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April_Ethereal Vice Captain
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 Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 8:18 pm
When your buying Industrial strength body jewelry. I picked up my special order today from the shop. A 14G Blurple titanium, Double AB gemmed navel curve, and a 2mm Teal opal gemmed end for my lip piercing. All internally threaded and top of the line. As the title might reveal, i spent $78 on these 2 pieces (Which is incredibly cheap for industrial strength stuff)
The pictures don't do the pieces much justice. There much more beautiful in person.
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Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 1:07 am
tahts pretty awesome, i have to custom order all my body jewlery when i get that done
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April_Ethereal Vice Captain
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Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 6:39 am
Good jewelry is expensive, But the way I look at it, everything is made of top grade titanium, All the gems are bezel set, so there not going to fall out, and overall, the pieces are going to last longer, and be better for the piercing. I think of it as an investment.
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Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 7:13 am
titanium is pricey
i have surgical grade titanium, which is a step up from that stuff, to be honest, and for my surgery, cause of it, i think the bar had to be at least $5000
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April_Ethereal Vice Captain
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Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 7:10 pm
Indeed. Titanium is expensive, but it's also the metal with little to no nickel content, So it's better for you. And, it can be anodized into a wide array of colors..
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Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 8:05 pm
I've spend $90 on one pair of Buffalo horn earrings. Each lip ring I have cost $50. I've also have a $10 lip ring. You can really tell the difference. Haha.
So I think it's great to spend the money if you have it to get great quality stuff. Just don't let the parlours triple the price for their own profit and swindle ya. xd
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Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 9:00 pm
I always had problems wtih body jewelry, for piercings it has to be sterling silver, i can't evenuse titanium
i only have titanium in my ribs cause its not exposed to the outside at all, or it would get infected
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Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 6:23 am
Sterling silver has a high nickel content, and shouldn't be used in piercings. Your going to have a hell of a time trying to find a piece of body jewelry made from sterling silver, because no manufacturer (to my knowledge) makes jewelry from nothing other than stainless steel and titanium.
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April_Ethereal Vice Captain
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April_Ethereal Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 6:24 am
`dagon I've spend $90 on one pair of Buffalo horn earrings. Each lip ring I have cost $50. I've also have a $10 lip ring. You can really tell the difference. Haha. So I think it's great to spend the money if you have it to get great quality stuff. Just don't let the parlours triple the price for their own profit and swindle ya. xd Horn and bone jewelry is expensive, But it does look nice.
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Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 8:56 am
April_Ethereal Sterling silver has a high nickel content, and shouldn't be used in piercings. Your going to have a hell of a time trying to find a piece of body jewelry made from sterling silver, because no manufacturer (to my knowledge) makes jewelry from nothing other than stainless steel and titanium. tahts whats weird, because im allergic to nickel, but the only thing i can wear in my ears is the silver i usually ended up with acrylic body jewelry, bt they sucked i mean, the place i went, gave me tonguerings for my n**, since that was the only acrylic they had
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April_Ethereal Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 1:43 pm
Exotic_Memories April_Ethereal Sterling silver has a high nickel content, and shouldn't be used in piercings. Your going to have a hell of a time trying to find a piece of body jewelry made from sterling silver, because no manufacturer (to my knowledge) makes jewelry from nothing other than stainless steel and titanium. tahts whats weird, because im allergic to nickel, but the only thing i can wear in my ears is the silver i usually ended up with acrylic body jewelry, bt they sucked i mean, the place i went, gave me tonguerings for my n**, since that was the only acrylic they had
You should try some of the newer plastics they have on the market now like Tygon or Bioplast. You can buy kinda like a small spool of "wire" and cut it to length, thread some ends onto it, and you have a custom made piece of jewelry.
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Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 10:43 pm
April_Ethereal Exotic_Memories April_Ethereal Sterling silver has a high nickel content, and shouldn't be used in piercings. Your going to have a hell of a time trying to find a piece of body jewelry made from sterling silver, because no manufacturer (to my knowledge) makes jewelry from nothing other than stainless steel and titanium. tahts whats weird, because im allergic to nickel, but the only thing i can wear in my ears is the silver i usually ended up with acrylic body jewelry, bt they sucked i mean, the place i went, gave me tonguerings for my n**, since that was the only acrylic they had
You should try some of the newer plastics they have on the market now like Tygon or Bioplast. You can buy kinda like a small spool of "wire" and cut it to length, thread some ends onto it, and you have a custom made piece of jewelry.
right now i don't have any body piercings other than my earings i can't risk the infection, not with my bar in my chest
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Posted: Sun May 06, 2007 11:09 pm
I think you've got more money than sense.
I'm really glad I'm friends with my pericer and she charges me wholesale price for jewlery.
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Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 10:08 am
Ghoulish Reminders I think you've got more money than sense. I'm really glad I'm friends with my pericer and she charges me wholesale price for jewlery.
Im good friends with my piercer too, but realize that the studio has to make a profit of some sort off the jewelry. Shipping charges are a bit on the expensive side. The piece had a wholesale price of $40 on it, so spending $60 on something that should have been more than $120 isn't bad. Good jewelry isn't cheap, and not all of us have the luxury of being able to pay wholesale prices, So im sorry if you think I have more money than brains.
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April_Ethereal Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 11:31 am
April_Ethereal Im good friends with my piercer too, but realize that the studio has to make a profit of some sort off the jewelry. Shipping charges are a bit on the expensive side. The piece had a wholesale price of $40 on it, so spending $60 on something that should have been more than $120 isn't bad. Good jewelry isn't cheap, and not all of us have the luxury of being able to pay wholesale prices, So im sorry if you think I have more money than brains. Good lord. I can't believe there is jewerly that exists that costs that much. I just like functional jewerly, I guess. I would never pay over 25 bucks for jewerly of any sorts, but maybe that's because I'm a cheapskate. I dunno, it's your money, and obviously you can do what you please with it. I wish I had that much money to throw into the wind.
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