To keep or not to keep - that is the question.

[Mreader]

I bought this stick pin on a lark thinking it would be a pretty pendant. It’s platinum and gold. What do you guys think? It was $225 and I have 30 days to return. If I did a conversion I would probably do it myself with some pliers.

In trying to show pictures of my neck, my skin got really aggravated so excuse my reddish skin!
Even with all the photos I could not get a great neck shot with the item in focus.

 

[Tayberry]

Sorry I voted return because if you're having doubts I think you should return

 

[nala]

I like it! Can’t tell much about the quality of the stone but love the shape and engraving and price is good!

 

[blingmeupscotty]

I vote keep it looks gorgeous.

 

[Vanilla Bling]

For $225 I’d keep it and rock it as a pendant

 

[maryjane04]

It's so pretty! Yes keep it! I need to find a pin to convert into a pendant I think - way cheaper than any pendants I'm looking at lol

 

[Lookinagain]

I would keep it. I've converted a few stick pins to pendants, and although fairly small, I enjoy them. I think it would be very wearable.

 

[Mreader]

I like it! Can’t tell much about the quality of the stone but love the shape and engraving and price is good!

The stone is pretty included but I did like the shape and engraving.

 

[Mreader]

way cheaper than any pendants I'm looking at lol

Yes! That’s what I have noticed! If I got DK to do an engraving around a stone I know it would be hundreds.

 

[Mreader]

Sorry I voted return because if you're having doubts I think you should return

It’s more the fact that I wasn’t supposed to buy something new lol.

 

[lulu_ma]

It’s a deal!

 

[stracci2000]

Please don't think I am being bossy and horrible! I just want to help!
I love this stickpin, but I have a few concerns.
I'm only mentioning this because I have done this surgery myself, with mixed results.

If you are gonna use piers to make a pendant, I wanted to point some things out.
Based on the way the pin is attached to the back, if you bend it down to make a bail, the face of the pendant will pitch forward while you are wearing it.
On the other hand, you could bend it upwards to create a loop more on top, but the pin may be really brittle, and you could snap it off.
That's a chance you would take.
The best way for this to be turned into a pendant is to have the bail soldered directly on top by a jeweler, so it hangs properly.

 

[Paisley2628]

I agree with @stracci2000

I've done a few stickpin conversions using the original pin as the bale. It never laid correctly on my neck - it did exactly as @stracci2000 described.

I think the only way for it to be correct is to get a jeweler to attach it properly.

 

[Mreader]

Please don't think I am being bossy and horrible! I just want to help!
I love this stickpin, but I have a few concerns.
I'm only mentioning this because I have done this surgery myself, with mixed results.

If you are gonna use piers to make a pendant, I wanted to point some things out.
Based on the way the pin is attached to the back, if you bend it down to make a bail, the face of the pendant will pitch forward while you are wearing it.
On the other hand, you could bend it upwards to create a loop more on top, but the pin may be really brittle, and you may snap it off.
That's a chance you would take.
The best way for this to be turned into a pendant is to have the bail soldered directly on top by a jeweler, so it hangs properly.

That is super helpful. I was thinking of doing it like the first way you mentioned bc I also like the slide look. Hmmm guess I will need to rethink. And no you aren’t being bossy at all!!

 

[Lookinagain]

I've always had my local jeweler do it and it usually cost me $50. Not sure if that's typical or not.

 

[stracci2000]

That is super helpful. I was thinking of doing it like the first way you mentioned bc I also like the slide look. Hmmm guess I will need to rethink. And no you aren’t being bossy at all!!

I don't think it would cost that much for a jeweler to solder on a bail. If it doesn't hang properly, you won't really want to wear it, and it will sit in your jewelry box.
*I just saw your response^

 

[stracci2000]

I don't think it would cost that much for a jeweler to solder on a bail. If it doesn't hang properly, you won't really want to wear it, and it will sit in your jewelry box.
*I just saw your response^

I guess that's typical, for their time and what little work it really is.

 

[Mreader]

I guess that's typical, for their time and what little work it really is.

If I do that I would have to re-orient it probably but I kind of like the star orientation. But a bail wouldn't fit well on that I believe.

 

[diamondyes]

Would you consider converting it into a ring?

 

[Lookinagain]

Here’s how mine were done

 

[Mreader]

Would you consider converting it into a ring?

No definitely not haha. I have enough of those!!

 

[stracci2000]

No definitely not haha. I have enough of those!!

Honey, no one ever has enough rings .......!

 

[Mreader]

Honey, no one ever has enough rings .......!

Agreed and ok well I don't want to sound like a pompous jerk but the real reason for not wanting a ring conversion is that the stones in my rings are bigger and this would be too dainty for me...

 

[dk168]

If it was mine, I would keep it as a pin to wear with my formal business jackets etc...

Otherwise, it makes a nice pendant.

DK

 

[weemie]

I vote keep! I love the surround and think it would look great as a pendant.

 

[Buttercookies]

I thought we are on ban island together.
Hello? Hello (Echoing into the distance ....)

 

[lulu_ma]

I thought we are on ban island together.
Hello? Hello (Echoing into the distance ....)

Shouldn’t there be a Ban Island threshold-like Duty Free Shopping? Under $300 doesn’t really count?

 

[Mreader]

I thought we are on ban island together.
Hello? Hello (Echoing into the distance ....)

OMG I am dying laughing over here!! To be fair I bought it before that "Year in Review" post and just got it in the mail.

 

[LilAlex]

Yes to what @Lookinagain posted above.

This is what my son had done for his GF for a stickpin conversion -> pendant. Tiny jump-ring in the same plane as the pendant, then a bigger ring (which in this instance was clumsily flattened from a round to an oval because: COVID supply chain, I think). But the jump-ring was nicely done and it hangs perfectly flat and vertical. (The brass button thing at the very bottom is just the catch for the box).

The stickpin was an eBay gamble American Arts & Crafts 14K plus high-kt gold plate and garnet -- maybe 5/8" before the jump-ring.

 

[Mreader]

Yes to what @Lookinagain posted above.

This is what my son had done for his GF for a stickpin conversion -> pendant. Tiny jump-ring in the same plane as the pendant, then a bigger ring (which in this instance was clumsily flattened from a round to an oval because: COVID supply chain, I think). But the jump-ring was nicely done and it hangs perfectly flat and vertical. (The brass button thing at the very bottom is just the catch for the box).

The stickpin was an eBay gamble American Arts & Crafts 14K plus high-kt gold plate and garnet -- maybe 5/8" before the jump-ring.

That is really pretty!