Did you know that Mare's hair is quite different to Stallions Hair as Mares piss on their tails- this raises the filament on the hair and makes resin stick more to the hair. The mares hair is always placed so that the hair furthest away fron the horse is at the frog end of the bow and so you get more grip - I've never subscribed to the school of arranging hair towards and away from the nag.

As to the Araldite for fixing the knot - Super Glue is by far the quickest and easiest. It is NEVER used to glue the wedges in - thay are purely there by fitting perfectly into the boxes in tip and frog.