Thank you Pattye and pearlescence for your responses. To me, the issue with akoyas (including hanadamas) is that they are bead nucleated. The hanadama strand I purchased from PP had an average of 0.45 mm of nacre according to the certificate. Looking at a ruler, 0.45 mm is not very thick. To me...
I know that hanadamas will probably not maintain their beautiful qualities due to the thin nacre, etc. And I recently purchased freshadama from PP, and they are lovely and beautiful. But, I am curious to know if freshadamas (or just high quality freshwater pearls) will maintain their freshadama...
Oh thank you for all your replies. I just requested a 52 inch rope in AAA 7.5-8 mm with 7 mm ball clasp from PP. I can't wait to receive them. I didn't want to go smaller in diameter bc my 16 inch freshadamas are 8.5-9 mm. I love the feel and weight of pearls on my neck.
Hi, firstly, thank you for all the wonderful information on here!!!!
I am deciding on rope pearls. I know I will go with freshwaters. My freshadamas arrived and they are lovely. But for rope pearls (at least 50 inches), what grading would you all recommend? Is AAA nice enough? Will AAA...
Hi everyone!
Thank you very much for all the info provided on this website. I recently purchased a hanadama single strand and a freshadama single strand for PP to compare. Still waiting on the freshadama to come in.... it's agony. However, while browsing through many vendor's online store, it...