FLASHPOINT 
We form
the points of each hook with our normal needle grinding method. The
wire then goes throughout all the other stages to make it into a finished
hook and it is then heat-treated. After that the hooks go through a
process in which a chemical attacks the surface. The thinner parts of
the wire are affected and, in particular, the point. The chemical smoothes
or "eats away" the metal and, in effect, refines the point.
This is quite a critical operation because if the chemical sharpening
goes on too long it will eventually dull the point and may weaken the
barb. Furthermore, if the chemical attacks one side of the point more
than the other then the point will be weakened. Finally, it is important
to remember that chemical sharpening will not make a weaker point into
a strong one. It is more likely to make a suspect point even weaker!
Reviews:
See
what Bob Petti says about Partridge Flashpoint
in the Global Fly Fisher: www.globalflyfisher.com/reviews/gear/partridge/
See
what Ben say about our hooks on:
www.sexyloops.com/tackle/partridgeflashpoint.shtml
GOLD
HEADED
