This whip finisher has nice features such as the colour, longer hook tip and thread cutter. However it has a serious flaw in the softness of metal used. After one week of use my threads started to snap. Having discounted the possibility of a bad spool (it happened on different spools) I realised that the power silk I had used 3 or 4 times had cut a groove in the "elbow" which subsequently frayed every other thread. I received a replacement from the retailer and the exact same thing happened. I dont tie with the power silk all the time but I reckon 2 or 3 whips destroy the metal on this tool. Very disappointing, I've gone back to using a cheap and cheerful whip finisher.
