<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Re: breaking loops</title></head><body> <div>At 14:10 -0700 31/3/08, Jurgen Goering wrote:</div> <div><br></div> <blockquote type="cite" cite>John, why does the shape of the part of the hook that doesn't contact the string matter?  Couldn't it be even flat or concave?</blockquote> <div><br></div> <div>Apprarently a fair question, but if you think about it, when the eye is being wound the wire is very in contact with the sides of the hook.  Look at the indentation where the wire has over the years worn a mark on the hook</div> <div><br></div> <div align="center"><img src="cid:p06240834c417198a5c22@[10.0.0.1].1.0"></div> <div>As to Ron's solution to his problem by requesting a longer, sharper-pointed eye, I have no doubt that it worked but the problem lay elsewhere.  The shape of the English eye that I make and most makers throughout stringmaking history have made, without incurring breakages, is perfectly good provided it is made properly.</div> <div><br></div> <div align="center"><img src="cid:p06240834c417198a5c22@[10.0.0.1].1.1"></div> </body> </html>