The skirt I'm using on all of my bladed jigs and jigs now is very good. I could argue that the durability of the components has resulted in a best-in-industry skirt. I'm not going to publicly post the manufacturing process, but it's a silicone core instead of rubber and the strands are hand tied into a groove in the core with a flexible thread. I don't know exactly how long it lasts, because the day hasn't come where I've had one bust. But I've personally used the same skirts on the some bladed jigs for 5 years. I still get the perfect color separation like the guys that wire tie, but I'm also able to make it flair out.