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[RFARREN]

M.H.X HM-P843 hi-mod 4kg spin rod, fuji titanium TYSG guides
My first attempt at a tiger wrap, it turned out ok but i need to push the bottom threads around more next time, dragon scale up front
Really nice rod for light soft plastics as it has a very soft tip
The guy i made it for wanted a split grip come hell or high water so he got one (ruined it imo )
but it turned out ok !

[Owen]

I like the overall look.
I don't know about the colour of the dragon scale, but colours are always a personal thing.
Nice build!

[RFARREN]

yep i agree
i didnt pick the colours , the guy that owns it did
he likes it ,thats the main thing i spose

[Mark Fisher]

Tigers are a bugger of a wrap.. Sometime they turn out perfect and other times they look like s..t. For me, I tried Doc Ski's method of burnishing and it just didn't work. There were stripes but nothing outstanding. I now use my own style with it. I divide the blank up into the 4 quarters 0, 90, 180 and 270. Then imagine each of the axis divided equally in 2. Burnish the thread in the first half one way and the opposite for the next half. Rotate the rod then burnish each half again in opposite directions as you did on the first axis. Keep going this way for all four axis. you should end up with some wave like S patterns in your base wrap. To finish I like to rub a few random circles into the wrap. 2 coats of epoxy. I know many in the US don't burnish their top wrap. I do. I burnish it in the exact opposite as the directions I used in the base wrap. This for me brings out the most movement. The hardest part is wrapping your base layer at a tension where you can move the threads around but also have them stay the way you have laid them and not jump each other.

What colours did you use in the base wrap. This also has a big bearing on the finished wrap. Finally, sometimes after wrapping the top layer, I haven't been happy with the result. Cut off the top layer only and re-wrap it maybe with a larger discard or add another thread, burnish it and have another look once the discard/s are removed. You'd be surprised at how often this does the trick. The blue tiger I wrapped recently was wrapped 3 times on the top layer before I finally got what I was after.

Regards
Mark

[Willo]

Tigers are a bugger of a wrap.. Sometime they turn out perfect and other times they look like s..t. For me, I tried Doc Ski's method of burnishing and it just didn't work. There were stripes but nothing outstanding. I now use my own style with it. I divide the blank up into the 4 quarters 0, 90, 180 and 270. Then imagine each of the axis divided equally in 2. Burnish the thread in the first half one way and the opposite for the next half. Rotate the rod then burnish each half again in opposite directions as you did on the first axis. Keep going this way for all four axis. you should end up with some wave like S patterns in your base wrap. To finish I like to rub a few random circles into the wrap. 2 coats of epoxy. I know many in the US don't burnish their top wrap. I do. I burnish it in the exact opposite as the directions I used in the base wrap. This for me brings out the most movement. The hardest part is wrapping your base layer at a tension where you can move the threads around but also have them stay the way you have laid them and not jump each other.

What colours did you use in the base wrap. This also has a big bearing on the finished wrap. Finally, sometimes after wrapping the top layer, I haven't been happy with the result. Cut off the top layer only and re-wrap it maybe with a larger discard or add another thread, burnish it and have another look once the discard/s are removed. You'd be surprised at how often this does the trick. The blue tiger I wrapped recently was wrapped 3 times on the top layer before I finally got what I was after.

Regards
Mark

Some good info there Mark......I have tried a few tigers and ended up cutting them off ....just wasnt satified with the results ...so havent worried about doing them ,but might try your methods before I completely poo hoo them....LOL

[pedro473]

Interesting Mark with the burnishing, I almost always use Doc's method and while I get different results each time I am still happy with the movement. I do spend a bit of time burnishing on both layers and I also firmly believe that colour choice has a lot to do with the results.

By the way slick build

Cheers
Pedro

[RFARREN]

the base was green/gold/gunmetal the top was green with 2 "A" discards
it didnt turn out as good as o would have liked but its my first one
i will experiment first next time
thanks for the info mark