Toggle clasp #8 Pewter Jewelry Making Finding

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Toggle clasp #8 Pewter Jewelry Making Finding:
$1.79

Lead-freepewter toggle clasp. The toggle is 25mm x 25mm (30mm with loop), the bar is 33mm. Toggle claspsare valued for their ability to bring visual interest to a piece of handmadejewelry. This clasp is a bold, modern clasp for a statement piece of jewelry.

Silverplated findings are much cheaper, but the silver plating can tarnish in aslittle as sixth months, and will tarnish usually before a year is over.Lead-free pewter items are usuallytarnish free for several years.Ifyou are selling your jewelry, customers are much happier with findings that donot tarnish. Pewter findings look great, last and cost a fraction of sterlingsilver. The same clasp in sterling silver would be anywhere from $5-$19 (dependingon the weight and level of detail in the finish).

Sterlingsilver findings are the ultimate finishing element in jewelry making, but costmuch more. If you are selling your jewelry, the cost of sterling silver is hardto recover. Pewter has the lasting silver look of sterling silver (though notthe gleam) at a fraction of the cost.