MsT New Member Joined Apr 25, 2009 Messages 64 Apr 7, 2010 #1 A customer sent me this clasp and asked me to make a necklace using her "mystery clasp". What do I do with it????? I have never seen anything like it before. TIA!!!!
A customer sent me this clasp and asked me to make a necklace using her "mystery clasp". What do I do with it????? I have never seen anything like it before. TIA!!!!
GemGeek Pearlista Joined Sep 20, 2006 Messages 9,196 Apr 7, 2010 #2 Do you have a drill? They go inside two end pearls.
MsT New Member Joined Apr 25, 2009 Messages 64 Apr 8, 2010 #3 I do have a drill... I was wondering if that was the method. Thanks for confirming... now, I have to practice knotting inside a tube.
I do have a drill... I was wondering if that was the method. Thanks for confirming... now, I have to practice knotting inside a tube.
jshepherd Pearl Paradise Joined Jun 22, 2004 Messages 6,344 Apr 8, 2010 #4 You've got to be very careful with the glue too. If you want a phone chat with someone in our offices that works with these a lot, let me know.
You've got to be very careful with the glue too. If you want a phone chat with someone in our offices that works with these a lot, let me know.
GemGeek Pearlista Joined Sep 20, 2006 Messages 9,196 Apr 8, 2010 #5 The question is, what do you use on the other end of the pearl? I only see the connection pieces. Jeremy?
The question is, what do you use on the other end of the pearl? I only see the connection pieces. Jeremy?
jshepherd Pearl Paradise Joined Jun 22, 2004 Messages 6,344 Apr 9, 2010 #6 The thread goes through the middle and wraps around, coming back through the shaft. You can't see it unless you are looking straight on.
The thread goes through the middle and wraps around, coming back through the shaft. You can't see it unless you are looking straight on.
GemGeek Pearlista Joined Sep 20, 2006 Messages 9,196 Apr 9, 2010 #7 Thanks for the explanation. Very cool clasps. Are they a pain to drill for and knot?