At 17:34 26/11/2005, you wrote:
Possibilities......?
18" busk -
http://store.corsetmaking.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=B-18&Category_Code=SB
Another 18"/46cm busk -
http://www.grannd.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=GS&Product_Code=1228%2F13.46&Category_Code=BUSK1
I don't think that you'll find long busks for much cheaper than
these two, unless you buy in bulk. ;-}
Pre-cut, pre-capped spiral boning
http://www.venacavadesign.co.uk/Pages/DraftSpiralWires.htm
More pre-cut, pre-capped spiral boning at pretty reasonable prices -
not quite AUS$12.00/dozen for the very longest ones -
http://www.tutu.com/ntn_hoopbones.html
MOST EXCITING OF ALL! **** 1/2" wide **** pre-cut, pre-tipped spiral
boning, up to 18" long, also at pretty reasonable prices -
http://www.corsetmaking.com/supplies.html#spiral_boning
I so know what you mean about cutting the boning yourself - I made
two corsets with Farthingales 50-8406-06 plastic-coated Hoop Steel -
white 6mm(1/4")6mm wide X .6mm thick - which had to be cut with bolt
cutters, the ends trimmed into something roughly resembling a curve,
and tipped with elastoplast then tooldip, because at that stage they
didn't have hoopsteel tips. The trimming left *lots* of little sharp
metal bits which were not good to stand on with bare feet. Not
something I want to have to do again.
I understand why people don't like to cut boning of any kind, but so
often I find that the bones I need are not exactly the same length as
I can buy commercially, so it is easier, for me, as I have been doing
it for so long, to cut them to the size I want. But the invention of
metal tips, now I have the hang of them, is brilliant.
I just wish that British and American hoop steel makers would get
together and rationalize their sizes, then I could use the joining
widgets that Farthingales sells on all my hoops! (And before anyone
suggests I buy my steel from Farthingales, I can get it far cheaper
and more easily locally, if you include postage, and man is a roll of
steel heavy!!)
Suzi
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