I just stumbled across this message through google, as I have been looking for the handy book snakes that the British Library and other UK universities have.
Terry's Fabrics appears to still have this item - http://www.terrysfabrics.co.uk/prod/.../honesty-white. If it is still unavailable in U.S. stores and anyone would like to have this shipped to the U.S., I am studying abroad in the UK and would be happy to send it.
These book snakes are just the nicest things ever. As an English major, I wish I had had them years ago!
I'm in the UK and I think the chances are that it would cost more to ship them from here than practically anywhere else (our couriers are extortionate!) ... however having spent a fair length of time in theatres I can't recall seeing anything like this attached to curtains....
Most curtains have a metal chain sown in along the bottom, and any other type of weights I can think of are stage weights (and you don't want to be putting them on top of books!)
As another BL veteran, I've been searching for book snakes for years, and these are they. I ordered a metre or two of the 100g weight tape from Terry's Fabrics last week, and they're indistinguishable from the snakes the BL uses. Thanks so much for finding them.
If you're still after some, midwinter, I'd be more than happy to send them on to you.
And for anyone else who likes to read hands-free I'd recommend investing in a yard or two of what is guaranteed to be the best bang for buck Christmas present of the year.
I'm in touch with Midwinter, the thread starter all those years ago. I'll pass along your offer. If he hasn't come across them yet, I'm sure he'll be delighted.
I orded 2 units from Terry's Fabrics a few weeks ago and am really glad to have these things in the midst of researching. Before it was always crushing one book underneath another to keep the pages open, but all but the most stubborn books can be handled by the book snake.
I divided the long strand I received into 3 sections for use by friends and multiple books. Here's a picture of one of the strands - just little pieces of lead squeezed into fabric.
I managed to pick up 3 meters of them shortly after I started this thread. A kind woman in Oxford was so excited to see that I'd found book snakes at Terry's that she bought them for me and shipped them my way just to say thanks.
They really are wonderful little things.
Cheers
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Originally Posted by swcool86
I orded 2 units from Terry's Fabrics a few weeks ago and am really glad to have these things in the midst of researching. Before it was always crushing one book underneath another to keep the pages open, but all but the most stubborn books can be handled by the book snake.
I divided the long strand I received into 3 sections for use by friends and multiple books. Here's a picture of one of the strands - just little pieces of lead squeezed into fabric.
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Terry's Fabrics appears to still have this item - http://www.terrysfabrics.co.uk/prod/.../honesty-white. If it is still unavailable in U.S. stores and anyone would like to have this shipped to the U.S., I am studying abroad in the UK and would be happy to send it.
These book snakes are just the nicest things ever. As an English major, I wish I had had them years ago!
-Kara
oh, um most participants in this thread are long gone...
Most curtains have a metal chain sown in along the bottom, and any other type of weights I can think of are stage weights (and you don't want to be putting them on top of books!)
Alleluia!
As another BL veteran, I've been searching for book snakes for years, and these are they. I ordered a metre or two of the 100g weight tape from Terry's Fabrics last week, and they're indistinguishable from the snakes the BL uses. Thanks so much for finding them.
If you're still after some, midwinter, I'd be more than happy to send them on to you.
And for anyone else who likes to read hands-free I'd recommend investing in a yard or two of what is guaranteed to be the best bang for buck Christmas present of the year.
I'm in touch with Midwinter, the thread starter all those years ago. I'll pass along your offer. If he hasn't come across them yet, I'm sure he'll be delighted.
I divided the long strand I received into 3 sections for use by friends and multiple books. Here's a picture of one of the strands - just little pieces of lead squeezed into fabric.
I managed to pick up 3 meters of them shortly after I started this thread. A kind woman in Oxford was so excited to see that I'd found book snakes at Terry's that she bought them for me and shipped them my way just to say thanks.
They really are wonderful little things.
Cheers
I orded 2 units from Terry's Fabrics a few weeks ago and am really glad to have these things in the midst of researching. Before it was always crushing one book underneath another to keep the pages open, but all but the most stubborn books can be handled by the book snake.
I divided the long strand I received into 3 sections for use by friends and multiple books. Here's a picture of one of the strands - just little pieces of lead squeezed into fabric.