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Bberlau reacted to jshepherd's post in the thread Buying Freshwater Pearls in Shanghai: My Experience with
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I'm sure they already have. I saw a vendor in Vegas selling them as "freshwater akoya." We had a talk about it and she promised to... -
Bberlau replied to the thread Buying Freshwater Pearls in Shanghai: My Experience.I think it was your recommendation on an older thread which sent me to her shop! I hadn't realised they were small Edisons, the staff...
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Bberlau reacted to BWeaves's post in the thread Buying Freshwater Pearls in Shanghai: My Experience with Like.
After seeing pearl farmers and wholesalers keep tons of pearls in buckets and garbage bags and multiple strands tied together in hanks...
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Bberlau reacted to jshepherd's post in the thread Buying Freshwater Pearls in Shanghai: My Experience with Like.
Ling Ling is great. She is one of the first people I met in Beijing more than 20 years ago. The pearls you purchased are the new small...
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Bberlau reacted to Pearl Dreams's post in the thread Buying Freshwater Pearls in Shanghai: My Experience with Like.
I'm not sure I would knot between the pearls in the smaller strand. They look cute the way they are. If you like the way they look on...
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Bberlau reacted to Pearl Dreams's post in the thread Buying Freshwater Pearls in Shanghai: My Experience with Like.
If you do decide to knot between the small ones, I'd use fine synthetic thread, such as PowerPro 10# test or Serafil #40. Both are...
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Bberlau replied to the thread Buying Freshwater Pearls in Shanghai: My Experience.Yes, I quite like them as they are and I think the knots would be so big in comparison to the pearls, it would look a bit strange. I'm...
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BI recently got back from a trip to Shanghai where I did some pearl shopping, and this forum was so helpful I thought I'd post some...
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