[Jewelry making - Article 00565] - Re: [Orchid] Knotting tool

[Donna E. Shimazu]

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>         Judy, the main difference, to me, was that I never cut any silk
>     or cord, with the tri-cord knotter!  It is very frustrating to be
>     nearly finished with a strand of pearls and cut the cord as you
>     tighten the knot with sharp tweezers.  Curtis 

    Curtis, You can use polishing paper and break that sharp edge on the
    tweezers to minimize cutting without reducing the effectiveness of the
    tweezers. 

    My problem with the tri-cord knotter is that when  I examined the
    knots on a strand being knotted at a trade show, they were not very
    tight.  It wouldn't take much wearing for the silk to look stretched
    out with floating knots between the beads.  When I string pearls, I
    tie very tight knots on prestretched silk. 

Just my POV,
Donna

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