richie Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 Hello, this is my first post here and i will excuse myself for the spelling mistakes you might find in it. I'm from Berlin, Germany , and i am looking for a hook like the Decoy Nail bomb or Owner Ultra Head Finesse, which i will use in my own molds. my research in the www. brought no results, has anyone an idea where to get hooks in that style? especially in smaller sizes , like#2 - #1 ?! Thanks for your time, richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadman Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 (edited) As far as I know, those hooks are not available. I checked with Shorty's, and they said that those are a custom run. I'm sure you don't need 10,000 hooks, as they will run it for you on a custom basis. However, you can modify your mold to use an offset worm hook, and then buy a eyelet and incorporate that in your mold and then pour. Edited May 30, 2014 by cadman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richie Posted May 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2014 Hello cadman ! Thanks for your answer. and, yes, i dont need 10.000 hooks - a few hundred each size would be enough for the first....the idea with the eyelet is good, but im afraid that it could break out of the lead....has anyone experience with soldering hooks together , is it stable ?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadman Posted May 31, 2014 Report Share Posted May 31, 2014 On, soldering hooks, yes you can do that, but it won't work. If you weld them that is a different story, but you will change the temper of the hook, maybe making it too brittle. Now the reason the soldering won't work, is anything you solder together, as soon as you pour the lead in will melt into the lead. So soldering will work for positioning the hook in your mold, but once the hot lead pours in the mold with the soldered hooks they will melt into each other. On the flip side, this might work, if you have a hook and eye that will not pull out. Now on the eye that I was going to recommend as a separate entity, see pic below. This eyelet will never pull out. Any eye that has the tag ends bent at 90 degrees will work. Also depending on how much work you want to do, you can make your own hook and eyelet and then cut them into your mold. However this is rather tedious. I will post an example here either tomorrow or Monday on how to do that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robalo01 Posted June 1, 2014 Report Share Posted June 1, 2014 I am pretty sure shortys sells a vmc made for pouring Florida rigs that will work for that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richie Posted June 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2014 is it http://www.shortyshooks.com/ ?! Side is under construction..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
