I don't remember who I bought the Lauscha from...but pretty sure it was either on the destash page on FB or here in the garage sale. It was some glass whoever I bought from had had for a very long time. The "stringers" are about the size of a 1/8 mandrel, maybe a little bigger. I haven't used any of it again, but as soon as I get my kiln repaired and back up and running, I will try it again at a higher annealing temp. I did remake the bead, as close as I could, with zephyr and it's fine....looks almost as pretty as the Lauscha one.