Sometime in 1979 or early 1980, I met a couple of guys fly fishing in Denmark. One of them turned me onto SWIX purple skI WAX...... He gave me a tube which I still use to this very day, it is absolutely fantastic for waxing thread and dubbing bodies.
Dana
Using Ski Wax (dubbing wax)
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Re: Using Ski Wax (dubbing wax)
Soft and wet - the only way....
Re: Using Ski Wax (dubbing wax)
Dubbing wax in the little blue tubes with the yellow top made and sold by John Betts were SWIX cross-country ski wax. I know because I helped him fill a couple hundred of the tubes one day.
Charlie
Charlie
Re: Using Ski Wax (dubbing wax)
I have a white round container labeled MIDGE WAX from Fishing Services that I purchased many years ago.The wax is a light pink color. I use it for dubbing small patterns. Would this product also be ski wax?
Lou
Lou
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Re: Using Ski Wax (dubbing wax)
Howdy All;
When I first joined up here and was just beginning to learn to tye I had some old
Bow String wax that I used. Worked really well. Don't remember the name of it and
it is rubbed completely off the container. Still have some, chuckle. Tacky as all get out.
hank
When I first joined up here and was just beginning to learn to tye I had some old
Bow String wax that I used. Worked really well. Don't remember the name of it and
it is rubbed completely off the container. Still have some, chuckle. Tacky as all get out.
hank
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