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LOCKE Bronze Open End Tailor's Thimbles, Made in New Zealand
These tailor's thimbles are a true labor of love. Made by a tailoring student in New Zealand who found it hard to find good-quality tailor's thimbles in a good range of sizes, and then went about solving the problem not just for himself, but all tailors. He embarked on a multi-year journey casting his own thimbles and now offers them for sale. We are pleased to offer them to you! They're cast from bronze. (And we also sell them with nickel plating, here.) For now, they're in 12 sizes from 13.5mm to 19mm.
We hope you try them and appreciate them! We - along with many other tailors around the world - do!
Why choose Bronze or Nickel-plated? Aside from which color you might prefer, there are functional reasons to choose one 'color' over the other. The bronze alloys that both LOCKE thimbles are made of are copper-based, and copper oxidises from moisture. If in a high-humidity environment or because of one's own body chemistry, the copper can sometimes discolor a finger under the thimble, giving it a greenish or blackish hue. The stain is natural, harmless, and washes off easily, but it can be disconcerting, so we offer a nickel plated option.
On the other hand, some people are allergic to nickel, so a thimble without nickel may sometimes be preferred.
How to choose the right size? Read our Tips below about how to measure to find the right size. All tailors know a tiny size differences can make a big difference to how often the thimble falls off (or whether it fits at all), and it's challenging at best to measure correctly, so you might consider ordering a few thimbles to try them, and then return the ones not needed. Here is our Return Policy.
