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<p>[QUOTE="Joan, post: 9593722, member: 5398"]Last week I posted photos of this pendant asking for ideas on what to do about the missing claw. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]464724[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Several people offered suggestions, and reader mentioned Perry Null Trading might be able to replace the claw, so I sent them an email. Rocky responded and asked me to send a photo, which I did. Today he sent back a photo of 4 fake bear claws they sell (with a ruler for scale). I resized the photo to match an actual ruler and could see that the empty space on the pendant is more curved and shorter than the claws, so I emailed back thanking him for the photo and explained why the fake claws won't work.</p><p><br /></p><p>Before I emailed Perry Null last week I asked my husband about possibly carving a wooden claw as a project to work on later this winter when he's looking for something to do. He asked me to draw a pattern, which I did and then I left to run some errands. When I came back, he surprised/shocked me with the finished claw carved from hickory (it took him 3 hours). I thought it looked great, so I gave it 4 coats of tung oil and some wax (haven't glued it in yet). Here's a photo.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]464727[/ATTACH] </p><p>Now I don't know what type of cord or chain to hang the pendant on since the bail is so large. I saw examples online with pendants hung on turquoise or silver bead necklaces. I have two turquoise nugget necklaces, but the stones are a different color than the pendant stones. The leather cord in the photo seems too thin. Does anyone have suggestions? And, does anyone know what the little cylindrical dangle/charm represents, or is it just a decorative element?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Joan, post: 9593722, member: 5398"]Last week I posted photos of this pendant asking for ideas on what to do about the missing claw. [ATTACH=full]464724[/ATTACH] Several people offered suggestions, and reader mentioned Perry Null Trading might be able to replace the claw, so I sent them an email. Rocky responded and asked me to send a photo, which I did. Today he sent back a photo of 4 fake bear claws they sell (with a ruler for scale). I resized the photo to match an actual ruler and could see that the empty space on the pendant is more curved and shorter than the claws, so I emailed back thanking him for the photo and explained why the fake claws won't work. Before I emailed Perry Null last week I asked my husband about possibly carving a wooden claw as a project to work on later this winter when he's looking for something to do. He asked me to draw a pattern, which I did and then I left to run some errands. When I came back, he surprised/shocked me with the finished claw carved from hickory (it took him 3 hours). I thought it looked great, so I gave it 4 coats of tung oil and some wax (haven't glued it in yet). Here's a photo. [ATTACH=full]464727[/ATTACH] Now I don't know what type of cord or chain to hang the pendant on since the bail is so large. I saw examples online with pendants hung on turquoise or silver bead necklaces. I have two turquoise nugget necklaces, but the stones are a different color than the pendant stones. The leather cord in the photo seems too thin. Does anyone have suggestions? And, does anyone know what the little cylindrical dangle/charm represents, or is it just a decorative element?[/QUOTE]
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