{"product_id":"bysakhi-dark-button-2026-crop-reservation","title":"Bysakhi Dark Button — 2026 Crop Reservation","description":"\u003cp\u003eGenuine dark Bysakhi button lac from the Manbhum region — the crop that rarely reaches the market. The 2026 run is confirmed and in production now: real Bysakhi sticklac from the Manbhum crop, bought and processed for us, then hand-made into buttons at a small producer's works. You are reserving your share before it lands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMuch of the button lac on the market is cut to lower cost, and most of what is sold as \"Bysakhi\" is not from the true crop — different harvests, regions, and trees. Ours is the real thing, the same Bysakhi the old books refer to.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost commercial shellac sold today is dewaxed flake — a 20th-century industrial product. Button lac is the older form, the one classical finishing texts describe. The wax is part of the structure, not an impurity to be removed. The buttons are produced by hand in small operations, weighed and packed one bag at a time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBysakhi is a named crop, not a color spec. Dark Bysakhi carries the depth of that harvest — a shellac that adds color as it builds, for antique restoration, walnut and dark hardwoods, and work where the depth is part of the point. Because it is a genuine crop rather than a blended grade, the yield is finite, and this is \u003cstrong\u003every likely the last chance at it before next summer\u003c\/strong\u003e. That is why we reserve it rather than stock it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHow the reservation works\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYou are reserving your share of one confirmed crop batch\u003c\/strong\u003e, shipped in a single lot when it lands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReserve now, paid in full.\u003c\/strong\u003e Payment is taken at reservation; reserving is what holds your allocation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe batch is finite.\u003c\/strong\u003e The allocation is capped and we do not oversell it. When the reservation fills, it closes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePrice locked at today's number.\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIf the crop comes in short:\u003c\/strong\u003e the unfilled portion of your reservation is refunded in full, automatically — you don't have to ask.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eChange your mind?\u003c\/strong\u003e Full refund anytime before the batch ships. Just email support@shellac.net.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eExpected to ship August 2026.\u003c\/strong\u003e We email every reservation holder when the batch lands.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOrdering in-stock items too?\u003c\/strong\u003e Those ship right away — your reservation follows separately when the crop lands.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA small amount of our current dark Bysakhi button stock is still on the shelf \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bysakhi-button-lac\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e — this reservation is for the new 2026 crop run.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSourced direct from a fifth-generation refining family in India who has supplied this bench since 1990. Pure, uncut, genuine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- INTERNAL: bundle parent; pool = component 10543674294565. Prices Method B on Rohit 7\/3 quote $77\/kg. Mixed-order line added 7\/7 (split-and-eat-freight, Gregg 7\/7). --\u003e","brand":"Shellac.net","offers":[{"title":"1 lb","offer_id":52739592651045,"sku":"SHL-BTN-BYSAKHIDK-RSV-1LB-B","price":69.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"1\/2 lb","offer_id":52739592683813,"sku":"SHL-BTN-BYSAKHIDK-RSV-HLF-B","price":36.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"1\/4 lb","offer_id":52739592716581,"sku":"SHL-BTN-BYSAKHIDK-RSV-QTR-B","price":19.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0997\/5136\/2853\/files\/Button-lineup-cropped_fa8840f5-3c7b-4dd5-a6a8-6448982944fa.jpg?v=1783367879","url":"https:\/\/shellac.net\/products\/bysakhi-dark-button-2026-crop-reservation","provider":"Shellac.net","version":"1.0","type":"link"}