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	Spoon busk
		The spoon busk was a specialised kind of busk -- the rigid element of a corset placed at the centre front.
		The spoon busk allowed a greater reduction in waist size without producing a bulge of flesh at the bottom edge of the corset.
		Despite the extra control given by spoon busks, they are not favoured by modern tightlacers as the bottom point of a spoon busk will dig in when a corset is very tight.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/s/sp/spoon_busk.html (245 words)

	Corset Busk - Corset Busks Straight Busks and Spoon Busks
		Busks, for those of you who have not heard the term, are metal clasps that close the centre front of a corset.
		The busk pieces are sewn into the corset on either side of the centre front, lacing is still used in the back or sides but the busk allows getting into and out of the corset by oneself.
		Spoon busks come in two lengths only and are made of stainless steel and not nylon coated.
	www.farthingales.on.ca /busks.php (705 words)

	Busk - Definition, explanation
		A busk (also spelled busque) is the rigid element of a corset placed at the centre front.
		In stays, the corsets worn between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries, the busk was intended to keep the front of the corset straight and upright.
		These busks were often carved and decorated, or inscribed with messages, and were popular gifts from men to their sweethearts.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/b/bu/busk.php (241 words)

	The Fitting Room, What is a Busk?
		Busks were nearly always used in Tudor and Elizabethan corsets, and in certain styles of the 17th and 18th, and the early 19th century.
		This was a remarkable piece of craftsmanship, combining the fastening features of the busk on a curved steel base that became wider at the bottom and 'dished' to pull the corset in over the tummy.
		The spoon busk was in fashion until 1889, but the straight busk continued in use up to the 20's.
	members.aol.com /fittingrm/busk.htm (837 words)

	Vintage Fashion Guild - Corset
		Busks could be made out of ivory, whalebone, kid covered steel or wood and were often given as gifts from lovers or husbands who carved love poems and pictures on them.
		The new busk was gently curved to follow the natural posture and lines of the body for comfort rather than the stiff busk popular in the early part of the century.
		The spoon busk (shaped and curved like a spoon) was invented in the early 1870's and stayed in continuous use until the early 1900's as they were favoured by larger and plus sized women.
	www.vintagefashionguild.org /content/view/720/204 (2356 words)

	Busks: Historic Clothing & Costume Supply Company
		Steel busks or corset clasps as they are also known, are two metal strips which connect using a button on one side and an eye on the other side.
		Two notes of caution: 1) Busks should NEVER be unclasped after wear until after the lacing has been loosened and the body has been allowed to adjust to the removal of the constriction.
		The reason for this is two fold, one is that a closed busk on a reasonably tight corest which is unclasped suddenly is likely to break under the stresses produced as it is being unclasped and because the corset wearer may become faint or experience some discomfort due to the sudden lack of support.
	www.grannd.com /Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=GS&Category_Code=busks (480 words)

	Spoon busk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Corsets with spoon busks usually descended to a point lower than the level of the hips at the front.
		Galvanized steel spoon busks are not suited for tight lacing because the steel becomes brittle during the manufacturing process.
		Stainless steel spoon busks, on the other hand, are suitable if reinforced with a layer of flat steel behind the busk.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Spoon_busk (410 words)

	Corsets&corset supplies at Farthingales Los Angeles
		Busks, for those of you who have not heard the term, are metal clasps that close the centre front of a corset.
		The busk pieces are sewn into the corset on either side of the centre front, lacing is still used in the back or sides but the busk allows getting into and out of the corset by oneself.
		Spoon busks come in two lengths only and are made of stainless steel and not nylon coated.
	www.farthingalesla.com /busks.php (803 words)

	The Peleg and Lucy Arnold chest of drawers. - Encyclopedia.com
		A busk (for stiffening the front of a corset) and three silver spoons descended along with the chest, offering additional evidence about the owners of the chest and courtship practices in eighteenth-century America.
		The obverse of the busk bears an inscription in graphite, "Peleg Arnold/Lucy Hopkins." The style of the penmanship indicates that it was added in the late nineteenth or early twentieth century.
		4) that descended with the chest and the busk.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1G1-146202160.html (1113 words)

	A Mini Dictionary of Corset Terminology - Corsets and Crinolines
		The divided busk is made out of spring steel with loop fastenings on the right side and studs on the left side.
		Busk Hook: An upside down "hook" found mostly on the busks of late 19th century corsets from France or French made corsets.
		Another use for the busk hook was for those who tied the excess ends of the corset lace around their waist, to anchor it underneath the hook to stop it from digging in and wearing the fabric at the waist.
	www.corsetsandcrinolines.com /tidbits.php?index=10 (1255 words)

