NVCF 2016

[Yorkie]

Thanks for the tips about overcoming fraying of the braiding guys. (I've also seen the ends of braid 'lashed' with button cord to prevent fraying).

Incidentally, the braided wire isn't current production - it's 1955 vintage, made by a firm called 'Concordia' in Long Eaton, to the west of Nottingham. To quote Mullard Magic's site:

"This exquisite wire dovetail's quite nicely with our Telcothene sleeving beautifully and by using it, you can get a real vintage look in any restoration or new build project.  
Hardly surprising really as this wire was spooled in 1955 by the Concordia Electric Wire & Cable Company Ltd of Nottingham".

Quote:

In 1938. the first cable insulated by Telcothene was manufactured by ‘The Telegraph Construction & Maintenance Company.’ Telcothene is their company name for polythene as discovered by ICI in 1933 - real cutting edge stuff.  This sleeving material has an internal bore to suit most passive componentry and has a pleasing woven finish similar to Oilsocket and Systoflex. This material comes from a supply laid down in the early 1940s and liberated from a store in Wiltshire where it was used by EKCO for radio and radar equipment manufacture. Telcothene was used by many manufacturers including EKCO Ltd, the Admiralty and the Air Ministry.

Unquote.

As can be seen from the picture on the website' the sleeving has an Ekco label on the reel, and like the braided wire, when it's gone, it's gone.

http://www.mullardmagic.co.uk/telcothene...-oilsocket