REPAIR KITS AND METHODS 139 



vise, upon either side. Fill in with silk, or even 

 cover the copper with silk, shellac and dry. 



I have taken a section from a pin about a quarter 

 of an inch long and sharpened both ends, inserting 

 half way in each end of the splice. Easy matter with 

 the aid of brad-awl found in the pocket tool-kit. 

 Two of these pins will keep the sections in place, no 

 matter how much "end-pull 1 there may be. I have 

 advised the use of a vise, though one can dispense 

 with it and yet produce a creditable splice. Hold the 

 sections in place with tightly drawn copper wire, 

 even if later it is removed when the silk is wound on. 

 Let me say here that I once repaired a fellow fisher- 

 man's rod, the only tools or aids being a jack-knife, 

 ordinary casting line and rod cement; the splice held, 

 too. Later he shellacked the windings, and to the 

 best of my knowledge is using the rod yet. 



In order to be able to splice properly one must 

 know how to lay a winding, in any event must know 

 how to replace a frayed or broken winding. It is 

 not the part of wisdom to allow three or- four wind- 

 ings to disappear from the rod, paving the way for- 

 disaster. With the photographs herewith repro- 

 duced there is little need for explanation, that which 

 is required being found beneath each picture. Do 

 not attempt too narrow windings at first, they are 

 more difficult and less satisfactory to the novice. 

 Always keep the silk moderately tight but do not 

 break it. Take pains to lay the strands as closely as 



