That thread also refers to this one: tribalcostuming.tribe.net/threa...f45b00

I know there is a seller on ebay, Convergent Resourses, that sells them. She doesnt have any on her ebay store but if you email her I'm sure she will have some ava to ship out. she had some at the Tex Ren Fest. So IDK if she has any left :) they were beautiful!

I just got mine from universal_curio. They are a SLIGHTLY heavier silk then the Jhip fans, but just slightly. The staves are pretty sturdy feeling to me, and do open and close with a good snap of the wrist, but are stiff enough that they won't FALL open. Closing them isn't as easy, but with fans like this, once they snap open and closed enough, they tend to loosen up. The tines are made from (what looks like) bamboo, and there are a few spots that I have to file them down just a touch (those thready kind of fibers). They are both "right handed". So far I am completely happy with mine, and I intend to purchase more from this guy (I even recommended him/her to members of my classes lol). I also got them pretty darn quickly.

So far, so good!

Hello AnJa...sorry for the delay, haven't been checking this thread since I got my fanveils. To answer your questions about the fanveils from Universal Curio (China), here's a review:

The staves are made of bamboo and they are lightweight. The staves feel a bit flimsy to me because the screw isn't very tight in the three pairs I got (but it's fixable, if you're crafty). However, this also makes them very easy to flick open. If you were dancing, you could close them again, but it's more just scrunching them up. To store them, I actually fold each tine over the one before it to line them up perfectly again. The individual tines are about a foot long, making the fan about two feet wide at the longest when it's open (the silk, of course, goes out about 7 inches beyond the bottom-most two tines, so tack another fourteen inches onto the two feet to get an idea of the total width of the fanveils). The staves aren't laquered, so the bamboo is a bit rough in places, but I haven't snagged the silk yet. They could be sealed, if one wished.

The silk itself is very lightweight, flutters nicely, and the colors are very vibrant! As mentioned previously, they arrived bundled together, so there were lots of creases in the silk, but just laying them out open on the bed has loosened most of the wrinkles.

I'm not sure what you mean, by right-handed or left-handed fans...they're double-sided, so you can use them in either hand. I bought two pairs of 1.5m and one pair of 3m. I'm only 5ft 3in, so the 3m is rather difficult for me to dance with. I wouldn't recommend the 3m if you're short like me. It's too hard to keep the silk from touching the ground, especially if you try to dance with two at the same time. I prefer the 1.5m pairs.

Considering the price, I think these fanveils are well worth the purchase, if you're interested in fanveils. As mentioned previously, even if they fall apart or unravel eventually, they still make great practice fanveils. I'm certainly not disappointed; I'm thrilled with mine!

As I recall, it was somewhere around$70-$80 a set for the full 1.5 yard ones. She has lots of tri-color options and said custom wasn't out of the realm of possibility.

Believe it or not ladies, the "yellowing" as it moves through the air is a nice saturated gradiation and looks really nice as they move. A bit dissapointing when you first pull them out I'm sure, but honestly look at yourself in a video and you won't notice it.

Yep, exactly the same - a bit more gold than yellow I think though. I figured there'd be a slight colour change from the pictures but it is more yellow/gold than the impression the photograph gives (so something to be aware of for anyone else thinking of getting the black and white fans)

Cool, that's what I did to store them too - just wasn't sure if it would crease them up.