
Niritek Straw Splitters - pencil type, set of four
introductory price £19.99 + shipping
Please visit our Etsy shop to buy online https://strawcraftingshop.etsy.com
for customers in North America please visit our America reseller The Straw Shop https://thestrawshop.com/

Niritek Straw Splitter - pencil type, ten fin
introductory price £6.99 + shipping
Please visit our Etsy shop to buy online https://strawcraftingshop.etsy.com
for customers in North America please visit our America reseller The Straw Shop https://thestrawshop.com/
Our range of straw splitting tools have been designed and tested in close co-operation with leading straw workers from around the world. The pencil type tools shown here are available in two diameters, large and small and come in sustainably packaged sets of four. A set contains four coloured splitters each with a different number of cutting fins; a green (8 fin), a grey (6 fin), a coral (4 fin) and a white (3 fin). Splitters are approximately 67mm in length, the smalls having a diameter of approximately 9mm at the fin base and the larger variety being approximately 13mm diameter at the fin base. The smaller diameter splitters are most suitable for finer work using thin straws down to <2mm in diameter, the larger diameter splitters are more 'general purpose' for larger straw work.
The 10 fin splitter designed for finer straw craft is sold individually and produces evenly split stems down to around 1mm in width.
Niritek work closely with a number of straw working professionals to design and produce these tools. In particular we are extremely grateful to Veronica Main MBE who is recognised as one of the most experienced traditional straw plaiters in the UK. Veronica provided the knowledge, guidance and inspiration we needed to envision how we could apply exciting new techniques and processes to help preserve and maintain this critically endangered, ancient hand craft.
More information about straw working can be found in her books; Straw Plaiting - Heritage Techniques for Hats, Trimmings, Bags and Baskets (Herbert Press) and Swiss Straw Work - Techniques of a Fashion Industry (Main Collins Publishing). You can also visit Veronica's web site https://www.hatplait.co.uk/