	IRIS NORRIS
		However, spoon busks are not like others busks in that the base plates are made not of spring steel but of mild or stainless steel.
		One of them had produced a heavy curved plate for a spoon busk permanently set to conform to her corseted form, made of thick mild steel and understood to weigh close to a pound.
		The availability of busks of any length became progressively difficult and when the makers shut down, a serious personal concern of Iris was the availability of her preferred spoon busks.
	www.corsetiere.net /Spirella/Corsetiere/iris_norris.htm (4388 words)

	Spoon busk at AllExperts
		Galvanized steel spoon busks are not suited for tight lacing because the steel becomes brittle during the manufacturing process.
		Stainless steel spoon busks, on the other hand, are suitable if reinforced with a layer of flat steel behind the busk.
		If a person buys a spoon busk, they should make sure it is stainless steel and reinforce it with flat boning behind the busk.
	en.allexperts.com /e/s/sp/spoon_busk.htm (489 words)

	Corsets - Corset Building Overview
		While less boning was used there was still a centre front bone or busk (of the non-opening type) It was wider than previous bones and was important to the corset for pushing the breasts upward.
		There are also busks which open and are used in the front of corsets to enable you to get into and out of your corset without help.
		Both corset have a straight busk, the antique one is raw steel and seems to be encased in a fine bucram, the modern one is plastic/nylon coated to inhibit rust.
	www.farthingales.on.ca /corset.htm (1162 words)

	The S-Curve Corset and the Straight-fronted Corset
		The straight-front corset (also known as the swan-bill corset and the s-curve corset) was a type of corset worn from the start of the nineteenth century until around 1907.
		Its name is derived from the very rigid, straight busk that was used down the center of the front.
		The hourglass corset "suppressed the bust", and the spoon busk, which often curved inwards for part of its length, "forced the organs downwards" claimed Gaches-Sarraute in her 1900 study Le Corset: Etude Physiologique and Pratique (The Corset: A Physiological and Practical Study).
	www.adorecorsets.com /acatalog/The_S-Curve_Corset_and_the_Straight-fronted_Corset.html (423 words)

	Corsetry Hardware
		Busks are stiffer than regular boning, and usually wider as well.
		Separating busks are sold by the inch and come with two pieces, the hooks (or loops) and the studs.
		Spoon busks are more rare and expensive than regular separating busks.
	www.costumebeginner.com /corsets/hardware.htm (4338 words)

	Corsets & corset supplies at Farthingales Los Angeles
		This is the busk common in the late 1800’s and shaped like a spoon, the “bowl” of the spoon cups over the stomach and the “handle” fits between the breasts.
		Spoon busks are the most expensive of all the busks but the shaping is worth it for fuller figures.
		Wide busks are straight busks that are 2 inches wide in total, these are commonly sold to opera companies and women needing more substantial chest support.
	www.farthingalesla.com /corset_supplies.html (838 words)

	corsetry: Comfort of a spoon busk?
		It sounds very promising but I figured that the spoon busks must have been abandoned for a reason, so I would like to hear about other people's experiences with wearing spoon busk corsets created by contemporary corset makers.
		In addition, the spoon busks I have seen aren't coated, while the simple separating busks tend to be.
		Spoon busks do not flatten bellies, they cup them within their curve.
	community.livejournal.com /corsetry/1452649.html (718 words)

	Corset Busks - Corset Making Supplies at CorsetMaking.com
		Wooden Busks were used during the late 15th Century / 16th Century to keep the front of early corsets rigid.
		These busks were sometimes made of horn or whalebone as well; they were usually thicker at the top and would taper toward the bottom.
		Today these busks are very difficult to find, however they are worth the search as they give a very unique and historically accurate silhouette to your corset.
	www.corsetmaking.com /busks.html (288 words)

	ABC News 4 Charleston - Search Results by Google (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The term busk is also used in music when a musician has to play something...
		busk was intended to keep the front of the corset straight and upright.
		A 'busk' is a piece of corset hardware consisting of two steel stays,...
	www.wciv.com /internetsearch.hrb?k=busk (283 words)

	A Short History of the Corset
		The busk, which in the 17th century had served to keep the front of the stays straight, now came back into use to keep the cups apart.
		This busk, as it is called in English, makes it possible to change the lacing completely: Both ends of the cord are threaded through the eyelets crosswise and knotted together at the end.
		The belly is tamed, but not flattened, by a new kind of busk: The pear-shaped spoon busk (see right corset in the picture above) bends inwards to compress the stomach region, then outwards over the belly, an in again over the lower abdomen.
	www.marquise.de /en/themes/korsett/korsett.shtml (2186 words)

	Corset Chat: Spoon busks
		I've seen descriptions of this one http://www.corsetheaven.com/shop/item_show.asp?code_no=V173u M saying that the spoon busk allows for it to be laced tighter, but I've never noticed any specialist tightlacing corsets with a spoon busk.
		Spoon busks are not really recommended for tight lacing.
		I am not exactly sure why this is, but possibly as the busk has a curve vertically (it curves in toward the stomach), the pressure placed on it by extreme tightlacing is not going to be evenly applyed to all the studs, therefore making it more likely to snap.
	www.corsetheaven.com /forum/printer_friendly_posts.asp?TID=547 (439 words)

