Question about the blades – do you get them pre-painted or do you buy blanks and paint your own? I assume you paint your own but just curious if you had preferences for pre-painted.
I don’t paint blades. These can all be purchased from netcraft.
I’ve had such bad luck with loop knots I’ve stayed away from them for years. Tried many different types with constant breaking off.
Be sure to use the knots I showed.
I do apply some Sally Hansen’s Hard As Nails to my knots.
There are a lot of bad loop knots out there, I use some for certain applications, just got to account for it.