It is true it is true.
The new #10 felt seems very very slick. The new replacement microfiber #8 seems much tackier than the old chrome leather #8.
I always was in search for approximately a #9 just like they have come out with....so what I used to do was brush my #10s very vigorously sideways with my metal brush and my chrome leather #8 with the slide to make them very close.
Many others have created the combo of 10 and 8 diagonally since the new sticky #8. Dizzy has accurately portrayed a method of slowing down the slide by putting in punch holes in one of the slipperier sliders as dexter did to make the 8 turn into a 7. (I have one and occasionally like, note the old 7 slipperier than today's new microfiber 8!).
Oh regarding the new 10....I have metal brushed sideways and metal brushed it sideways and I cannot make it like my old #10 it just slips TOO far. My solution was I was in the process of attempting to apply the new loop portion of the velcro in strips which I purchased at Walmart to my old #10 which acted like I perceived a 9.5 would be.
I look forward to trying Dexter's new #9 which I view as a solution to the problem they created by widening the gap between their #10(it feels like an 11) and their new 8 which feels to me like about a 6.75!
One little note,,,,I use these various sliders for more hook(lower numbers or less hook higher numbers) occasionally to great effect!
Regards,
Luckylefty
It takes Courage to have Faith, and Faith to have Courage.
James M. McCurley, New Orleans, Louisiana