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That's an excellent idea! Thanks! :) (now if we could just figure out where the kitties took my husband's platinum wedding band :p)

I was about to do a restringing job and my wax ended up broken in bits with little teeth marks. I saved the largest chunk, noticing that yes, it did indeed smell sweet. It lasted less than 24 hours and now I have no wax. Bad kitty...:mad: I'd like to deliver Miss Miriam's pearls...

So then would yall say 10 X is strong enough? The one I'm looking at is a triplet corrected for spherrical and chromatic at 21mm. Do any of you have the newer LED lens? I was thinking it might be cool to have some light on the object. They said the feedback so far is really good on this lens.

I'm looking at the riogrande site and some are color-corrected, some are corrected for spherical & chromatic aberration. Not sure if that's the same thing. Also, not sure about the focal length? I'd be happy to follow a link to a good site where a particular loupe was sorta sitting in a...

Thank yall so much for all this info.... A new tool & equipment catalog came today and the presidium multi tester caught my eye. It will read diamonds, moissanites, similants and such. And it's so small it'd be easy to whip that bad boy out while looking at estate jewelry. Would sellers...

Awesome! I look forward to the information! Thank you. :)

If I were to look at an akoya pearl vs a freshwater pearl, through a loupe....what would I see? Would there be any difference? I'd very much like to get a loupe, if for nothing else, my entertainment. Can yall recommend any specifics on which I should purchase and the use of such a tool in...

Dang. I was so taken by the beauty of the pearls I was momentarily doe-eyed like a kid walking in a candy shop. :eek: I hurriedly shook myself back to reality and began clicking 'Add to Cart'. Time and time again, I got the 'out of stock' message. My clicks became frantic as my spending...

Awesome job! Both of you!

The Miki clasp broke and truth be told...is too small for her hands to manuever. The pearls aren't that great quality. She bought them from Sears for about $400. They look about A- AA from what I've seen on here. She has all her receipts and tags and the broken clasp. She just wants to...

I'm restringing a strand of Miki Moto's for a woman who is 85 years old. Her fingers aren't as nimble as they once were and she was strugging with the round clasp from the first restringing. I've been looking at various clasps and the traditional fish ones seem so tiny and I'm concerned she...

ooooOh...thank you for the narration! One of you should have brought a Live Web Cam so those of us stuck back in wish-we-were-there land could have come along...:rolleyes: Btw...that dragon looks like a pearl hemrrhoid. I can just see the finder of that little gem turning it from side to side...

HahahahahahaLOL!! :p Oh good GRIEF!! (perfect place to say 'Well butter my butt and call me a biscuit!) Thanks Jeremy....you're right. I read that too fast. Whew. Okay, Tuesday at one pm my time. :)

I am officially laying out my sleeping bag and pressing my nose against the glass while I count down to February 15th. :D

Thank you everyone for your thoughts. I agree,that it's a bit scary to think of messing with this pretty design. I love this ring so much, though...wish I could get this same setting with just a bigger stone. I'll post a pic later today and you can see what I'm talking about with the unusual...

I know this is a pearl forum but I was wondering if anyone here could help me with a diamond question? I have an estate engagement ring....about 100 yrs. old. Platinum with lots of square settings full of small diamonds and a one carat diamond in the middle. It's strking. However...I find...

I grew tired of having to rely on my girl from college to show up with her Canon Rebel so I treated myself to one. :rolleyes: Can't wait to start taking pics! I think Sundance has some good ideas for jewelry props. Hopefully I can think of something original for my pieces.:)

Nicole, I sell professionally but only by word of mouth. I don't have more than a few pics because I don't know how to successfully photograph my pieces. Looking into a light box early this year would be a good goal! I, too, love seeing what others have created. It inspires me! :)

The places I trade with the most are GS Gold, Bella Findings and Stuller. The others I check prices with are Kamal Trading, Findings Depot and JK Findings. I THINK most of these places are for business licenses only, but not sure. If you don't have a business license, check out...

I LOVE talking to the folks at GS. My favorite findings have been from there, also. The ONE thing I had the hardest time finding was 14K WHITE gold head pins. Finally ended up buying them from Rio Grande (ouch) but now I see Bella and others are carrying them. Whew! I've found folks...