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These 4″(10.16cm) black Buffalo horn hairpipe beads are perfect for making Native American inspired breastplates or for a center row drop in fancy neck chokers.

It takes about 100 hairpipe to make a full sized man’s 33 row breastplate. The shorter style breastplate usually has 24 rows, with three hairpipe in each row. A woman’s full length breastplate will take about 400.

Pre-punched breastplate spacer strips are sold separately. The trick to making a nice breastplate is to keep the rows spaced evenly, and these pre-punched spacers work great for this.

Occasionally, you will hit a bead that isn’t drilled straight and it’s hard to get the thread through, so it’s a good idea to order a few extra, just in case.