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Ideal_Rock
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Seeing another post about safety chains recently has put a question in my mind! So my mother has this necklace that has (in my opinion) kind of a flimsy clasp for what is a reasonably heavy necklace. It’s a basic adjustable necklace, with a hook-eye clasp. I’ve attached a picture from the Internet to show what I mean.

Looking at this clasp honestly makes me freak out imagining all the horrible ways things could go wrong. She had it checked out by a jeweler who said that the clasp seems secure but it’s a bunch of thin links, what if something happens and the link fails or the hook falls out of the link? She hasn’t worn it very often so nothing has happened so far but I’m afraid that something might. My thought was to either replace the closure with a hook eye that has a safety latch (pic below) and/or include a safety chain (pic below) that can be attached at the longest length, since she has long hair and the back of the necklace won’t be seen. What would be your recommendation?
safety latch on hook and eye:

safety chain for necklace:

This one is removable, but I don’t want to get a safety chain that has another clasp, since she doesn’t want anything fiddly. So the chain would have to be long enough that the necklace can go over her head and permanently attached to the necklace. Is that viable?
thank you for your suggestions and comments!

Looking at this clasp honestly makes me freak out imagining all the horrible ways things could go wrong. She had it checked out by a jeweler who said that the clasp seems secure but it’s a bunch of thin links, what if something happens and the link fails or the hook falls out of the link? She hasn’t worn it very often so nothing has happened so far but I’m afraid that something might. My thought was to either replace the closure with a hook eye that has a safety latch (pic below) and/or include a safety chain (pic below) that can be attached at the longest length, since she has long hair and the back of the necklace won’t be seen. What would be your recommendation?
safety latch on hook and eye:

safety chain for necklace:

This one is removable, but I don’t want to get a safety chain that has another clasp, since she doesn’t want anything fiddly. So the chain would have to be long enough that the necklace can go over her head and permanently attached to the necklace. Is that viable?
thank you for your suggestions and comments!