<HTML>List, I'd like to say thanks to Joe Garrett for his advice a while back on this list about knuckle bolstering using a darning needle and thread.  Knuckles in a Knabe (Nuckles in a Nabe?) that I was working on had plenty of material left, and the buckskin was still fine, but they were fairly misshapen; the jack was slapping pretty hard when it came back to rest.  Took the needle, and ran it through each one a couple of times, and voila, round knuckles.  Most of the action noise disappeared!   During the procedure, not being an expert couturier, I darned my darn finger more than I'd care to admit, and once with the eye end of the needle.  Despite a few extra minutes for band-aid application to my right forefinger, it was quite a timesaver over a new set of knuckles! Thanks again, Joe, Dave Stahl</HTML>