09-18-2007, 06:51 PM
Thanks Andrew,
I might try that next time I wear mine (though I normally use the Germanic style leg wrappings).
Just to be a fly in the ointment though, when I was taght to bandage, we were taught to wind straight around for a couple of rounds (to lock down the end) and then to wind the bandage up the limb in such a way that you brought the bandage round in a slightly downwards motion in one round and in a slightly upwards motion in the next and so on, before tucking the end under the second to lat round, which created a very similar effect to what is being talked about here. Now obviously this was with crepe bandages rather than woollen or linen leg bindings but I hold it up as another possibility (which I acknowledge I have not yet tried with bindings, although I may have a go tonight).
Crispvs
I might try that next time I wear mine (though I normally use the Germanic style leg wrappings).
Just to be a fly in the ointment though, when I was taght to bandage, we were taught to wind straight around for a couple of rounds (to lock down the end) and then to wind the bandage up the limb in such a way that you brought the bandage round in a slightly downwards motion in one round and in a slightly upwards motion in the next and so on, before tucking the end under the second to lat round, which created a very similar effect to what is being talked about here. Now obviously this was with crepe bandages rather than woollen or linen leg bindings but I hold it up as another possibility (which I acknowledge I have not yet tried with bindings, although I may have a go tonight).
Crispvs
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