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I want to learn how to make fish hooks, not for any practical reason but more just to add a skill under my belt.

Are there any good resources for this? I want to make average wire thin hooks with needle sharp points, but i dont know where to start.

>> No.1685725

read the sticky, faggot

>> No.1685775

do you really need someone to tell you how to bend a steel wire?

>> No.1685806

>>1685724
Dremel out a die from harded steel. Aneal some wire with a torch. Grab a hammer and punch out 50 hooks. Trim them up, get them yellow hot drop em in water.

>> No.1685890

>>1685775
More specifically I need someone to point me in the direction of what steel wire I should use.

>> No.1686025

>>1685890
what size hook do you want to make. Go to a hardware store and have a look. For god's sake man. Embrace some manly gusto and have a go.

>> No.1686026

>>1686025
What even is metallurgy anirite

>> No.1686036

Buy them from chinkland for 5 cents a piece.

>> No.1686038

Wait a minute guys, OP may be onto something here. He could get say, .020" drill rod, hand bend it into a hook with and eye and everything, harden and temper it, and sell them for $3-$5 each to hipsters. I'm only half shit posting here, I think there may be enough dumbasses out there that would buy this shit.

>> No.1686043

>>1686026
>metallurgy
>fishing hooks
get over yourself mate

>> No.1686050

>>1686038
It would be easy enough to make the hook like that, but what about the barb? Maybe hipsters buying "handmade" hooks wouldn't care, though.

>> No.1686081

>>1686050
Couple of licks with a needle file, possibly use a form (a fuller basically) and smack it with a hammer as your first step in production, advertise it as rustic.

>> No.1686082

>>1686050
That’s the other part I’m trying to figure out, I need a wire stock that can be heat treated to support the weight of a fish, and I need to figure out how to make sharp barbs,

>> No.1686233

>>1686082
Just use nails as your stock and use a chisel to make a cut about 1/2 through the nail for a barb.

>> No.1686301

>>1686038
Made in America sounds good to me. I support small business

>> No.1686362
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1686362

This thread got me curious so I tried making one myself with a 0.5 mm wire.
Flattened it with a hammer and used a wire cutter to make the barb.

>> No.1686439

>>1686362
The barb might be a little big, but it could work.

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1686941

>>1685724
It is just like making a knife. You'll need the right type of wire, anneal it, shape it, harden, and temper it.

>> No.1688064

>>1686038
>>1686050
Claim they are optimized for "catch and release" and won't harm the fish as much without barb.

>> No.1688482

Or...
https://www.alloutdoor.com/2018/10/29/beer-can-shows-turn-tab-fishing-hook/

>> No.1688632

Piano wire or sewing needles would make good strong hooks

>>1688482
That's not diy though and I think the larger profile of the hook would make it less effective at getting fish to bite.