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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 1430820, member: 5833"]Which clasp do you mean? I'm not sure how the one on the white strand works because in pix the 2 ends look like they're for 2 different types. Another mark of genuine high quality cultured pearls (most of us are never going to see a necklace's worth of spherical natural salt water pearls) is that they will have a double fastening, sometimes a safety chain, more often a classical fish hook style pearl clasp, the kind where you first have to hook the male end onto a little bar at the mouth of the female end & then push it in so it snaps in place. If it pulls open, the hook still catches it.</p><p><br /></p><p>If the cord is sound, check especially where it attaches to the clasp, & the clasp closes firmly or is the type described above, you should be able to wear your inherited strand without issue. I do not hesitate to wear a princess length strand of graduated artificial pearls that belonged to my grandmother. Good pearls, even good artificial ones, are knotted, limiting how much loss there can be if the strand breaks.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 1430820, member: 5833"]Which clasp do you mean? I'm not sure how the one on the white strand works because in pix the 2 ends look like they're for 2 different types. Another mark of genuine high quality cultured pearls (most of us are never going to see a necklace's worth of spherical natural salt water pearls) is that they will have a double fastening, sometimes a safety chain, more often a classical fish hook style pearl clasp, the kind where you first have to hook the male end onto a little bar at the mouth of the female end & then push it in so it snaps in place. If it pulls open, the hook still catches it. If the cord is sound, check especially where it attaches to the clasp, & the clasp closes firmly or is the type described above, you should be able to wear your inherited strand without issue. I do not hesitate to wear a princess length strand of graduated artificial pearls that belonged to my grandmother. Good pearls, even good artificial ones, are knotted, limiting how much loss there can be if the strand breaks.[/QUOTE]
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