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Shipping to Netherlands possible due to de minimis threshold there!

Due to the new EU regulations on packaging waste, all other shipping into EU countries will still remain paused. Regulations were starting on August 12, 2026. The new regulations is valid for all vendors selling within the EU. There was a discussion in the EU committee on a threshold for small volumes or a memorandum on part of the rules, but unfortunately, it came to nothing.

If you are inconvenienced by this situation, my suggestion would be to write a short, polite, personal note about how you feel directly to the EU commissioner in charge of the department in question. Her name is Jessika Roswall, and you can find a contact email address on her webpage. If there is enough feedback from the public, maybe things will still change. If you would like to know more (including more ways to protest), you can find a blogpost I wrote here.

Shipping is currently only available for Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Canada and other non-EU countries with the exception of the US and Great Britain.

Short Lace with Chapes

Short Lace with Chapes
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Short Lace with Chapes
links: mittelalterliches Original/left: medieval original
Price: 8,00 EUR
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Laces like this were used to hold parts of clothing together; they are especially frequently seen in depictions of late medieval men's clothing, where they tie the tunic and trousers together. 

The bands on offer here measure about 26.5 cm in length overall. This is just enough for a half-bow to hold two pieces of clothing together, without having long ends hanging down (and possibly getting into the way). The band itself is machine-braided from 100% mulberry silk yarn, the lace chapes are brass. Diameter of band and chapes is c 2 mm.

The lace chapes are attached directly to the band, with a reconstructed historical method. For this, the metal is formed directly around the lace. This procedure can be seen on several images showing crafters in medieval and early modern manuscripts. You can find some examples in the Hausbücher der Nürnberger Zwölfbrüderstiftungen. You can also see a comparison between the chapes made by me and a medieval original on one of the pictures.

In contrast to chapes that are sewn on afterwards, chapes worked directly around the lace ends are much less bulky. They sit very tightly on the band and have a smooth transition to the textile or leather lace itself, making inserting the lace into and pulling it out through a lacing hole a smooth process, without danger of the chape rim catching itself somewhere.

Other lengths for the chapes are, of course, possible - as is attaching the chapes to different materials (including your own bands)!

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I am very sorry, but due to the Brexit regulations, I am not able to sell or ship to the UK anymore.

Unfortunately shipping to the US is currently also not possible!

Because of the new tariff regulations active now, DHL is currently not offering any affordable shipments to the US and the US tax zone of Puerto Rico. I am sorry and hope that this issue will be resolved soon; until then, ordering to an address in the USA is unfortunately not possible. 

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