The Young Chang Blues

[Joseph Alkana]

At 01:45 PM 3/25/96 -0700, you wrote:
>Vince Mrykalo wrote:
>>As for the escapement, it is my belief that them thar knuckles are
>>too big.  Replacement is the thing to do.  Use the Renner small ones.
>
>As in a post I made earlier on this with regards to the knuckles being
>involved in this problem, I suspect the "Renner small ones" don't necessarily
>feel better because they are smaller, but rather because the leather on them
>is much tighter and does not drag with the jack.  Replacing the knuckles may
>very well work - but I would still heartily suggest just try tightening the
>present leather and see if if doesn't help.  I concur with the comments on
>repinning and lubricating also.  Still, if the knuckle leather is loose and
>able to move with the jack, you will have drag that no repinning and no
>lubricating will take away.  Again, try it on a few and see.
>Ed Hilbert
>
>Pardon my ignorance here, but how does one "tighten" the leather on the
knuckle? Bolstering, of course, would round out the flatened shape and add a
certain measure of tension on  the the leather from within. My concern is
that the leather in question apparantly is stretching, so wouldn't
bolstering just continue to do the same thing down the line? Is there
another technique involved. Thanks.

Joseph