they are 4cm diameter- pretty large. the backs are very unattractive and rough looking[ATTACH] that would make sense- I cant imagine the original...
I'm just wondering about a random pair of earrings I dug up- I bought these earrings at a goodwill for a dollar probably 10 years ago. At the...
yes! big improvement!!
wow what a beautiful carving!! Yes, I would have bought it at a garage sale in a heartbeat too! I also feel the same way about the horribleness...
you mean it'll probably shift back into it's rounder shape? I'll see how it holds up for now- it won't get too much heavy use, I wear all my...
Ah-ha! this was the ticket! I squeezed just slightly tighter the top tube and it's holding nice and firmly now! I wasn't going to attempt...
Thanks for the suggestion! After trying tape I think something like that would be too thick though, even just two layers of thin tape was almost...
yes, I'm pretty hopeless! I'm down for trying to mess around but only on a more junk piece!
oh very nice, yes those all just just like mine! Too bad mine isn't signed by any maker, would be nice to know! Thanks for the suggestion, that...
oo that's a great idea!!
I'm not having much luck with my hands, maybe I will have to pull it out on a day that I'm feeling particularly enraged and see if I have better...
hmm maybe! what would you stuff it with? I don't want to put anything sticky up there but would think anything else would fall out.. tiny bit of...
yes that's the thing... I've gotten two good sugestions (either bending it ever so slightly or flattening it as you suggested) but I'm still just...
haha! just contributing to the heaps of eye-candy on here!
that's makes sense! with... a hammer? I'm really not handy!
:D:D there's a better pic if you're interested in seeing more than just a clasp close-up! [ATTACH]
thank you I'm quite enamoured by it myself- it's marked mexico silver, I think from 1930s or 40s
thanks for the correct term- good to know! It might be hard to bend, it's a pretty dang sturdy pin, would you recommend doing it with pliers?...
awesome, thanks for the suggestion!
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