knuckle orientation

[Roger Jolly]

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Hi Dave,
                I  am chuckling out loud.  The debate will start and some 
will get passionate about it.
Global manufacturing will favor the nap as you have described, but try and 
get a rational reason out of the action makers.   <G>

Regards Roger




>     I personally don't think it makes a dang bit of difference because the
>"grain" on most knuckles isn't all that pronounced.  Even when trying to rub
>it both ways to see which way it lies, it's sometimes difficult to tell.
>     However, for consistency, you should install them all the same way
>(sometimes holding in the light just right and rubbing the leather this way
>and that will show you which way the nap lies).
>     I just now went out to the shop and checked different makes of grand
>shanks and two upright butts.  They all favored let-off, i.e., the nap lies
>in the direction the jack travels when letting off.
>     --David Nereson, RPT
>
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