Vintage

Featherweight™ Spindles $40,
Premium woods $50-55*

Narrow 2" diameter whorl on a 7 1/2" shaft
Weight range: 10-16 g/.35-.57 oz, depending on the wood.  Just the thing for luxury fibers like silk, silk blends, cotton and fine wools!

Visit the Bosworth Spindle Group at Flickr to see many of our available Standard Featherweights, including Birdseye Maple, Canarywood, Cherry, Red Cedar, Red Oak, Purpleheart, Sapele Mahogany, Tiger Maple, Walnut and Zebrawood; other woods used when available. Colors may vary by monitor; different boards have varying color intensities and grain.

These Standard Featherweight™ spindles are finished with Birch shafts, ready to test and send:

Under 10 g:  none
10 g:  Cherry, Lacewood
11 g:  Cherry, Lacewood
12 g:  Birds Eye Maple, Canarywood,  Walnut
13 g:  Birds Eye Maple, Tiger Maple, Sapele Mahogany
14 g:  Walnut
15 g:   Red Oak, Lacewood, Walnut
16+ g:  none

This list updated 1 July  2009..

Shaft Options: Hand-turned hardwood shaft, $15, in Bloodwood, Bocote, Cherry, Cochin Rosewood, Kingwood, Morado, Tulipwood, or Walnut; $20 in Ebony when available. We do our best to finish these as quickly as possible; please allow at least 2 weeks waiting time once we have a whorl ready to finish.

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Please provide wood preference in Special Order Instructions on order page.

Paying with MC/VISA?  Please put card code in Special Instructions on order form.
Prefer PayPal? Choose Mail/Fax order; note PayPal in Special Instructions and we'll invoice you.
 

Premium Featherweights™: On occasion, we use limited-availability woods as they strike Jonathan's fancy. Finished Premium Featherweights™ are priced at $50-55 each for a standard Birch shaft; $62-72 with a hand-turned shaft. We're happy to suggest a wood to complement or contrast with the whorl of your choice. Premium Featherweights™ include Afezelia, Amboyna, Ambrosia Maple, Boxwood, Cocobolo, Ebonies, Olivewood, Osage Orange, Pink Ivory, Rosewoods, Silver Wattle, Sumac, Thuya, and occasional burls and spalted woods in limited supply; some Premium Featherweights may finish at higher than our 14 g/.5 oz target weight; not all woods available at all times. This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it for a list of finished Premium Featherweights™ currently available whorls.

Note: The price for Premium Featherweight™ Spindle is set to $50; if the spindle you chose costs $55 we will adjust your bill accordingly. If the wood you are looking for is not currently available, we'll put you on our Wish List.

Please provide wood preference in Special Order Instructions on order page.

Paying with MC/VISA?  Please put card code in Special Instructions on order form.
Prefer PayPal? Choose Mail/Fax order; note PayPal in Special Instructions and we'll invoice you.

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Shipping costs will be added on our end; Priority Mail begins at $5.20/1 pound package within the US; usually $4.50 to Canada and $9-11 for other International destinations.  We will confirm your total prior to requesting payment.  

5% Sales Tax for Massachusetts Residents

We accept payment by check or money order (payable to Jonathan Bosworth),
PayPal, MasterCard & VISA (charge card minimum $20, please).
PayPal preferred for International orders.