Love the Stewart's Hawk, Norm. My bench hasn't seen a JC nail that nice in years; all of mine are split and look like roadkill.

Carl, Ron, and Charlie; that ain't bad advertising right there! I don't know Charlie Craven, though I've watched a lot of his videos. We, here in the forum, are beyond blessed to count Carl and Ron among our betters (my betters anyway). Those capes look amazing; I would kill for either one of them.

Good; hopefully they can continue to carry on. Alan (BrkTrt) was a big fan of YLI silks and sent a few spools to me to try. As much as I like precedent and tradition (Pearsall's), I am now a big fan of YLI silks.

If I size that down a bit, it's a wonderful northern Maine brookie pattern; consider it stolen.

Awesome tie as usual, Norm.

Merry Christmas, Norm!

I still have a pile of Pearsall's, but I don't use it much these days. I gave all my purple Pearsall's to Dana; good riddance. Purple is the color of ee' vil. Alan (BrkTrt) sent a few spools of Kimono to me when he first started using it. The availability is excellent and the colors, to my eye, are ...

I'm getting old, and my vision is really starting to suck. I'm tired of stabbing myself with the needle. Oh, and I'm lazy. I use a loop.

Sweet! It's a Nine three with an attitude.

Carrie Stevens would approve. Beautiful job as ever, Norm.