A few months ago I bought a great set of corsets of various lengths, but the shortest ones were too long for my four shirts, which have a snap under the tie that keeps the collar taut. The bolts did not close due to the length of stay. When I saw this 2 inch nib set at a bargain price I was happy. They are of excellent quality and solve a specific problem. IF I had bought them at all - I would not have noticed them beforehand. - it would save me the heartache of getting it to work a quarter inch longer.