My friend Israel is awesome. For several reasons, but not the least of which is that he’s a total genius.
I’m a corset maker. I’ve make them for myself and for others. I’m still very much a novice at it, but I’ve sold two so far and I’ve been commissioned to do another for a trade which is almost finished, all except the grommets. Here is one reason I love him so much. Israel’s wife, Becky, and I took a class in corset making. We were the only two people in a class of about 15-20 who completed the class, by the way, because it takes the patience of a saint to complete a corset. As we got to the grommet stage of corset making, we had to use a hammer and grommet tools to set them, which took for-fucking-ever. Becky and I got together for a stitch-n-bitch party and Israel was also present, being completely engrossed in the process. As he watched us struggling between the two of us with one hammer (this is before we knew about hand grommet setters), he got this look on his face (like he’s one to do) as though he were coming to some sort of conclusion and he said: “Why don’t we just get a press?”
After we gaped at him like fish for a moment, we were like, “Wha?” He says, “A press, an industrial press. Let’s go to the hardware store and see if we can find one that would help.” So we looked and found this thing:
It is PERFECT! It easily shaved three hours off the corset making process. I can set thirty grommets in ten minutes. God, it’s awesome.
THANK YOU, ISRAEL!!!
Yeah, he’s pretty much the coolest guy around. I mean, he’s smart, he’s inventive, he’s sensitive without being effeminate, he’s strong, he’s hot, he’s a great listener and a great talker, he’s funny. The only thing wrong with him is his job. His job sucks. But of course, if it weren’t for his job, we’d have never met you so I guess he job only sucks right now because it has taken him so far from me for so long.
Once he’s back, his job will be a normal level of sucky.
I’m so glad that the press idea was helpful! Did you get one of your own? Mine is buried in my closet, I think. I’ve not used it since we moved. Which also sucks.
I got a new one, yeah. The price went down a little, I think. I got it for $25. I use it all the time. I have been making a lot of corsets and I’ve still got four left to finish (two for me, one for my sister, and a commission) so I use it all the time.
Yeah, Israel pretty much rocks my face off.
OMG…. see, i have one of the little hammer/grommet tool thing and a hand press which is what I used to do the nearly 200 grommets in my jareth costume. XD I need to get one of those things you bought.
Yes. Yes, you do. They are bitchin’.