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After asking Katbran, I thought it might be fun and useful to ask about everybody's top 5 most frequently used or indispensable tool for jewelry making. You may choose to include the brand as well as not every brand is equal. If you have more than 5 please list them all. :D:D

Hi all Starting my own question thread as I have too many LBC questions, thank you in advance! Question 1 I want to set up a mini stash for knotting pearls, since I live overseas I thought I'll get around 10/15 colours in one go.I was wondering if people just get the regular thickness or do I...

I was wondering what's everyone's favourite length for a single strand of pearls or a tin cup? 20 or 22 inches? Longer or shorter?

I visited Fiji Savusavu in August, we had a wonderful time there, one of the best holiday ever. A big thank you to Justin and Leanne Hunter who took a lot time and too us on a tour of the hatchery, the farm and showed us their latest harvest. Justin told us many interesting stories about their...

Hi all I'm going to Fiji and will visit the J Hunter pearl farm in August, and hopefully coming back with a pearl souvenir. Has anyone visit the farm before? Also does anyone has any recommendations on what I should look at? Any other suggestions? Thank you. Edit: Umm I am thinking I posted in...

Hi all I need to do is eliminate one from this lot, and it'll be great to get some keen eyes and pearly advice before I go ahead with having them drilled. To be honest all of them looked pretty evenly matched and lovely to me, so some help from you all is very much appreciated!

I was browsing eBay and saw this necklace I am wondering what kind of pearls are these. The seller mentioned it's an Art Deco piece...

I received a pair of South sea earrings a while ago. They are graded AAA with a silver blue overtone (that's what I asked for anyway). I like them except one of the pearls has a weird texture at the back and a blemish that looks like a scratch at the front. I am wondering whether these has a...

There seem to be a lot more golden coloured pearls available lately. I was wondering if we can differentiated those that has been treated (e.g. dyed) from those with natural colouring easily? How can we tell if the pearls have undergone treatment?

I am trying to choose between 2 types of rondels for my drop shape Tahitians, the choice of spacers seems like a trivial issue but these little (tiny) things are rather costly so I want to make the right choice. Maybe the PG expert beaders/members can help with my decision, it'll be much...

Hi Has anyone bought from www.youpearl.com before? Are their products as good as the photos on the website? I am interested in getting some rosebud and coin pearls. thanks!

Just wondering if anyone bought from the Kojima Pearls website recently. I sent a couple of emails to Kojima Pearls about purchase in the past few weeks but I haven't received a reply yet. I want to buy one of the products but I like to confirm that they are still trading before making a...