Well, have any of you had a problem using someone else's scissors? It is kid of like a lefty using mine, or me using theirs. Some how, using a person's cutting tool is never quite like using one's own.
kathleen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martha Kelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 6:02 PM Subject: [h-cost] Pink, pinkers, pinking > > > (What I really want though, is a choice of shapes beyond the standard > rather shallow zigzag. Has anyone found a modern or historic tool that > really works well for that? Fran) > > I recently bought a lovely reproduction 18th century pinking tool from Dan > Brown of Green Man Forge. It was $40. He will resharpen for $10. He can > make any shape pinker you want. Here's his web site: > http://www.greenmanforge.com/. I wanted to use some pinked edges on my new > 18th century patterns for Simplicity. Unfortunately, I couldn't find a cheap > alternative that would be readily available. Can't you just imagine people > looking at the back of the pattern envelope and seeing that a special-order > $40 tool was required! > > As to the old table-mounted rotary pinking machines, does anybody have one > that actually works? Many years ago I was at a huge costume company (now > defunct) called Brooks Van Horne. They had several pinking machines and > they were a PAIN. They were always dull and full of lint and chewed your > seam allowances to heck. Maybe that's because everybody used them and > nobody cleaned or sharpened them? > > Martha > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