	Corsets
		The busk is the front stay of the corset, usually where the front opening is. Its purpose is to keep the body erect, and therefore it plays a central part in the corset.
		Early busks were made of wood, but during the nineteenth century the well known metal busk with studs on one side and eyes on the other became common.
		The heavy straight busk tended to push the hips back, but fashionable straight-fronted corsets had to be low in the front if they were to be bearable, so the bust was pushed forward over the busk.
	www.transgender.utvinternet.com /corsets.htm (5378 words)

	ROMANTASY - Posture Issues
		The spoon busk is extremely rare and difficult to obtain.
		The spoon busk is shaped exactly like an elongated spoon (see the True Grace page on our website for a graphic) and cups slightly under the lower belly to pull inwards, if the corset is otherwise properly constructed.
		The triangular busk serves basically the same purpose as a spoon busk, but it too, is difficult to find as a corset fitting.
	www.romantasy.com /cyboutique/corset/posture.html (791 words)

	Die Entwicklung des Korsetts im 19. Jahrhundert
		Ein breiter busk wurde an der Vorderseite eingesetzt, und schmale Fischbeinstäbe an der Rückseite.
		Er wurde spoon busk genannt und wurde in modernen Korsetts bis 1889 benutzt (42).
		Die Dampfformung, der spoon busk, sowie mehr Fischbeinstäbe und cording, machten das Korsett viel schwerer und unbequemer (39).
	www.korsetts.de /Die_Entwicklung_des_Korsetts_im_19_.php (1687 words)

	Woman's Corset, 1900 (around)
		Lightweight busk front corset of light brown sateen with a cotton lining and overstrapped with fawn sateen.
		It has a single, long, straight busk, which differed from the spoon busk widely used at this time.
		Cotton overstrapped with contrasting cotton casings with a steel busk, and supported with whalebone and cane strips.
	museums.leics.gov.uk /collections-on-line/GetObjectAction.do?objectKey=270356 (157 words)

	Corset Busks
		The spoon busk was most popular in the 1870's and afterward for "abdominal" corsets worn for more tummy control.
		Strait flat busk on which the bottom is significantly wider than the top.
		A standard busk enclosed in a paper covering.
	laracorsets.com /Corset_busk_guide.htm (109 words)

	C FITTING CORSETS
		She would watch as they attempted to pull the two sides of the corset together and at the same time bend the busk plates in opposite directions to push the top post or stud (bobble as Iris always called them) into the plate.
		These paragraphs and diagrams is clearly shows that the top stud of say, a 12 inch busk or a spoon busk, is the key stud which when hooked causes the busk plates to form an inverted 'vee.
		Then she advised that the key stud was not the top stud, it was either the second or third from the top, depending on which the wearer found engaged the easiest, and then proceeding as before.
	www.corsetiere.net /Spirella/Corsetiere/iris_norris_2.htm (6146 words)

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		The corset took its name from the very rigid and straight ‘busk’ that was used down the front of the corset.
		Inez Gaches-Sarraute was a successful corsetiere with a medical degree who popularised the swan—bill corset, who worked with several of his medical and fashion peers to develop the style.
		Gaches-Sarraute’s design was intended to free the bosom by beginning below the breasts, a result of which was the use of bust-supporters to achieve the mono-bosom effect, which in turn led to the development of the brassiere.
	www.articledashboard.com /ezineready.php?id=83411 (741 words)

	Image - V&A
		The Steel busk defined the front of the garment.
		On this corset the spoon-shaped busk is wider at the bottom than at the top.
		In reality, it could make it more restricting as the corset could be pulled in more at the waist.
	www.vam.ac.uk /images/image/11193-popup.html (67 words)

	eBay.co.uk - busk, Women's Underwear Swimwear, Women's Clothing, Non-Fiction Books items at low prices (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Blue dupion busk waspie tight lacing steel bone 24"
		Sexy Coutil Busk Underbust CORSET made to measure
		BN Sexy Satin Busk Underbust CORSET made to measure
	search.ebay.co.uk /busk_W0QQfsooZ2QQfsopZ19 (460 words)

	Fashions of the Ages - Custom Made Renaissance, Georgian, Civil War, Victorian & Edwardian Corsets (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Julia is a stunning Victorian underbust corset that begins just under the bust and rises to a point between the chest.
		The Violet is a beautiful Victorian period corset with bust and hip gores, ideal for creating a tiny waistline.
		All images and text are property of Fashions of the Ages and may not be published, manipulated or distributed in any form without written permission from Fashions of the Ages.
	www.fashionsoftheages.com /corsets.htm (1085 words)

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