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How much is steel going for these days ? Honestly, looking at an article of ladies leather apparel and steel boned it is $169, while the one that uses nylon boning is $89. I mean there is barely any steel there at all.

Steel must be moving on up there with silver and gold !

We need pictures.

There's a joke here about boning, but I just don't see it.

unless it is something special, the odds are the cost of making the steel part exceeds the raw material cost.

the only real steel i've ever known was either Sheffield Steel, or Solingen Steel. but what does that have to do with the conversation at hand??

Supposedly it is spiral steel boning.

YEAH it is!

Depending on the purpose the more exotic the steel the more costly. The exotic alloy is determined by what the steel is supposed to hold up or hold in.
Check with an insurance agent, the liability insurance could be expensive. Imagine what sort of injury could be wrought by what ever is to be held up coming down suddenly. Or catastrophic release or failure to hold back what it designed to contain.

Points to consider
Jim

Ya gets what ya pays for--
Steel boning, please elaborate--

You do know how to start a conversation.

The only spiril steel thing i can think of is a "slinkey"

It seems that way, but I am honesly mad about the cost of the garment. It is a lot of money for that little steel in one garment.

Are they quality handcuffs?

Peaches, I'm not to well versed in "Corsets" but would say that whalebone is going to be even harder to find, if that's the play.

If it's a corset, I'll volunteer alla' the fitting free, and chase down the appropriate "Raw Stock".

Maybe Titanium, or even Unobtanium would be preffered substitutes.

GTC

If it's stainless, I know for fact that stainless wire is way, way up. That's the reason that airbags cost ridiculous money to replace. Lots of high grade stainless wire.

The raw price of the steel in that product had little to do with the price. The steps taking it from there to the finished product is a different matter.

Sounds painful, no matter how you take it.

After reading this,going to get a cold shower.

Thanks Cross, Now thinking of missspent youth

Price of steel is up but not that up, there's something else or just a "quality" or supply and demand deal going on with that.

It's up enough if you don't lock in your price when you buy a couple million pounds you'll go bankrupt. But not enough to nearly double something that probably has less than a few ounces in it even if it was an expensive allow like monel/incanel or stainless.