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I am getting a better understanding of how people who work with pearls grade the items they make with them, which is really what I wanted to get to. I have a few sources that I can depend on for consistent quality, but their grading and description systems are totally different from each other...

I have used the smallest hand held Dremel with a Beadalon drill bit to enlarge existing holes on Pearls, but haven't tried to drill undrilled pearls. I have no problem holding the pearl between my finger and thumb, but the hand holding the drill does get a lot of vibration. You need a dish of...

Thanks again, Pearl Dreams. I'm also looking for help in grading the items I make when I get pearls from different vendors with different grading scales. I might get a AA grade strand from one vendor that isn't as good as a B+ grade strand from another. It leaves me trying to create my own...

Thanks Pearl Dreams. I am aware that there is no standard for Pearl grading. After searching around a bit, the post I was searching for was an old one by Bill from PearlsandJade, but the link to his website no longer works. He had proposed a standardized scale and produced a bead board with a...

I'm fairly new to the group, but I remember reading a while ago that one of the expert members had made a pearl grading scale on his site. I thought it was quite helpful but I evidently didn't save the link. Could that person please post it again? And if there is a possibility of purchasing a...