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Last night I came to the conclusion that I don't really belong here. I don't make jewelry, I don't have the resources to travel to distant ports, etc. I got what I wanted from the list and that was to learn how to string my wife's pearls. For that I say thank you! It has been fun but I...

Caitlin, Actually, Cabelas has the 150 yard spools available on their web site. Try searching for PowerPro and you will see all the choices. They have this stuff available in all sizes from 5 lb test all the way up to 250 lb test. They seem to have Red, Moss Green, Hi-vis Yellow, and of...

To which the proper reply is... "I don't know... How many pearls are there?":D --Stephen

I understood Jeremy's article to be referring to solid nacre pearls and that the sizing reduction was due to greed. If these are bead nucleated then the sizing would be less of a surprise since you could start with a larger bead and achieve a nice pearl with a short time in the water. I guess...

I hope they would not sell such a strand but these days you never really know unless you know the stringer and their work really well. Uuummmm... guilty as charged.:o Only for me it was the approaching of her birthday and I did not know what to get her. I decided to have her pearls...

Knotty, I can see use for it. When I was restringing a set of pearls for my wife about an hour before she was to wear them the string broke with about 6-10 pearls left to knot. I had to quickly start all over and was literally knotting them up while she drove us to the event. I had to...

Thank you! It is just my twisted sense of humour showing through. With the new title system that we have I am classified as a "young spat". Due to only having made a double handful of posts I still qualify as a baby oyster. Since I tend to read much more than post I expect that I will be...

Greetings, I recently received the Lake Biwa pearls that I had ordered from The Pearl Outlet. I purchased two strands and had one strung to be 20 inches and the other one strung to be 16 inches. The longer one is for my wife and the shorter one for my daughter. The look on my daughters...

I finally got a few good pictures of my Lake Biwa pearls. I ordered the white ones and was not disappointed. They are quite dainty and very pretty. I wish I could upload the full resolution pictures as they look much nicer. --Stephen

Thanks Terry. I had not seen the bit on the page about the 2-3 days due to volume etc. iIt also doesn't help that our spam filter apparently threw the "order shipped" email away without even telling me about it so all I got was the "item ordered" email. I was not too worried about the order...

I ordered the white ones and I am still waiting (rather impatiently as I am anxious to see them). It seems that there is a rather long delay from the time that things are ordered and when they ship. I ordered on the 21st and they did not ship until the 26th. I had a similar experience with...

Jeremy, I will echo John's request. I just cannot get a sense of the size of that piece without seeing it on someone. Is there any chance of getting a picture before it actually goes out the door? --Stephen

Barbie, I have been away from the list for a few days so I am just now seeing your note. I do not think I could get away with wearing them myself. Maybe if they were a little shorter but probably not. My family has a rather twisted sense of humour and I would probably never live it down...

Thanks Hanaleimom! Silly me! I was looking under the new items page of all places. I am glad to see that there are some left. Now I just have to figure out how to explain to the wife why I bought her another set of pearls. Maybe that won't be too hard.:D --Stephen

OK, I give up. I have looked twice on the Pearl Outlet web site and have not been able to locate these pearls. Can someone enlighten me as to where to find them on the site? I have a feeling that y'all have already bought them all anyway so it may not matter anymore.;) Thanks! --Stephen

Jeremy, That makes great sense. I had not noticed the logo as I was focused in on the pearls. Now everybody knows a small part of why I don't run PearlParadise. :-) I never thought about having to keep something white clean. Thanks for the prompt reply and thanks also for the quick and...

Greetings, I recently ordered a strand of MiltiColor Freshadama pearls from Pearl Paradise. They are beautiful but, when I got ready to wrap the box so that I could give it to my wife, I decided to take the pearls out of the case and blow some dust off of the black fabric that lines the...

Let me try to step out of the way and let somebody else show what I am talking about... This has been posted before but I will post it here again. This is a dutch site that has some pictures and a short video clip. Pictures 6-8 show what I am trying unsecessfully to describe...

Danachit, I am sorry that I seem to have commandeered your thread and I hope you got your question answered first. However, just in case, let me try to explain how I understand attaching a clasp with a doubled thread and a larks head knot... I fold the thread in half, push the folded end...

When I get home and can get a longer piece of thread I will try it again. Right now all I have is a short piece maybe 6" long and no beads of any sort. Your description sounds clear enough even for me to get it. I will reply again after I have tried this. Thanks!