 153 days ago:

Great! Congrats

AnnaG said 153 days ago:

Congratulations, Kolbein!

Kolbein said 153 days ago:

thank you all, for the generous scores, and nice comments:)

Beamer said 153 days ago:

Congrats!!

barbara said 153 days ago:

Woohoo! Congratulations, Kolbein! :)

Kolbein said 153 days ago:

Thanks barbara and clyde:)

Almass said 152 days ago:

Congrats.

Fred said 152 days ago:

Congrats!

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