Who inventer the "not stitching the hexes together"

[mitko]

I was just wondering who started doing this ingenious stitching technique?
And how long is it being around, not more than 5 years ????

Im just curious if anyone knows something about it.
Thanx for the attention.
Cheers.

[mc]

I've never owned a bag where they were not stitched together.

the way I stitch, the hexes are sewn together, but the stitches (there are two, one for each end of the short edge) are far enough apart to add and remove fill from the bags.

I bet if you open a broken bag of yours, you will see that the hexes are sewn together.

[footbag9208]

yea thats probably what he means, the bleed holes.

[mitko]

Bleed holes, yes.

[footbag9208]

i dont have a clue lol....google it

[mc]

I think this thread is kind of like asking, "Who invented mustardless gin?"

I think that it's an assumption that there ever was mustard in the gin, so you might not have an answer to your question if that assumption is incorrect.

[mitko]

I think that when it was Kenny Shults’ or Rippin Rick Reese’s time or even before that people used larger bags or bags like The Juice Facile bag which have one stitch righ in the middle where the hexes meet. And also I think that footbag stitching wasn’t so widely spread 15 years ago and finding a quality freestyle bag wasn’t as easy as it is today. So I assumed that stitching has the same developing characteristics as freestyle, more or less. And that bleed holes weren't here from the beginning.

[Wasabi]

I think the person to ask is Richard Abshire, but even then you might stumble into a dead end.

Or rather, the theory behind "bleedholes" is as simple as water in the ocean: they've been there since the creation of the 32-panel. The least amount of work in creating a 32-panel is stitching a pentagon all around, adding along each side a hexagon - creating a flower of sorts. The process continues in circles over and over until you reach the end, and when you're done you have your standard soccerball design.

The idea of sealing up bleedholes is just a method in making the area which two hexagons meet more secure for the footbag. This is so the filler won't leak if the craftmanship is poor, and makes the resulting product more reliable to its purpose (the purpose of making a more functional and long-lasting footbag). At least, this idea and belief is more prominent in those making footbags for general hacking, where the bags are big and easy to kick with. I could discuss the importance of bleedholes and how it benefits how bag's break-in, but that's another discussion.

But yeah, this question isn't exactly difficult for a stitcher to answer, but it's pretty open-ended. I don't know if I can answer it well enough for you, Mitko.

[mitko]

Thanx for the responces guys.