Whalebone is not bone, it's baleen.
It's very much like fingernails, and made of about the same stuff.
Hey, Kayta, you volunteer up at SF Maritime Museum. Do y'all have any
displays on baleen up there? Are you demoing at Festival of the Sea
tomorrow?
Yes I was, and nice to see you there.
I have a small baleen frond guaranteed to have been harvested pre-ban.
You can also buy it legally from Alaskan natives or those with the right to
harvest whales for survival.
The butt end of this frond is about 3/4 thick and it is fairly rigid there.
The whole thing reminds me of the
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Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 5:37 PM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] re: effigy corset whalebone
Right. But whales have actual *bones* too - were these
ever used for things?
Ah sorry missed your point. Dunno. I'd check the nautical collectors
books for scrim, certainly
Whale teeth, from toothed whales, obviously, such at
the very desirable sperm whale, and ivory, from walrus
other sources (also teeth, of course).
Surely on other surfaces, too, but those are the
materials I remember.
A brief googling turns up ivory--whale teeth
walrus tusks--as a modern
, September 10, 2005 9:21 AM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] re: effigy corset whalebone
Whale teeth, from toothed whales, obviously, such at
the very desirable sperm whale, and ivory, from walrus
other sources (also teeth, of course).
Surely on other surfaces, too, but those are the
materials I
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Behalf Of Lloyd Mitchell
Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2005 7:43 AM
To: Historical Costume
Subject: Re: [h-cost] re: effigy corset whalebone
In the New Bedford museum, I am remembering in particular, a hinged yarn
winder that had some pieces
in this
trading!!?
Kathleen
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From: Wanda Pease [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2005 1:39 PM
Subject: RE: [h-cost] re: effigy corset whalebone
I lived in Alaska for far too short a time: 1970-1972 but I happened
According to the site that I bought my Baleen from recently, it is the
harvesting of baleen that is watched carefully. What I bought came with a
certificate that it was antique, pre-ban stuff.
The walrus ivory was supposed to go only to native carvers, but the you
could own it. I had a small
Cin wrote:
Whalebone is not bone, it's baleen.
Right. But whales have actual *bones* too - were these ever used for
things?
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On 9/8/05, Cynthia Virtue [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Someone on the H-Cost list a while back had some whalebone and described
it as like a fingernail but it was black. IIRC, whalebone for
corsets is the baleen, which are fairly regular in size, and thin, due
to the job they do for the whale. I
Joan:
I made my corset using the 3/16-inch cable ties from the hardware
store (package of 10, 34 inches long) which are easy to cut to size
with sturdy craft scissors. They actually flex a lot like whalebone
and are a lot lighter than steel bones.
really? I've heard this claim a lot, about once
On 9/8/05, Suzi Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am sorry to disagree with you, but whalebone for corsets is totally
flexible. I inherited a gross whalebones from a corsetiere - they are
maybe from the 1940's or 50's.
Interesting. What a completely different experience. Wish you were
even
At 21:04 08/09/2005, you wrote:
On 9/8/05, Suzi Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am sorry to disagree with you, but whalebone for corsets is totally
flexible. I inherited a gross whalebones from a corsetiere - they are
maybe from the 1940's or 50's.
Interesting. What a completely different
Suzi Clarke wrote:
The loose bones and the corset bones are both roughly the same size and
thickness as modern white-covered steel bones - the ones with the tips.
They are not all identical in thickness, but it is millimetres if not
micromillimetres in difference. It is quite clear that they
From: Elizabeth Walpole [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cant exactly buy them 'round here, tho, can we? Guess most wil make
do with reed, woode and wyre. Now, Tokyo, whalebone's fair game. I
can even recommend a shop.
Really? I was under the impression that baleen only came from the larger
whales, I
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