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Very nice, but... how come you have so many keys? Are you a super or a janitor?
Haha. I help out at a business. So, uh, mini-super. Has apartment keys, business keys, and miscellaneous keys.
 

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These are some trippy shots of a bracelet I made myself. I don’t normally have my lights like this but I thought it looked cool.
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Lapis beads + gold filled spacers and gold ends. On navy silk cord.

I got into making my own bracelets for a bit a few years back.
 

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Here’s another bracelet I made. It’s a complete ripoff of an Isaia wrap bracelet I saw once and liked. But it costs $500. Not wanting to pay that much I did a deep dive into beads and eventually found through dumb luck and a lot of googling that the beads are called “African love beads” and available as a commodity bead at any bead store (I probably should have just started by emailing bead experts rather than my own directionless googling).

Anyway, beads of this style can be purchased by the pound and randomly strung for the same effect, sterling silver donut spacers are also cheap, and the result is pretty much what I wanted. I didn’t factor in silk cord stretch and would make this again with a bit less length if I felt like going through the effort but I’m otherwise happy.

mine:

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Isaia:

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Peanuts and Co large silver horse head key ring. Good Art HLYWD Sacred Heart Pendands and a brown diamond rosette. Good Art 58mm Swiss Army knife. No keys. They go with another set. I just like to wear that.
 

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Hey Guys,
it*s my first post and I like to show you guys what im into right now.

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One of my most recent sets. This one is from Taro Washimi and still work in progress. Still looking to buy some small feathers and to replace the large feather, with another large feather with a golden tip and claw.

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This is my Larry Smith Necklace. Still looking to add something to the necklace and maybe change some parts, like the closure of the necklace.

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Most recently I've bought the shell-necklace from northern works.

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This ring was the first piece of jewelry I've bought years ago. It*s from Fuct SSDD and a mix out of silver and brass.

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Later I've added to the fuct ssdd ring a Larry Smith feather ring and a Larry Smith leather/silver bracelet.
 

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Unfortunately, I don't right now, but if you look a cheap chains, like an actual curb chain, you'll see that the links are not closed. However, they are hardened steel and super thick, so it doesn't even matter. On jewelry, using precious metals that are much softer and or have much less material, this matters a lot more.

I don't know if you can look out for this well on an online picture. I relegate myself to Good Art, Cartier, and Hermes, typically, for chains.

do you own any Cartier? Is there stuff unisex like the love, just in clou, ecrou, clash de cartier or is it meant for women? I’m starting to dig some of it...

looking specifically at this small hoop earring that will fit snugly against ear, since I ended up getting this GA earring made for my left so want an earring for my right (GA doesn’t make any small hoops)

also really digging this ring from Cartier...
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The love bracelet and juste un clou are made in men’s sizes. Margiela does a great version.

The GA earrings are cool, and my wife wears them, but I've never worn an earring and an unlikely to ever. My hobbies - kickboxing and jujitsu were the base of my MMA - just have me lifelong wary of anything. On my body that could easily be used against me. So for me personally, it's strictly bracelets, pendants worn on a keychain, and the occasional ring (tbh,I can't stand wearing a ring more than an hour at a time).
 

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I was more so asking if you owned any Cartier and if you can say the quality is on par with good art? I think some of the pieces could work together. Since it’s industrial... QUOTE="LA Guy, post: 10570626, member: 1521"]
The love bracelet and juste un clou are made in men’s sizes. Margiela does a great version.

The GA earrings are cool, and my wife wears them, but I've never worn an earring and an unlikely to ever. My hobbies - kickboxing and jujitsu were the base of my MMA - just have me lifelong wary of anything. On my body that could easily be used against me. So for me personally, it's strictly bracelets, pendants worn on a keychain, and the occasional ring (tbh,I can't stand wearing a ring more than an hour at a time).
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Really wanting a GA bracelet now, thinking about maybe a 10A model? I'm not a large guy so I think anything larger would look odd on me. I also really like the bear link bracelet. Anyone have any favorites?
 

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I was more so asking if you owned any Cartier and if you can say the quality is on par with good art? I think some of the pieces could work together. Since it’s industrial...
The love bracelet and juste un clou are made in men’s sizes. Margiela does a great version.

The GA earrings are cool, and my wife wears them, but I've never worn an earring and an unlikely to ever. My hobbies - kickboxing and jujitsu were the base of my MMA - just have me lifelong wary of anything. On my body that could easily be used against me. So for me personally, it's strictly bracelets, pendants worn on a keychain, and the occasional ring (tbh,I can't stand wearing a ring more than an hour at a time).
So yes, and yes. Cartier quality is very high. The finishing is cleaner, and the tolerances are tighter, from what I can tell. Some of this is an aesthetic choice - for example, from what I've seen, Good Art deliberately darkens their silber, then polishes it to draw out the patterns. I've never seen this on Cartier, and only once on Hermes. Cartier strives for a much more luxe look than Good Art, which has more subculture references. But some of it is just the scale and experience level and resources of a house like Cartier.
 

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Really wanting a GA bracelet now, thinking about maybe a 10A model? I'm not a large guy so I think anything larger would look odd on me. I also really like the bear link bracelet. Anyone have any favorites?
K like the model 10 bracelet. I think that a size A is probaby good for most guys. The bear link bracelet is also nice, but it's not as iconic as the model 10, now does it have that clasp and pivot that naturally draws the eye.
 

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this is the model 10AAA on 6.5-6.75” wrist View attachment 1542723
I no longer have it, just I think that there is a picture in this thread of me in a 10C, just for reference, on a 7.1-7.2" wrist. I think that my hands are considerably bigger as well (8.5-9 glove - usually, I wear an 8.5, and the fingers are slightly too short. The few pairs of 9 that I have, the gloves fit a bit loose around the palm.
 

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