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blend of Tahitian Keshii cross drilled and Tahitian baroque

Quick photo of the finest luster on 15mm So Sea I have seen in some time. I used North light and Ottlite and surrounded with white paper. I used a CannonSX600HS and I remembered to set the timer for the shutter. Surrounding environment made it a bit greener than eyesight. PEARL PHOTOS ARE NOT...

As a note my company has been stringing for decades. I hold, as my mother did decades ago, a pearl with a wooden clothes pin if I need to drill a bit to the hole. Many times a reamer in a hand held pin vise will often clear a hole. They don't scratch the pearl and don't break. We have some...

You are right larger bead bracelets need to consider the inside circle length. Usually 12mm (1/2 "') longer.

I am not much on the science of pearls. I am a buyer/seller and have been for 49 years. How the size looks on the neck is the measure of 7-8mm. When a person is viewing from 4-5 feet away 1mm is difficult or impossible to discern. 2mm is different. My dad always said if they are looking at...

WE have something in common. I have done the same with Upper Mississippi River Valley pearls. see this url for a histroy (if I can find it) http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/wmh/id/50925/rec/3 I did the research for this article. URL previously listed here...

YOUR REPLY IS ONE OF THE BEST I HAVE SEEN FOR THE CASUAL USE OF PEARLS AND STRINGING. Which my firm has done for 50 plus years. Some of use don't have writing ability like you. Norm

Bumpers might work if the abrasion between them and the pearl do not scratch (tiny) the pearl. I would put inch of chain between each. ONLY put thread through the pearls and tie off each piece. Station necklace. For practice go to a second hand store and pick out some cheap chain and do it...

I agree. Selling Akoyas for 49+ years and constant handling the FWCP don't have the depth of Akoya or SSC. The few 6-8mm treated Japanese Akoya to black are quite amazing. No big deal just one or two here of there. Norm

Well .............Women won't have to worry about dress color with these. Norm

I just received a Natural Grey Akoya Necklace from Japan. It is 6.5 x 7 x 18". I like the color and they sell pretty well. Lots of grey haired ladies . ;>)\ I placed the Tahitian for contrast.

In my experience of 40+ years of selling pearls the solution to this is to have three necks 18 24 and 32 inches or some combination of length you like attached with the same spring ring (small) and you can wear all hooked together or singly or just two or any combination. Keep the spring ring...

American Natural Pearls in hand blown glass bottle. American Natural Pearls in hand blown glass bottle. In a fit of enthusiasm I put together a little item to use up the tiny natural pearls I have. Norm

Vietnamese Cowrie pearl in SS found this and other in a back alley at the Tucson show a few years back. Quite unusual. It is a pearl coated cowrie shell. Very much like the Buddhists did in early China. Norm

Great pictures comment....In my little corner of the Midwest, ( and 2 miles from the US Open) I have competed with Mikimoto for 49+ years and our AAA are 1/2 , at wholesale to jewelers, than M........... It is a brand and that name is what you are paying for the oyster doesn't know who he is...

Spherical , no nucleus, small as 3mm, brite norm

Small reamers have to be purchased through watch supply firms or jewelry catalogues like Rio Grande. They should be tapered and are sold in multiple kits or by size. I can't tell you the size but the fine end should be about .20mm and the thicker end .75mm. Please do not use super glue on...

old man reply old man reply More than likely it was expected that I would comment to the negative on using anything other than silk on pearls. We have done a few necklaces with the synthetics . I never have had blisters for soreness from using silk and I have, in the past strung and knotted...

I repaired a 3mm hole in a AA+ 15mm Australian. (short story, customer wanted 3 mystery clasps in a 48" necklace (( wear different lengths)) Well a few years later the customer traded it in with my customer . The 6 pearls used for the 3 mystery clasps are some what ruined with such a large...

multi color Akoya multi color Akoya Very prety Are they all from same farm? Are they color specific to subspecies? Very saleable at a fair price./ Norm