Wasnt a fan of these hooks. Went to use some up I had, #2 in particular, and ended up throwing probably 6-8 away out of 100. 6-8% of bad hooks seems somewhat excessive? Those were just the ones that were too warped/bent to get to lay correctly in the mold. The anodizing or whatever on the remainder was garbage for the most part. They're horrible to bend back into shape once bent too.

I've got 1000 #2 black victory sickles to burn through, which so far have been great quality when placing in the mold, and stupidly sticky sharp. Finish seems great.

I think when I run through those 1000, I'll either stick with them (depending on their performance) or just go back to the old tried and true aberdeen style light wire jig hooks (be it bronze eagle claw or bronze mustad) and be done with it.