Majacraft Hackle
To assist in your combing and blending, Majacraft has crafted new single and double pitch hackles. The combs have stainless steel pins with polished points that are blunt enough to be much more pleasant to use and sharp enough to do the job well.
Instead of drilling the hackle base, Majacraft has developed a new technique of bonding the pins in with a very tough resin. The pins are positioned perfectly straight and perfectly even on every hackle.
These are available in either single or double row options. We include a wooden pin cover to protect you and the hackle when it is not in use. Also included are special Majacraft clamps. The clamp block is drilled at an angle and has a solid rubber top to ensure that the hackle is held firmly on your table and the rubber will prevent damage to the table. The clamps allow you to secure the hackle to a sturdy surface and carry out colour blending in conjunction with a diz.
The Majacraft logo has been laser engraved on the hackle base.
The hackle dimensions are:
length, 470mm (18.5 inches)
width, 45mm (1.8 inches)
height, 35mm (1.4 inches)
comb width, 320mm (12.6 inches)
Single Row Hackle
The single row hackle is more useful if you usually spin a coarser wool. It will help align the fibres for producing a worsted yarn and will remove most of the short fibres.
Double Row Hackle
The double row hackle is great for finer fibres. The pins are at different heights so initial combing can be done on the higher pins before carrying out fine combing with both rows of pins. As is often the case, the time spent in preparation is taken from the time spent in spinning later.
If this item is out of stock it will be drop shipped from Majacraft NZ.
More information can be found here: https://www.majacraft.co.nz/?page_id=83
This item will be drop shipped direct from Majacraft NZ. My website is set up so shipping costs should not be added to orders that are drop shipped. If you get a selection for local pickup only this is so it doesnt charge you for extra postage. The prices include postage when drop shipped from NZ. Majacraft post once a week, on Thursdays. If you are unsure about any Majacraft items please do not hesitate to get in contact with me.
Elizabeth Syndercombe (verified owner) –
The Majacraft Hackle is another beautifully crafted tool by Majacraft. The long clamp hooks are great for securing to a variety of table thickness. I have clamped it to my bamboo stand up/sit down table and to my thick wooden dining table without concern of scratching because of the rubber protective finish on the clamp and hackle. The depth of the hackle tines takes a decent volume of wool roving – fairly fine merino and corriedale roving that I had previously dyed and therefore using the hackle to blend. The double tines hold the wool securely as I draft using the Majacraft brass diz – another lovely tactile creation of theirs. I am new to blending and drafting off the hackle and do find I am left with a small amount of shorter wool fluff that I can’t draft beautifully from the hackle. I have very successfully blended merino roving I dyed in indigo – three shades blended, another white merino and natural dark brown corriedale, and two shades of madder dyed merino – all now spun as fine single yarn for weaving. Great tool, that I recommend if you like working with high quality craft equipment. Next I’ll consider their mini combs for working with raw fleece.
Charmaine Summers –
Great feedback Elizabeth. High quality tools are a must!