Greenberg and Hammer have corset busks as short as 6" and longer ones in 11" 12" 14" and 17" lengths.
https://www.greenberg-hammer.com/store.asp?ItemID=195 They also have ones with gold colered studs. Katy On 11/25/05, Deredere Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I buy my busks here. > http://www.venacavadesign.co.uk/Pages/DraftBusks.htm > They sell the very long busks. > I don't know if they are cheap but I have seen corsets where the busk > was too short and they looked ugly. > They cut a piece of an other busk and taped it together but is is very > easy to see. > > Greetings, > Deredere > > Elizabeth Walpole wrote: > > > Hi everyone, > > I've almost finished making a victorian corset (1850s pattern from > > Corsets and Crinolines) which I'm ready to put the boning in and I was > > looking for sources of boning and the cheapest source I can find is > > hedgehog handworks, but they don't have busk long enough for my corset > > (their longest busk is about 2-3 inches shorter than my corset) so has > > anyone worked out the best way to make up for a short busk? My thought > > so far was to add an extra bone with a heavy duty hook & eye at either > > the top or the bottom, but I think I remember later 19th century > > corsets (1880s or 90s) with a few inches of lacing below the busk (I > > used a library copy of corsets and crinolines so I don't have it with > > me to check). If anyone has experimented with either hooks & eyes or > > lacing with a busk can you tell me what worked and what didn't. > > thanks > > Elizabeth > > -------------------------------------------- > > Elizabeth Walpole > > Canberra Australia > > ewalpole[at]tpg.com.au > > http://au.geocities.com/e_walpole/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > h-costume mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > -- Katy Bishop, Vintage Victorian [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.VintageVictorian.com Custom reproduction gowns of the Victorian Era. Publisher of the Vintage Dress Series books. _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
