hook question

[Hammerhead81]

does burning material off of hooks weaken them?

 

[midnightangler]

This depends on the temperature, how long the hook is heated and how quickly it cools. It would depend to a huge degree on the process you use to burn material off the hook.

 

[gfen]

Hasn't had a side effect for me, yet.

 

[osprey]

Yes it can....if the heat exceeds 700 it affects the hardness , tensile , ductile and other properties of the steel , a better way is just run a sharp razor blade lengthwise along the hook cutting off the old material and it's quicker and less mess. I have a jar of recycled flies that when it gets filled i clean the whole jar of flies at one sitting and re-use the hooks as needed

 

[RLeep2]

I would imagine (as noted..) that above a certain temperature, the heat can alter the properties of the steel.

I use a twin-bladed disposable razor, the cheapest ones I can find at Walgreens or WallyWorld. They aren't any good to shave with anyway, but they'll clean up a hook in two shakes of a lamb's tail.

 

[slimyrock]

Yes Had it happen to me.

 

[Hammerhead81]

thanks for the replies. i did burn off about 10 flies. im hopeful that they wont break. but the way i flyfish i wont have to worry about losing anything anyway! i will take your advice RLeep and cut them up now!

edit* even though it was pretty cool watchin em flame up! hahaha