A Richard Walker net
Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2019 2:40 pm
There are some of the old photographs of Richard Walker nets showing one having inwardly curved arms and here is my first attempt at making one.
I actually made this a couple of years ago but because it was no longer wanted, never got around to completing it until very recently.
This particular net has 35" laminated split bamboo arms set at 60 degrees, which are made much lighter than normal because of the increased support offered by the spigot hinge block. The aluminium block has also been made thinner and lighter and the 'spreader' block made from a piece of ancient hardwood, recovered from the wreck of the 'Metta Catharina'. I have just enough of this wood to make one more block, which will be used to make an even finer RSW net with 30" arms, as the original 1949 specification.
The handle is 5' 6" long Tonkin cane with a flared, hickory end (Sorry about the mud on it!) and the net knotless.
Regards,
wm+
I actually made this a couple of years ago but because it was no longer wanted, never got around to completing it until very recently.
This particular net has 35" laminated split bamboo arms set at 60 degrees, which are made much lighter than normal because of the increased support offered by the spigot hinge block. The aluminium block has also been made thinner and lighter and the 'spreader' block made from a piece of ancient hardwood, recovered from the wreck of the 'Metta Catharina'. I have just enough of this wood to make one more block, which will be used to make an even finer RSW net with 30" arms, as the original 1949 specification.
The handle is 5' 6" long Tonkin cane with a flared, hickory end (Sorry about the mud on it!) and the net knotless.
Regards,
wm+
