At 18:39 10/09/2005, you wrote:
Suzi Clarke wrote:
It's exactly the same as Farthingales sell, but a different gauge.
It is a fraction of an inch narrower, so the connectors don't hold.
In a cage hoop, which is what I originally wanted them for, this is
a major problem. It might not be so much of a problem for a
farthingale, and I may well buy some and try with glue of some kind.
Are we talking hoop boning, or corset boning? In the former case,
the steel hoop boning over here doesn't hold the tips well
either. I have found that the spiral steel corset boning holds the
tips well if you use a particular method of attaching them....don't
know if you saw the link to my tutorial earlier. I have had less
success with using the tips on the flat white enameled corset
boning, but have managed to make them stay on.
I'm talking about the connectors for hoop steel for crinolines and
farthingales/pocket hoops/panniers. Spiral steel tips are not a
problem any more since I taught myself to use two pairs of pliers,
one in each hand!! (Before your tutorial - I wish I'd seen that first
- would have saved hours of cussin' ) As for the enamelled steel
corset bones, well, they come ready tipped here, so have not been a problem.
The whalebones have straight ends cut across the grain, and are like
that in the corset. One of them poked through, which is how I found
out it was whalebone, but as I said, it was made before the ban on
whalebone, early in 1970's I guess. (So it was available then.) On of
my strips was analysed for a research programme being done by a
professor, but try as I might I cannot find the copy of the analysis.
If I ever find it, I will post the information to the list, as I am
sure some people would be interested.
Suzi
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