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<p>[QUOTE="scoutshouse, post: 437088, member: 267"]Thanks - I love it, but don't really wear it anymore. It's a little bendy, and I don't want to have to keep bending it back! Plus, the lens is a little scratched <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/frown.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":(" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>It's said that the Pinchbecks (father and son) ended up clearly marking their work, they knew the name was being used without the formula they had invented... So, I wouldn't be so sure mine is... but then again - I've never seen a piece of Pinchbeck "clearly labeled" <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I took it to a jeweler - he didn't actually know anything about pinchbeck. The bezel tests 14k and the ornamental elements 10k. Since I wouldn't let him cut into it, he looked at it at length and found a very tiny amount of green, which he indicated to mean it was heavily plated... So I guess it's not Pinchbeck, after ALL THAT! lol</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a computer screenshot of a phone screenshot from a magnifier app (!)</p><p>Sorry, I forgot who to credit for that!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]153450[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="scoutshouse, post: 437088, member: 267"]Thanks - I love it, but don't really wear it anymore. It's a little bendy, and I don't want to have to keep bending it back! Plus, the lens is a little scratched :( It's said that the Pinchbecks (father and son) ended up clearly marking their work, they knew the name was being used without the formula they had invented... So, I wouldn't be so sure mine is... but then again - I've never seen a piece of Pinchbeck "clearly labeled" :) I took it to a jeweler - he didn't actually know anything about pinchbeck. The bezel tests 14k and the ornamental elements 10k. Since I wouldn't let him cut into it, he looked at it at length and found a very tiny amount of green, which he indicated to mean it was heavily plated... So I guess it's not Pinchbeck, after ALL THAT! lol This is a computer screenshot of a phone screenshot from a magnifier app (!) Sorry, I forgot who to credit for that! [ATTACH=full]153450[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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