On Thu, 22 Jun 2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I don't know if my comments will help at all, but I have a corset with
a spoon busk and the front edge of that corset was straight too... It
rounds around the outside of the busk, there's no real curve in the
center section of the busk where the
I've seen modern spoon busks that are flat in profile, is that what
you used? Or did you use a curved one like they sell at farthingales?
http://www.farthingales.on.ca/busks.php I've never tried using a spoon
busk myself but have been toying with the idea, so hearing about other
people's
Are you talking about a modern spoon busk? I have heard they
aren't like the
actual spoon busks of the era. In fact most busks* were
curved down the
front (spoon or regular) before the straight busk came in in
the 1890s,
whereas now all busks are straight for recreations.
Yes, it was
I've seen modern spoon busks that are flat in profile, is that what
you used? Or did you use a curved one like they sell at farthingales?
http://www.farthingales.on.ca/busks.php I've never tried using a spoon
busk myself but have been toying with the idea, so hearing about other
people's
I don't know if my comments will help at all, but I have a corset with a spoon
busk and the front edge of that corset was straight too... It rounds around the
outside of the busk, there's no real curve in the center section of the busk
where the hooks and bulb-things meet. As a side note, I
