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I've got a container filled with "heavy silvered gimp".
What is gimp? What is it used for? TIA. |
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"Rich" wrote in message
... I've got a container filled with "heavy silvered gimp". What is gimp? What is it used for? TIA. Open the bleedin' container and LOOK. Once you have LOOKED at the stuff use your imagination and find a use for it. Or not. -- Don Thompson Stolen from Dan: "Just thinking, besides, I watched 2 dogs mating once, and that makes me an expert. " There is nothing more frightening than active ignorance. ~Goethe It is a worthy thing to fight for one's freedom; it is another sight finer to fight for another man's. ~Mark Twain |
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On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:27:29 -0800, in rec.crafts.jewelry "Rich"
wrote: I've got a container filled with "heavy silvered gimp". What is gimp? What is it used for? TIA. Last I heard (like maybe 40 years ago) Gimp was a sort of fake leather lacing or cord, somewhat flat or oval in cross section. Not sure just what plastic it's made of. But available in about all the same colors and finishes as any other form of vinyl, including metalized. Often found in kids crafts projects. Can be braided into lanyards, keychain fobs that would be useless from a store but become priceless when crafted by one's kid, or used to lace bits of fake leather (or cheap real leather) into not so great coin purses and wallets at summer day camp. No doubt there are other more serious uses for the stuff, but that crafty stuff to keep kids busy is what I recall. That assumes my memory of "gimp" is the same material you've got. There may be other meanings of the term for all I know. Peter |
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"Peter W.. Rowe," wrote in message ... On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:27:29 -0800, in rec.crafts.jewelry "Rich" wrote: I've got a container filled with "heavy silvered gimp". What is gimp? What is it used for? TIA. Last I heard (like maybe 40 years ago) Gimp was a sort of fake leather lacing or... (snip) Peter This gimp is fine wire in a coil about 1.5mm diameter and 12mm long. |
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On Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:11:05 -0800, in rec.crafts.jewelry "Rich"
wrote: This gimp is fine wire in a coil about 1.5mm diameter and 12mm long. Amost sounds like a somewhat larger version of the "french wire" used in bead and pearl stringing. That's also a coil of very fine wire, though usually a bit less in diameter than what you've got. Used to reinforce the thread used for stringing pearls where it ties around a clasp so the clasp doesn't wear through it. You thread a small length of the coil onto your thread so when looped through the metal loop or jump ring on the clasp, and then tied off back to the thread, etc, what results is a loop of what looks like the metal coil through the clasp, rather than the stringing thread, which runs inside it. Wikipedia also mentions a meaning for "gimp" as a form of ornamental thread, which can be metalized, used in embroidery, lace, or other ornamental sewing methods as a heavier or ornamental edging. Doesn't say it's a coil, though. Still, perhaps this stuff was intended for some use like that... Where'd you get this stuff? Any idea where it comes from or was made? That might give a clue too. And is it just that single short 12mm length, or do you have a lot of these pieces? Makes a difference as to how much trouble it's worth researching it... Peter |
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"Peter W.. Rowe," wrote in message ... On Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:11:05 -0800, in rec.crafts.jewelry "Rich" wrote: This gimp is fine wire in a coil about 1.5mm diameter and 12mm long. Amost sounds like a somewhat larger version of the "french wire" used in bead and pearl stringing. That's also a coil of very fine wire, though usually a bit less in diameter than what you've got. ..... (snip) Peter It comes from dad's stuff. He was a watch repairer, but did the odd bit of jewellery mending. It's made by REGAL in the UK. There's about 1 gross of those lengths. I think it's what you said in your first paragraph. It's to be used in stringing, it's ornimental thread used in the jewellery trade. |
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On Nov 23, 6:26=A0pm, "Rich" wrote:
"Peter W.. Rowe," wrote in messagenews ... On Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:11:05 -0800, in rec.crafts.jewelry wrote: This gimp is fine wire in a coil about 1.5mm diameter and 12mm long. Amost sounds like a somewhat larger version of the "french wire" used in bead and pearl stringing. That's also a coil of very fine wire, though usually a bit less in diameter than what you've got. ..... (snip) Peter It comes from dad's stuff. He was a watch repairer, but did the odd bit of jewellery mending. It's made by REGAL in the UK. There's about 1 gross of those lengths. I think it's what you said in your first paragraph. It's to be used in stringing, it's ornimental thread used in the jewellery trade. It is indeed the stuff used in stringing pearls, etc. It protects the silk as it goes through a jump ring or part of the clasp, before the silk returns back through the first few pearls/beads to be tied off. It is finely coiled wire. Helen Hill |
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On Nov 23, 10:53 pm, helen wrote:
On Nov 23, 6:26 pm, "Rich" wrote: "Peter W.. Rowe," wrote in messagenews ... On Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:11:05 -0800, in rec.crafts.jewelry wrote: This gimp is fine wire in a coil about 1.5mm diameter and 12mm long. Amost sounds like a somewhat larger version of the "french wire" used in bead and pearl stringing. That's also a coil of very fine wire, though usually a bit less in diameter than what you've got. ..... (snip) Peter It comes from dad's stuff. He was a watch repairer, but did the odd bit of jewellery mending. It's made by REGAL in the UK. There's about 1 gross of those lengths. I think it's what you said in your first paragraph. It's to be used in stringing, it's ornamental thread used in the jewellery trade. It is indeed the stuff used in stringing pearls, etc. It protects the silk as it goes through a jump ring or part of the clasp, before the silk returns back through the first few pearls/beads to be tied off. It is finely coiled wire. Helen Hill It is also called "French Bullion" or just "bullion". Lisa |
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