Rob Olling Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 Anybody use'em or see'em? I saw them at Barlow's, one of the few premium looking hooks that go down to size #8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LedHed Posted March 30, 2004 Report Share Posted March 30, 2004 Tried the #8 premium black nickle. Nice sharp hook but the quality control is lacking. Ordered a 1000, poured about 150. I found 13 hooks that were useless. That's not good math considering with VMC, Mustad, or Eagle Claw your lucky if you see 1 reject out of 100. Really like the VMC. Haven't fished the Sohumi yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Perron Posted April 14, 2007 Report Share Posted April 14, 2007 Anybody use'em or see'em? I saw them at Barlow's, one of the few premium looking hooks that go down to size #8 I have used the 3/0 Sohumi 114 in a modified Erie jig mold with good success. Really sharp hook and probably the best part is the guys in my club that I gave some to for testing, really like them. Sharp point, med hvy wire and they say they have a good hook up ratio. I didn't have any quality issues but I only bought 50 to try them out. Wish I had bought 1000 as they are out of 3/0 and 4/0 now. My 2c worth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassman843 Posted April 15, 2007 Report Share Posted April 15, 2007 can you compare them to a gamagaksu hook.so far I can't find anything that compares to them.The ones that I have been using I think are a little bit sharper than the bite me jigs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Perron Posted April 15, 2007 Report Share Posted April 15, 2007 can you compare them to a gamagaksu hook.so far I can't find anything that compares to them.The ones that I have been using I think are a little bit sharper than the bite me jigs I'd rate them as good as Gamakatsu or the VMC Barbarian line of hooks. Nice finish and really sharp. I just wish I had bought more when I had the chance. I used the Sohumi 114 long shank in a modified Erie jig mold to get the hook eye straight out of the front of the jig head. If Barlow doesn't get some soon I guess I'll have to modify my VMC Barbarians to a 60 deg bend to get by. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthworm77 Posted September 23, 2018 Report Share Posted September 23, 2018 (edited) I used the size 1 for Ned Heads. I used 1000 and had 10 culls. One issue I did notice was that if I needed to use an eye buster to get the paint out of any of the eyes, I did break a few doing that. Overall, this is a super sharp hook that is ultra cheap. I haven't made up my mind if I like the EC 500BP or 570BP better yet, Edited September 23, 2018 by earthworm77 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canga~ Posted September 25, 2018 Report Share Posted September 25, 2018 I tried a couple 50 packs of size 1’s a couple years ago, I think I had 10 or so that were unusable, as well as a bunch that were useable but twisted a little. I will say that they are sharp, and the price is good. Glad I bought a few thousand matzuos, they are going to be hard to replace for the price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munkin Posted September 25, 2018 Report Share Posted September 25, 2018 14 hours ago, Canga~ said: I tried a couple 50 packs of size 1’s a couple years ago, I think I had 10 or so that were unusable, as well as a bunch that were useable but twisted a little. I will say that they are sharp, and the price is good. Glad I bought a few thousand matzuos, they are going to be hard to replace for the price. Matzuo hooks have the worst quality control of any hook period. It isn't uncommon to have 15% of the hooks that are unusable. Allen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canga~ Posted September 25, 2018 Report Share Posted September 25, 2018 6 hours ago, Munkin said: Matzuo hooks have the worst quality control of any hook period. It isn't uncommon to have 15% of the hooks that are unusable. Allen Maybe it’s where I bought them from, but I separated over 3500 hooks into 100 packs and had 5 hooks that were bad. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
