210 AMATEUR RODMAKING 



tured at the line of the break, the ends re- 

 maining unmoved. This also shows the 

 strength of silk windings, however narrow. 



Different persons wind rods differently. 

 My way may not be the best one, but I will 

 describe it. I begin with the butt joint and 

 place a rather wide band of, say, green, with 

 a narrow red border next to the handgrasp 

 taper, then a similar band on each side of the 

 ferrules and at the top. After that I wind the 

 guides with, say, green, with narrow red bor- 

 ders. This leaves only red silk to finish, and 

 enables you to evenly divide the remaining 

 spaces to be wound. The space between the 

 handgrasp and the first guide is measured. 

 Mark off every i^ inches from the guide 

 down, and if you like finish up with eight or 

 ten five-turn windings just ahead of the first 

 band at the taper, for ornaments. Wind the 

 red bands, then mark the spaces between the 

 two guides, or hand guide and ferrule, wind 

 there, and so on. So long as all spacing is 

 uniform, any necessary variations will not be 

 noticed, but as a general thing make the spaces 

 closer and closer toward the tip, and if there 

 is a separate tip, place its guides and windings 

 so that it will match its fellow tip. 



At first one is inclined to make his windings 

 wide, believing that they are handsome so; 



