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    Photo friendly?

    You can write me at pearl-man@ameritech.net. for stringing information. We have 100 years or more f experience.
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    Photo Tips

    Excellent. I photo pearls in a lit box made with white fiber board or poster board on a mirror with north light. I sometimes add incandescent light. I don't use fr artistic quality by fo selling aid.
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    Photo friendly?

    You can write me at pearl-man@ameritech.net. for stringing information. We have 100 years or more f experience.
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    Craig's List- a source for Bahraini pearls!

    natural nucleus natural nucleus What is natural nucleus? Natual in commerce is undefined. steel is natural, plastic is natural plastic. on and on... Fraud exists... No matter what country...Millions of Chinese clams can produce zillions of similar shapes indigenous to other areas. I know...
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    Photo friendly?

    I'm the only guy stringer here. I think. I was taught by my mother who founded our co which grew out of a bead stringing business. I think the the best to learn how to knot is to buy a knotter, which is a small wooden tool with some pointstowhich SILK thread is Lund around and pulled up to...
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    Craig's List- a source for Bahraini pearls!

    Hi sounds too cheap. without GIA cert or $$ held in a third party. I'd forget it. I HAVE A QUEST. Harry Winston has come to me thru a third party looking for information on a American Natural pearl bought by them in 1986. 150 cts +\~ ! I think the article in the shereveport times. was dated...
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    Stringing with silk

    stringing silk stringing silk Four threads. We've have used four threads. We stock 6-7 weights and a few very heavy US made silk FFF. I have added a third thread at times also. With two or four threads I can use a leader (mono filament 1 lb test & more importantly blue). I don't like...
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    Stringing with silk

    I have always put te readers in a flexible shaft drill with variable speed. Run at slow speeds. Or a .6 mm in a pearl drilling machine which has a centering jig.
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    Stringing with silk

    stringing silk stringing silk Four threads. We've have used four threads. We stock 6-7 weights and a few very heavy US made silk FFF. I have added a third thread at times also. With two or four threads I can use a leader (mono filament 1 lb test & more importantly blue). I don't like...
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    Stringing with silk

    reaming.....Tapered reamer works well....watch repair tool....7 works but it should be a chisel blade and not a twist drill. The chisel blade should be tapered left to right or visa versa about 3 degrees. and sharp. You can sharped with 1500 wet or dry paper on plate glass.
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    Stringing with silk

    Imagine chatting with a guy about threading. Our agent in Japan or some other dealer will pick some up for me when they go to Japan and I get a box Silk is kept in the dark will not rot in a reasonable time, 5-10 years. We have equated the number with weight per __________ something. The...
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    Evaluation Forum.

    Good morning Good morning out checking memos today. Pffffft
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    Stringing with silk

    thread now sizzors (sp) thread now sizzors (sp) Sizzors are more of a problem than any other tool in stringing. We have one made in Japan that is great. But the pakistan mexico et. al. are all junk I think we ordered it through a chrochet site. Comment. I use nail clippers alot for...
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    Evaluation Forum.

    I checked out the picture and a side picture would help. I've seen blister pearls like this. Can't discern dimension with just a top shot.
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    Evaluation Forum.

    evaluation evaluation "spot on" 30+ years taught me that....A retail store customer charges $150 per evaluation, written only, I did 5 one day for them. confirmation..especially when they buy on ebay or etc.
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    advice for finding a pearl set for my wife

    Through the years I have found that the PX's have been pretty fair. And you may have the right to return or exchange. I would not go to the baazar. You have no assurance they will tell you truth or that they won't switch. No matter how nice they seem they only want US $$. You should have no...
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    Stringing with silk

    Write the company directly. Not e-mail hand written. Outline what you want. hand written you'll get results. find address with Google
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    Stringing with silk

    Silk thread article Silk thread article i finally have the article and the computer at the same time for the difinitive article on silk read......threads magazine.. February/ march 2011 pages 60-67... Norm
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    Stringing with silk

    silk thread silk thread I use it most every day. but at 10pm the exact spelling eludes me. It is "tire" just checked... there are several web sites. I don't buy from any of them. My agent in Japan will send me boxes of my needs or when my agent in NY goes there monthly he'll buy some for us...
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    Evaluation Forum.

    hand blown glass beads hand blown glass beads My Brownie camera at the time took kinda poor pictures ;) Norm ps project coming alo0ng pretty good on filling large hole in 15mm bead stay tuned.....first I have to decide if I want to divulge trade secret OR if others may have better idea. N
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