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Blackotter
How do the various offerings of Lagartun wire compare to the thickness of the Ultra wire offerings?

What size of Largartun fine would be comparable with Ultra wire?
Charlie Craven
QUOTE (Blackotter @ Dec 14 2009, 03:55 PM) *
How do the various offerings of Lagartun wire compare to the thickness of the Ultra wire offerings?

What size of Largartun fine would be comparable with Ultra wire?


The Lagartun wire comes in x-fine, fine and small, where the UTC wire comes in x-small, small, BRassie, medium and large, and that is pretty much the order in sizes from smallest to largest between the brands.

The small Lagartun is smaller than the x-small UTC wire, if that makes it any easier.

C
Scruffy Fly
I had not used my micrometers in quite a while so I answered my thoughts on this subject last year by measuring wire I had in my tying kit. Here is what I recorded in my brain; ie. PDA:

DIAMETERS:
UltraWire XSM = .004"
Largartun Fine = .005"
Danville Fine = .005"
UltraWire SM = .007"
Largartun SML = .007"
34 gauge = .007"
UltraWire BR = .009"
Dnvl Brassie = .009"
UltraWire MED = .013"
Blackotter
Maybe it's just me, but Lagartun does not appear to be colorfast.

I can get the color to rub off with minimal handling of it.
buzzlightyear
QUOTE (Blackotter @ Jan 4 2010, 11:40 AM) *
Maybe it's just me, but Lagartun does not appear to be colorfast.

I can get the color to rub off with minimal handling of it.


I have noticed that as well, mainly with the chartreuse.

Juan
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