Slipstone nuts

[Funky Phil]

Stew Mac have discontinued Slipstone nuts...

Please help me to persuade them to reintroduce them, by sending them an email.

http://www.stewmac.com/email

If any of you guys have any Slipstone blanks, I would be more than happy to buy them.
I will pay double the original price!

 

[Sustainerplayer]

I'm with you. It really is the best nut material I've encountered.

But I was thinking to find out where to get the material from. It's made from/by Delrin - so maybe there is a way to get the raw material and cut from.

I got some in stock that I keep for my future projects. I'm even thinking about stripping the Slip Stone nuts from the guitars that I'm selling and replacing them with Graph Tech or whatever ...

 

[tfarny]

Why is it better than bone? I'm slowly converting all my guitars to bone nuts now that I'm confident in shaping them, and I really like them despite the nasty smell and slow filing (which helps me make fewer mistakes).

 

[Funky Phil]

Bone - requires lube, can have flaws (cracks, voids), tone varies from piece to piece. (Can look very nice though...)

Slipstone - low friction, always consistant tone, low wear rate.

These observations based on many (could be about 1000) bone, Graphtech, Slipstone, Tusq etc nuts I have fitted.

 

[blue313]

Looks McMaster-Carr carries it in various shapes and sizes. 

http://www.mcmaster.com/#delrin-blanks/=44s5wr

 

[pelskens]

I've found some Delrin blocks in my workshop that I used to make into Slip-stone nuts. If anyone is interested:
https://reverb.com/item/2591011-delrin-slip-stone-nut-material-black

 

[Cagey]

I'd take you up on 10 of them, but shipping is being charged individually on each part. $25 shipping on a couple ounces of .125" x .333" x 2" Delrin sticks seems a bit steep, don't you think?