My dad wore an oval turquoise ring maybe 10X19mm for 40 years.
So many men in Arizona wear large flat square or oval turquoise rings, that I think nothing of it! Why should a pearl be any different.
I think a Mabe pearl either Tahitian or Mexican could be put into a classic setting similar to men's turquoise rings and it would look as manly as the turquoise. How about a mabe with a small carving? Come on Tahiti- pony up! You got the supplies and the carving "eye" too.
Remember- we are a bunch of ethnocentric folks who got some advertising concepts about pearls and women- thanks to the Mikimoto blitz machine- in the 2nd half of the 20th century. This way of looking at pearls is NOT the be all and endall- it is already a dated view.
