Hmmm... somewhat conflicting responses here. I think the thing to do is to send Del a set of these Wurzen's we get over here and see what he thinks. Now who's going to chip in for the cash to buy and send them ... eh ?? :) Cheers RicB Delwin D Fandrich wrote: > I have not tried any Renner Blue hammers for several years so they might > have changed, but.... The last time I did use them I ended up taking them > off and tossing them. They were so hard and dense there was no way to > needle them down to anything resembling a resilient hammer. They did not at > all resemble the hammers Andre is describing. > > Del > > Richard, Having seen a sample of Renner blue, I confirm the felt is Wurzen filz ... I understand also that Renner have interests (parts) in the Wurzen factory (?) that is very certainly a possibility, and why they use this material on most if not all their production actually. Nowadays, even then many intoners are finding this felt strange, because they are accustomed to a more dense material to begin with. Personally I am amazed to see how dense but resilient at the same time this felt is becoming after the first strong needling, even if it seem a little soft to begin with sometime. Cheers ! Isaac OLEG -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html
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