A noteworthy program, some obvious common sense, and a bit of needful perspective...
The other day I was looking through my overflowing rigging bag and noticed I really needed a couple of fids in the bigger-than-I-normally-use department on the off chance that I might need to splice some bigger than normal dynex. Being prepared is, more often than not, a goodly thing.
Since I use Selma fids and D-splicers for most of my dyneema work I decided a bigger Selma or two should do the trick.
Like this one...
That said, while I do truly admire the Selma fids I'd forgotten that they were kind of silly expensive and a 1/2" fid would run me over $20 or so.
A $20+ dollar fid does not bring a smile to Mr Cheapseats.
I could get Sampson aluminum fids which are nearly as good in most ways and somewhat better in a couple but they cost between $10 to $15 which is a lot to be paying for what boils down to a single knitting needle.
As it happens I already have quite a few small knitting needles in my rigging kit already...
Which had me looking up the cost of aluminum knitting needles in the 1/2" and 5/8" zone only to find that a pair of 1/2" needles and a pair of 5/8" needles together would cost less than a single Sampson fid.
I'm pretty sure you can do the math.
Listening to a Scottish playlist
So it goes...
