Pan Con Queso maracas stitched with fishing line?
Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2016 1:08 am
Can anyone tell me if Pan Con Queso maracas are stitched with clear monofilement (single strand) thread, basically fishing line? The Pan Con Queso Youtube channel has a video of Pablo Landaeta making Pan Con Queso maracas, where it looks to me like he is stitching the rawhide with fishing line, judging by the appearance of the line and spool shape:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hP1ckjbDXMg
I don't understand Spanish unfortunately, but I can see the video description says the maracas are sewn with nylon, which is the material monofilement line is normally made of. In photos of Pan Con Queso maracas and others as well, it also look to me like monofilement line is used.
I'll need to re-stich some old rawhide maracas of unkown manufacture after I refill them with capacho seeds and reassemble with threaded inserts to facilitate future disassembly, which will probably be needed to determine how much fill works best if nothing else. It's impossible to remove the nails used to attach the rawhide to the handles, without either damaging the leather and handles, or removing the stitching, and the later seems the best option. Not that hard to figure out what stitching materials might work, but after finding the Pan Con Queso video I naturally want to use the same methods when possible.
The existing fill in my maracas is royal poinciana/flamboyant tree/flame tree/delonix regia seeds, which I am not sure is the best choice, so that is why I'm replacing the fill:
http://www.flowerseed.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Seeds-Delonix-regia-Shrub-Flame-tree-Royal-Poinciana-Tree-Red-180x180.jpg
Thanks!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hP1ckjbDXMg
I don't understand Spanish unfortunately, but I can see the video description says the maracas are sewn with nylon, which is the material monofilement line is normally made of. In photos of Pan Con Queso maracas and others as well, it also look to me like monofilement line is used.
I'll need to re-stich some old rawhide maracas of unkown manufacture after I refill them with capacho seeds and reassemble with threaded inserts to facilitate future disassembly, which will probably be needed to determine how much fill works best if nothing else. It's impossible to remove the nails used to attach the rawhide to the handles, without either damaging the leather and handles, or removing the stitching, and the later seems the best option. Not that hard to figure out what stitching materials might work, but after finding the Pan Con Queso video I naturally want to use the same methods when possible.
The existing fill in my maracas is royal poinciana/flamboyant tree/flame tree/delonix regia seeds, which I am not sure is the best choice, so that is why I'm replacing the fill:
http://www.flowerseed.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Seeds-Delonix-regia-Shrub-Flame-tree-Royal-Poinciana-Tree-Red-180x180.jpg
Thanks!