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The Bristle Dart Board was the first replacement dartboard for the old wooden dart board that had been used for centuries. The Bristle style dart board is the ultimate dart board as far as I’m concerned, the look and feel of it and the satisfying thud when the dart hits the board seems just right, like this is the way darts was meant to be played.

The “bristles” are actually pieces of rope tied together to make a small bundle. Lots of bundles are then put on a wooden base and compressed together using a steel ring. The face of the board is then sanded down and the dyes added to give the segments their different colours and then the “spider” or steel segment dividers are added. The number ring is put on the outside and hey presto; you have a bristle dart board.

The first one was made by Nodor, which is a bit odd as they were a company that made modelling clay and their boast was that the clay had no odour, hence the name Nodor. They then had an idea to make a dart board out of modelling clay, which frankly did not do very well as it was a bit messy, but they sold a few. Remember at the time most dart boards were made from wood.

Then someone approached Nodor with the bright idea of making the dart board out of pieces of rope! This unlikely idea turned out to be genius and Nodor patented the first Bristle Dart Board in the early thirties. Having the patent meant they were the only manufacturer allowed to produce the board for 20 years and then other manufacturers came on the scene.

Other manufacturers now entered the arena especially Winmau. Now the race was on to produce better and better versions of the original Bristle dart board; staple free bulls eyes and thinner wire shaped in a diamond shape to reduce the dreaded bounce outs appeared. They also reduced the gauge of the wire used in making the spider, so much so that the present boards have 20% or more extra space for the darts to hit.

This means that these days all of the premium tournament boards are staple free and have ultra thin wire segment dividers. Winmau has its Blade III board and Nodor its Supawires board and now there are a whole host of other makes as well which all have increased scoring areas like the DMI Bandit that is totally staple free. All have staple free bulls eyes and ultra thin wire to increase the scoring area of the segments. The Bristle dart board is at the peak of its development, giving rise to increased scores compared to the past due to those ultra thin wires and increased scoring areas.

As for the future of the Bristle dart board, I think it is still bright, as nothing quite matches the look, sound and feel of a classic bristle board not withstanding the incredible developments of the electronic dart board.

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