------=_NextPart_000_00BF_01C53ECA.E75D6260 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Richard is quite correct a synthetic washer is far better as they do not sh= rink, leather is useless as it shrinks and then your clapper is loose again= and if you have spent time getting your clappers perfectly set very annoyi= ng. We have not had any problems with our synthetic washers at Masham the c= lappers are checked frequently and are always tight. What exactly are they made of? David ------=_NextPart_000_00BF_01C53ECA.E75D6260 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable