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ktown, how much and thick is that franco chain and is it 14k? do they even make 24k franco chains?
from the little to no knowledge that i have on gold, 24k gold would be too soft and not used for jewelery makin....
edit: a pic i took of damon jones watch. my eyes
when i seen it and mentioned and his friend(big dude ) gave me a >:
look. not a good pic but the watch was covered in diamonds
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i guess it depends, all my gold is solid 24K and ive had it for years and its just fine...
that's because you got that super special "G-14 classified" (yeah, i bit that...can't believe someone brought that out) OFFICIAL Asian brotha gold!! we gonna need that back when you finally turn in yer card tho.
on the real though, not many of my peeps do the iced out platinum+white gold joints, but i got PLENTY of fam that mess w/the 24k yellow gold. i got a few pieces but i haven't worn em since HS. (don't do much jewelry or even wear my couple of watches no more) some of my dudes+relatives, on the other hand, have some crazy stupid chains and especially bracelets. thick a$# 24k braceets are pretty much the steez for most Chinese brothas that ball & wanna show. Every time July 4th & Chinese New Year used to roll around, all kinds of dudes used to cop+upgrade their stuff after their getting their fireworks grinds on. (lots of fools jacking each other too)
anyways, from what i know, even Asian 24k, which is just about the purest and gawdiest stuff out there, is really about 23++k. Most places mix in some type of metal (alloy??) to give pieces some strength+rigidity, esp bigger things like chains+bracelets. Not to mention a lotta shops that do Asian style gold are shady as hell, and some will mix more metal than they should...seen a few different guys' pieces side by side before, and let's just say one dude wasn't too happy w/what he got, so he want to the shop and luckily got his dough back. They owners probably just melted the stuff down and threw it in w/some other pieces. Places in Chinatown buy yanked chains+gaffled pieces on the down low all the time.
as for durability, "24k" is pretty susceptible to getting scratched+nicked+gouged, but it is plenty strong for 95% of the peeps out there. You can yank a thin "24k" pretty easily, but the thicker+wider ones of as low as .5cm and up w/good clasps will hold up even when fools put them to the test. Guys be working on their cars w/their bracelets on and they'll get scraped up, but I never seen any fall off or break.
btw, a .5cm wide chain might sound low-level, but you gotta remember it's "24k" and basically pure gold you're talking about.......smaller 24k pieces are worth just about as much or even more than bigger 10-18k yellow+white gold joints....sometimes even if they're "iced" out, depending on legitimacy+quality of the rocks. you can resell & recycle 24k all day. it's way BETTER & holds value more than $$$$.
personally, i think 24k is ugly as hell tho....maybe for figurines and displays, but i never liked wearing that stuff.
