good pearl supplier?

Looking for a good pearl supplier (reasonable priced), particularly peacock biwa and keishi or iregular pearls...used to use Changs, then picked up stuff at IJL....and ideas?? cabochon pearls too.....
Thanks Emma

I know nothing about pearl quality - but I went to a bead fair in June and passed a stall that had nothing but pearls and I just wanted to jump into them and pour them all over my head!! ...I did manage to restrain myself though...the table wouldn't have taken the strain anyway!!!..[-X

but back to the pearls supplier. Here is the link to the UK site. No idea if it is good or bad value or anything else....just thought I would post this little 'pearl' of knowledge.....hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!! :rofl:. :-D

http://www.mrbead.co.uk/

emma are you not going to septembers IJL ???

I've not bought many pearls, but those I have bought, I got here. They were actually quite beautiful, as were their mother of pearl sticks,which are cheap as chips.

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Originally Posted by Solunar Silver Studio

I know nothing about pearl quality - but I went to a bead fair in June and passed a stall that had nothing but pearls and I just wanted to jump into them and pour them all over my head!! ...I did manage to restrain myself though...the table wouldn't have taken the strain anyway!!!..[-X

but back to the pearls supplier. Here is the link to the UK site. No idea if it is good or bad value or anything else....just thought I would post this little 'pearl' of knowledge.....hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!! :rofl:. :-D

http://www.mrbead.co.uk/

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but do bear in mind that these guys are in China (not the UK as they appear to claim a lot of the time). I know that I, and others, have had less than great buying experiences with them.

i have some lovely freshwater pearls that i got from my tutor but i dont know who her supplier was

I get my pearls from Burhouse - always good quality and never had to return anything of theirs due to bad quality. I bought a 10 strand lot for £15.00 - v. good. http://www.burhousebeads.com/

Apparently, the way to tell whether a pearl is real or not is that it will taste gritty in your mouth - anyone tried the test? :-D

Hope that helps
Jules x

Yes I will try and go to IJL but meantime ;-) and they don't always have what I want.....thanks for the tips! any more welcome too :)
Don't you hate these foreign masqueraders. You should have to reside in the country your website is for LOL
Em :Y:

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Originally Posted by Petal

Apparently, the way to tell whether a pearl is real or not is that it will taste gritty in your mouth - anyone tried the test? :-D

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You rub the pearl on your teeth and it will feel gritty, no need to pop it right in...well unless you are hungry ;)