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Hello! So glad I found this place. I’ve been collecting sad, unloved and broken strands of Akoyas on eBay and in local charity shops. It began with my kid asking for some old pearls for a project, and it’s evolved into a bit of a project for me. I’m stringing them all with jump rings at each...

I think that’s probably the best plan. I can’t keep buying more in my quest to preserve every single strand. It kills me to break up even a not so nice strand, but needs must!

Thank you! It really is fun, and I’m getting better at spotting the nicer ones. Funny how some of the less nice quality has a higher price tag than the good stuff on eBay. And once they need rethreading, they do sell for very little indeed. Sad that treasured pearls end up in little plastic...

Fantastic, thank you very much! Number 3 is by far the nicest, even to my novice eye. They’re all quite short, I think missing some pearls from the broken ends, lost over time. I’m going to be forced (forced!) to keep looking for more, to match in a few on each strand.

I should probably stop doing this, but I’ve been buying mixed lots of broken pearls on eBay again. Just for fun, to re string and wear or gift. I would really appreciate any thoughts on what I have this time (and I promise to stop now…) They are all real pearls (gritty). Only one has a clasp...

Sorry, colour looks weird. They’re not pink. This is closer

I made this from some of the longer pieces, strung a pendant I already had on it for my girl to wear. I’m not skilled, but I’m enthusiastic…!

Thank you! I had, like every newbie with Google, nurtured a tiny hope that you’d say “oh wow, look at that amazing strand of wild natural pearls from the 16th Century” or similar. I mean, I can dream, right? 🤣 They’re nice wearable pearls, they’ve got some kind of something about them that...

Brilliant, thank you! Must confess I’ve taken the nicer bits to make into chokers for us both and a friend- the kid is mostly using beads, so she’ll not be needing Akoyas quite yet. The tutorial will definitely help her figure it out though. At the moment, her favourite method of stringing is...

Oh, and this cute little thing, which I’m going to use as a pendant. I think it was a clip on earring which had a post soldered on to it at some point. I was hoping against hope it would have the magic ‘M’ mark, but all I can see is remnants of solder where I think any mark would be. I’m...

Just for interest, here are the other bits and

Hello, I wonder if the experts would mind taking a look at these pearls please? They were in a bag of broken strands I picked up on eBay for my kid to string (she’s studying art and has an interest in jewellery design). They’re pretty! They’re definitely real pearl but I wondered if they might...