I dug up Icyjade's thread that shows her gorgeous WSS and GSS necklaces that have bumpers:
Some favourites from my collection
Hi! It's taken a bit of thinking on my part and reading of old discussions re: posting pearl pics on PG vs PS or on both, but what finally pushed me to create a new thread here is because I think I should stop hijacking other threads on PG and also as some of my pearl friends seem to have...www.pearl-guide.com
These are real eye candy! The overtones on that GSS strand are to die for!
Omg, both WSS and GSS are stunning!! I was mesmerized by their beauty that I forgot about the bumpers again! Thanks for sharing the link
I guess it makes sense about that many comments says -- bumpers are probably suitable for heavier strand, and knotts for longer ones.