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Originally Posted by Caitlin Williams  I have known many pearl strands to break. In fact, that is the reason for the knots… |
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My presence here, as many know, resulted from our lucky acquisition of the natural pearl necklace
Te Poe O Te Kuki Airani, featuring 1700 golden
poe pipi on 12 strands. As the forum also knows, I was totally ignorant of pearls at the time, operating on pure instinct.
There are no knots in 'Te Poe.' —Images of disaster!— Before purchase I actually thought to ask its creator what the stringing material was. The reply was more or less 'why, silk, of course!'
Fraying is evident after minimal use. Upon restringing we have 3 objectives: Get a carat weight for the pearls (as the necklace was produced in an organic manner, evolving as it went), a routine cleaning and a good look at the options for thread material!
Steve