Posted By:
Al C.risafulliBarry, the string hobby is a disaster right now.
Sometimes you buy six feet of string and only get 5 1/2, or you bid on what looks like string but is really twine, or even worse, buy what appears to be an original ball of string but is actually string that has been unwound and then rewound to LOOK like an original ball.
My advice would be to steer clear of string until the hobby sorts itself out. There's talk of an association, sort of like a third party service that can help string collectors identify and assess string under a fairly uniform set of standards; I'd hang tight until such a service is established.
-Al