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That's so fun, thank you! I was planning to retake it but I'll hold off for now.

Actually I love love the earrings (they were sold separately, I just matched them in the photo for comparison purposes). I didn't capture their luster in the photos. The pendant I am quite sure is fake because you can see gold between the pearls and the gaps are uneven to boot. I think the...

Taken just now in indirect sunlight. Apologies for my crummy iPhone XR camera, i honestly can't get the images sharper than this. Anyway, I am dumb, the more I look at this pendant. Also I don't know how to tell stamped from impressed from applied (any advice?) but I can tell whether the mark...

You guys are always so helpful, thank you very much! Does anyone else prefer the brooch that StarryPearl mentioned in post #5? I fear I am in over my head, I suspect I bought a fake Miki pendant already (pearls arranged in a circle, but the craftsmanship is not good). I also picked up a pair of...

It's not letting me save the images so I'll just give you the listing: https://www.ebay.com/itm/276752488118

Did Mikimoto ever spell out the full name as a mark? I'm looking at a brooch in sterling silver, pearls look high-quality and the back is signed "K Mikimoto Tokyo" and then there are the M and S marks. But I haven't seen it spelled out like that before and other brooches just have the M and S...

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...