Confusing Cost With Value.
Here is my first effort of the year, a patinated necklace for someone who chose Labradorite and requested not too much bling.
My chain links are made from twisted 9.0mm jump rings as shown in another post. The extension chain has textured links and I usually buy it from Bellore. But they are still stock-taking with no end date in view, so I settled down to make my own version from a single strand of tightly twisted 0.6mm square wire , one end clamped in a vice and the other turned with a hand drill.
It is going to be sent abroad by Royal Mail International Signed For. The ticket talks about compensation in case of loss, but the only compensation that I would want is for someone at Royal Mail to make me another one. The counter clerk said that in any case, to claim for loss you would need to produce a shop receipt or, failing that, a jeweller’s valuation. Not much hope then. An example of confusing cost with value. Dennis.