**..:The Official Jewelry Thread Vol. 11: You get a Jesus piece! You get a Jesus piece! Everybody gets a Jesus piece:..**

[ninjahood]

however, rocking 10K is basically like fakeflexing.. it's like fake14K.
41.667% gold VS 58.333% gold.

leon cast em @ 60% gold damn near.

 

[cs02132]

Saw this on IG. Pretty cool actually

 

[freshpairs]

Yall don't rock with 10k but other places outside USA rocking 8k is the norm

 

[aNYone]

Yall don't rock with 10k but other places outside USA rocking 8k is the norm

At that point I’d be rocking .925 silver.

 

[Young_Fadeaway]

leon cast em @ 60% gold damn near.

You love Leon bro. He should give you commission for when I eventually cop from him due to your propaganda.

 

[supersaiyangod]

Yall don't rock with 10k but other places outside USA rocking 8k is the norm

like where? all i hear is asian countries rockin 22-24k gold in their norm.. no way the UK rockin with 8k

 

[aNYone]

like where? all i hear is asian countries rockin 22-24k gold in their norm.. no way the UK rockin with 8k

Tbh and correct me if I’m wrong, I feel like 10k even 14k is a very western thing.

China, India, Africa all rocking high gold content jewelry.

 

[spaceman1993]

Acid tested my 18k Cuban from Daniel's and it disappeared lol, used an 18k ring in comparison and it didn't desolve it completely. Ran 14k acid over it aswell and it didn't have any effect. Comparing it in luster to some 14k chains I have its definitely 16kt or 17kt but wont no for sure till it hits an xray machine.

 

[retroflashbacks]

like where? all i hear is asian countries rockin 22-24k gold in their norm.. no way the UK rockin with 8k

Correct me if I’m wrong, but I remember reading something about anything under 10k can’t be classified as gold in the states..while the EU does. I also do remember reading that 8k is pretty common in European countries.

 

[jocampbell23]

Damn they just “busting down” anything these days

 

[egaroc1]

Tbh and correct me if I’m wrong, I feel like 10k even 14k is a very western thing.

China, India, Africa all rocking high gold content jewelry.

I visited Dubai this past year and went to the gold shops there and they didn’t do anything below 18k. I had to go out my way to just get 18k there and only Americans and Africans were in that shop.
Most shops sold 22k and up.

 

[puglife]

I’ve always read that 14k is the better choice for something you’d wear everyday as it’s harder than 18k. I’m not sure if that also applies to thick Cubans and whatnot, but what if I were to get a 4mm rope? Would 18k still get messed up? It’s not the thickest, but also not the thinnest i guess.

 

[supersaiyangod]

Correct me if I’m wrong, but I remember reading something about anything under 10k can’t be classified as gold in the states..while the EU does. I also do remember reading that 8k is pretty common in European countries.

Smh broke *** Europeans... out here flossing nothing better than basically fool's gold.

 

[Bert.]

like where? all i hear is asian countries rockin 22-24k gold in their norm.. no way the UK rockin with 8k

He’s talking some places in Europe aka UK only deal with 9k

That’s standard


But that means nothing for us tho

 

[freshpairs]

But yeah i hear saudi arabia and thailand have the cheapest gold thats 22-24k, that true?

 

[supersaiyangod]

But yeah i hear saudi arabia and thailand have the cheapest gold thats 22-24k, that true?

egaroc1 what were them prices hitting for?

 

[Bert.]

But yeah i hear saudi arabia and thailand have the cheapest gold thats 22-24k, that true?

Someone find us a plug over there

 

[supersaiyangod]

also just for some numerical ideas in terms of "hardness"

lets use the HV scale (Vicker's Hardness Value):

14 kt gold = 125 - 165 HV
18 kt gold = 85 - 125 Hv
24kt gold = 35 hv (soft as bird sh-----)
The best platinum alloys = 110 - 135 Hv

Tiffany's plat alloys are 130Hv (95% Plat 5% Ruthenium)

so if u wanna go with 18K gold and are afraid of scratches, request the alloy to be the one that has 125 HV. idk what the mix of metals is and the percentage for that HV though. also, it'll probably affect color a bit.

 

[geeplus]

There’s a rapper somewhere big mad that he mentioned it being 10k

lmfao, imagine if they tagged ol boy.

 

[geeplus]

Acid tested my 18k Cuban from Daniel's and it disappeared lol, used an 18k ring in comparison and it didn't desolve it completely. Ran 14k acid over it aswell and it didn't have any effect. Comparing it in luster to some 14k chains I have its definitely 16kt or 17kt but wont no for sure till it hits an xray machine.

Acid test is horrible for your gold.

 

[aNYone]

Acid test is horrible for your gold.

What’s the best way to test gold?

 

[egaroc1]

egaroc1 what were them prices hitting for?

i didnt do too much pricing out there but what i did learn was that they charge 14K price for 18K. Most chains were fair quality but hollow 22k-24K. Custom orders would be done in 2-3 days for most stuff.

It was very overwhelming and i didnt have much time to investigate the gold souk and bargain shop.
i did get a custom cross made there 4.7 grams 18k(750 stamped) 2.74 ctw single cross pendent GH/SI. i paid around 3 bands for it and compared to the 4-7K in the states(IB/IF/Ebay). Quality of custom was on point and diamonds were good quality. They pretty much do what ever you want for a decent price.
I do think getting custome gold and diamonds are cheap there but its hard to put an exact price on everthing.
The expeirence was priceless tho

 

[aNYone]

i didnt do too much pricing out there but what i did learn was that they charge 14K price for 18K. Most chains were fair quality but hollow 22k-24K. Custom orders would be done in 2-3 days for most stuff.

It was very overwhelming and i didnt have much time to investigate the gold souk and bargain shop.
i did get a custom cross made there 4.7 grams 18k(750 stamped) 2.74 ctw single cross pendent GH/SI. i paid around 3 bands for it and compared to the 4-7K in the states(IB/IF/Ebay). Quality of custom was on point and diamonds were good quality. They pretty much do what ever you want for a decent price.
I do think getting custome gold and diamonds are cheap there but its hard to put an exact price on everthing.
The expeirence was priceless tho

Kinda sounds like St. Maarten or other Caribbean islands for that matter. Gold be cheap out there.

 

[spaceman1993]

What’s the best way to test gold?

Nothing wrong with an acid test it's just not 100% accurate and requires you scratch your item on a testing stone. Xray is good since it gives you a metal breakdown and the exact karat.

 

[Majorbread]

I think dude meant 18kt instead of 8kt. I ain't never even heard of 8kt