deadfalls

thedudeman · Post by **thedudeman** » 25 Feb 2010 18:12

stitching
so i got the fearless 55, and ive noticed a few holes in the stitching, big gaps that if i squeeze the filling you can see the little metal balls sticking out of it and ive lost a few of them, should i glue these up? or are they supposed to be there

mc · Post by mc » 25 Feb 2010 18:16

Those are called bleed holes. They are supposed to be there. You can empty and refill your footbags through them using a funnel made out of a drinking straw.

You shouldn't be losing fill out of the bleed holes unless you're trying to.

thedudeman · Post by **thedudeman** » 25 Feb 2010 18:20

well theres one that was super loose, everytime i squeezed it it would show a few beads, while the rest didnt, so i just put a bit of fabric glue and messed with it so it glued right, problem solved

Wasabi · Post by **Wasabi** » 26 Feb 2010 08:52

I've had a couple of abshires that bled on me due to huge gaping bleedholes, and that was during the break-in process of the bag or from being too broken in.

Abshire should tighten up his stitching in that regard, imho.

mc · Post by mc » 26 Feb 2010 09:00

also, one more piece of advice, your thread titles need some work.

Instead of titles like "Help me" or "need advice" (just two examples, not necessarily yours), you should be using titles like "Help me choose shoes" or "Filler falling out - need advice".

Do you see how the first two tell the reader nothing about the topic, and the second two tell them exactly what the topic is?

thedudeman · Post by **thedudeman** » 26 Feb 2010 14:49

good point, will do

thedudeman · Post by **thedudeman** » 03 Mar 2010 19:59

i got a new bear bag, and its great, perfect size, smooth all around good setting and gets decent height, but its way to full, and the bleedholes are miniscule, is there any way tricks to getting the filler out?

brianbear · Post by **brianbear** » 03 Mar 2010 20:28

bring it to shred on tuesday and i can re-fill it

That bag you are talking about is one from a different stitcher

the one with paisley and red,white,blue,orange?
i tried to get into those bleedholes too and it was rough...
i know i can do it though!

thedudeman · Post by **thedudeman** » 03 Mar 2010 20:40

alright cool thanks man
it really isnt yours? the funky colors seemed your style