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If you look around this forum... you will see a few "natural" pearls (one thread someone collected them) I happen to have 5-6 natural pearls that are from Victorian time...they are small and rather triangular. The Victorians used those few natural pearls well, but they are not particularly...

If those are imitation, can you see if any sort of paint coating has come off? Usually near the clasp or the drill holes. If it has coating, don't wash the "pearls" as they are coated and that coating tends to come off in chunks. If you can't see any coating coming off...try the microfiber...

Those are a lovely blue! I second the thanks to Pearl Dreams, your tutorial stringing is so very helpful!!!

I had a Majorica strand (it was marked) and I was surprised that it was gritty (The Fish scale coating, maybe?).... lovely reflections....but too perfect.

Thanks to you Pattye...those tiny needles of yours were the key!....and a 3rd try!

Thanks!!!

Thanks...I really love the color anyway.

Thanks I owe any & all of that knowledge to this forum!!! You all are amazingly kind!

This is type of pearl necklace so distinctive & to me classic, but I have never known the actual name. Is there are real name to this other than button pearl necklace? (Is "the Pearl Railroad" okay?)

These have a really interesting color and look really close to saltwater (including a lower grittiness). Clasp is 14k & I am a little surprised at the matching & graduation... as though they did not have enough big ones, yet the colors vary. Opinions on South Seas or freshwater? (Sorry about...

My humble opinion is Chinese freshwater, quickly drilled and not very expensive. Since China is the biggest producer by far of freshwater pearls... There also seemed to be a time when "natural" shaped (Called "baroque, potato, off-round," etc) cultured freshwater pearls was a big fashion trend...

It is done!!! Thanks BWeaves & Pattye!!! It was really tricky, but taught me so much. It is exactly what I wanted. I used the stringing both strands on 1 thread, then going back thru (With Pattye's tiny needles) and did the knotting. I really had to use math for the knots and do both...

They have a weird coating, which is probably why they are NOT gritty. I can't see the color variations like in natural shell. Learning tax.

I think all my other "Mabes" are actually Button pearls and they are gritty. I can't tell about these. The bottom of these are shell, but the top is NOT gritty and wierdly uniform. (There is some variation at the bottoms.). Are Mabe pearls gritty? (I would think so, even Tahitians are lightly...

I was thinking of the 3rd way now that I have tiny needles. I am still pulling 3 thread thru...But I think I can make it. I am not exactly sure about the other end, because I don't know exactly how long it is going to be... But I I have some ideas how to get it to work. If I get stuck I'll...

How? Do you put it all on 1 thread, then go back thru with another single thread? How to you do the ends? (Was that from the tutorial here on the forum?) I have not tried it that way, but now I have super tiny needles from Pattye...I think I can.

I figured out what is going wrong... I have trouble keeping the 2 stands & the pearls that go on them in the right order. I tried marking the needle with marker, but it wore off quickly. (3 time restringing....). Any tips on marking which is which so I keep the right pearls on the right strand?

BWeaves...these are the add-a-pearl from the 1940's-50's. It seems as you had them restrung each year to be suspended between a chain or put on a new wire each year between a chain... I have seen them both ways. I think I have enough for graduated...I'll have to see. (I am sure I have extra...

Thank you both! These are old button/flat pearls stacked next to each other. They look great next to each other, but knots seemed to show that they were not perfectly flat nor button, but lumpy. (They were originally on a fabulous gold clasp, but it really needed 3 and only had 2....also way...

Yes. They were for Deltah's add a pearl, so they were drilled