Decorative Marlingspike Seamanship rendered in precious metal.
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Price guide updated as of late 2009 -- please note that materials costs are an increasingly significant factor.
The chart below is complex, and I apologize to those for whom it is merely a confusing distraction. If you write to me and ask about bracelets, we can discuss the complexity and the materials, and I will guide you through the selection process. Bracelet prices, like those of my rings, are dependent upon number of leads and bights, also number of strands. Shown below are prices for 18K gold, only. For silver and platinum, the prices are significantly lower and higher, respectively. Due to the high cost of materials, your cost will be a combination of the price below and the market price of the metal used. The choices shown here are a mixture of items that I have either actually made, at least in prototype, and items that I anticipate being able to produce without significant delay, as I have already made the tools required. Click on the links to see some of the ones that already exist. The reason I chose twenty-nine and thirty-seven bight knots is, purely and simply, the fact that they are prime numbers. This is not only esthetically pleasing to me, but also circumvents the difficulty of choosing a number of leads that will work as a "single line" knot, i.e., one strand running through the entire knot. Even though the examples below all have odd numbers of leads, I could just as easily produce, say, a six-lead by twenty-nine-bight bracelet, if I were so inclined. |
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The size of a bracelet can change, from its "full stretch" size with the band at its narrowest, down to the actual size of the wrist, when it is compressed to a close fit, with the band being much wider at that point.
Please be aware that I will not make bracelets with clasps. If you want one that you can open up and remove easily, by all means contact any of the companies that I list on my links page and ask them to help you. I only work with "real" Turk's Head knots, and cutting through the strands (or merely braiding a long strip and bending it around) is not the same. |
(This site last updated on 07-10-2010)
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