Posted 13 years ago
gotwire
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This is a new one on me. Been through Harolds book too many times. I found a patent for a Steward wire that looks the part but isn't a multi line. #191,263
Loop n Hitch Barbed Wire | ||
| Wire and Nails157 of 286 |  |  |
Trying to link the patent??????
IMPROVEMENT IN BARBED-WIRE FENCES
http://www.google.com/patents?id=saNpAAAAEBAJ&pg=PA2&dq=john+steward+barbed+wire&hl=en&ei=X9I1T72wEMrM2AXsq9iQAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=book-thumbnail&resnum=1&ved=0CDcQ6wEwAA#v=onepage&q=john%20steward%20barbed%20wire&f=false
Wow! Neat wire. Do the line wires alternate or is it one line with another wrapped around? Maybe Mighell got his idea from this.
I looked at it out in the sun, I hope I can make sense of it. The loop and hitch barbs terminate in to the (what I'm calling splices) and are on different line wires. There is a single line wire that runs the length and doesn't make a barb or splice.
A splice in a single line link wire didn't make sense, as the wire is cut to length anyway. It's one for the books (so to speak!!)
Pretty cute wire. I'll take it!
Thanks GMan 340, I like it too.