dobro Capos....

Have you ever found a good one? I have
personally owned them all and don't really trust any of them. Now I don't use
one at all. This beefs up your left hand quite a bit, and can cause you to
scramble.
Josh Graves said a long time ago that the ability to play without a capo
separates the men from the boys on the reso.
I speculate that the ideal reso capo (IMHO) would have the following properties:
One potential design lives in your kitchen in the form of the handle on a butter knife or similar.
Just my two cents. There have been some excellent internet threads on this subject. Check out www.jerrydouglas.com and the bulletin board there for more information.