When buying beads and findings on ebay, you may find that many will list their items as sterling silver, however be aware that if items are listed as "Bali Sterling Silver" or "Tibetan Sterling Silver" these...
Many sellers use the word silver to describe the items they are selling, but what do the actually mean? Well, that really does depend on the context in which it is used. Sterling Silver: Sterling Silver...
Magical crimping pliers are really magical. They cleverly turn 2mm Sterling Silver or Gold filled tubular crimps into round beads that crimp Softflex Medium or Fine beading wire. There are two sizes of Magical...
Whenever you see “Sterling” then this equates to a LEGAL claim about the purity of the metal i.e. that it has a 92.5 percent purity.The purity of “Bali Sterling Silver” is therefore 92.5%.Beware however, there...
How can you tell if it's real silver?If the item is large it will have a silver hallmark on it somewhere; these days it's usually the number 925. This refers to the number of parts per 1000 of pure silver. The...
For Bali silver the Indonesian silversmiths sometimes use granulation which means they add tiny dots, lines or scrolls to the jewellery. Each piece of jewelley or hancrafted silver bead is a tiny work of art....