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You guys, I did it!! Thank you so much for the advice and help! I can't believe I made a necklace. I judge this not bad for my first finished attempt, although I'm sure I will want to restring it as soon as I do a few more projects and get better at this. I did do the knots by passing the long...

This is a long shot, but has anyone ever seen a left-handed pearl knotting video? I'm left-handed and I'm amazed that I'm getting it so far, but it would be nice to see a tutorial that I didn't have to reverse. Back in the 1980s, my right-handed grandma tried to teach me crochet and it didn't...

Thanks everyone! I see no one is impressed with the strand, that's interesting. I was trying to sacrifice everything else to luster, but maybe I've just dipped too low in quality. Probably my freakout is a sign that I should return these...

PS: they were sold as 9-11 mm and while I don't have a calipers, they look a lot bigger than that, based on eyeballing against a pair of akoya studs that I know for a fact are 7.6 mm and a pair of drop earrings I am pretty sure were measured accurately at 9 mm.

Hi friends, I would love your assistance again. I bought this strand as South Sea circlé drop/baroque pearls from Continental Pearl, but the more I look at them, the more they look like freshies and I can't get it out of my head. I paid about $600 on account of them being circlé, but maybe I was...

You know @BWeaves this is going back a post or two but I am loving your mismatched pistachio earrings! I feel like mismatched earrings is going to be a huge trend very soon. It took me a minute to get used to it but now I'm on board.

I deleted my question since this thread is to honor Mr. Yoneguchi and his beautiful pearls. I was just a little shocked to realize I had never actually seen Kasumi pearls until last night! Hoping to see at least a couple in person someday :)

@jeg those studs are gorgeous! It's great to see the different overtones lined up like that.

This thread continues! Thanks to the current 20% off sale (and redeeming my points!) I was able to order a pair of natural white hanadama earrings from Pearl Paradise. I think there's going to be a big color difference between this pair and the rosé hanadamas, and I can see the natural whites...

haha I actually stole that from a different thread! I did not have to ask what it meant. :)

Thanks everyone for the replies and great photos! I did end up buying both and going with the rose overtone for a non-pertinent reason: I got screw backs on the white pair and HATED them. Rather not spend five minutes a day twisting on my ear so that it's bright red like an old-time schoolboy's...

Those Biwa pearls are beautiful! I'm taking the pearls as one course and recently got to the Biwa pearls chapter. Oddly enough, the Biwa pearls on ebay don't look like this :cautious: It's nice to see some real ones.

Thanks Douglas and @BWeaves. Your point about seeing the pearls is well taken. Now that I'm looking at the vintage strands I bought on ebay, I can really see the differences between them. I love two and regret two, this bracelet is one of the strands I regret! Thanks again for your help.

So I just got these yesterday. They are real (4-5 pearls at the ends of the bracelet have ripple blemishes, they pass the black light test). BUT I think I can see how they are low quality. Pics below. The first three are this bracelet next to the Pearl Paradise freshadama bracelet (which just...

Thank you! How about white vs rose? I think rose overtones look good on me, based on another necklace I have. But I worry they will be too pink to go with everything. Really I have no problem with the white, I just want to make sure I get this choice right because after this im never buying...

I'm thinking about getting some hanadama Akoya pearl studs from The Pearl Source, but am having trouble choosing an overtone (white, ivory, or rose). Their website has a video about overtones that makes the rose look really pink (too pink) and the ivory like a happy medium between rose and...

Pattye about the bracelet they did say the clasp was 14k.

If you're curious, here are the graduated Akoyas and the necklace that (to my eyes) has less luster. I know both are real from doing the black light test, but the graduated pearls seem like better quality. There's just so much I need to learn!

I can't wait to get these and solve the mystery! They should be here next week and I will definitely post photos. I also ordered a freshadama bracelet from Pearl Paradise, so there can even be comparison photos. Honestly I might have wasted some money on eBay by buying vintage pearls in the...

I don't have them in hand yet either! Just purchased. I'll do the tooth and black light tests, for sure.