Tag: Construction
Every Trinket File guide tagged construction: joints, settings, clasps and chains, and how a piece of jewellery is put together.
Necklace Lengths and Necklines: Choosing the Right Drop
- Trinket File
- Buying
- 15 Oct, 2026
A necklace is bought by its length and worn by its position. The number on the listing, 18 inches or 45 cm, describes a chain laid flat. On you, the same chain curves around the neck, rests on the col
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Everyday Jewelry: What Survives Daily Wear
- Trinket File
- Buying
- 11 Aug, 2026
The jewelry that survives daily wear isn't the most expensive. It's the jewelry with enough metal in the right places. Two pieces can carry the same hallmark and price, and one is still sound after tw
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Prongs, Bezels, Channels and Pavé: Picking a Setting
- Trinket File
- Metals and Stones
- 03 Jun, 2026
Most people choose a setting by how much stone it shows. That's an incomplete way to choose. The setting is what holds a brittle stone inside a metal object that gets knocked against desks, faucets an
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Judging a Stone: What You Can Check and What You Can't
- Trinket File
- Metals and Stones
- 21 Apr, 2026
The gem trade runs on the gap between how a stone looks and what it is. A colorless stone can be diamond, moissanite, cubic zirconia or glass, and the difference is invisible to the naked eye. A red o
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Chains, Clasps and How Fastenings Fail
- Trinket File
- Metals and Stones
- 02 Mar, 2026
When a necklace disappears, people assume theft or some dramatic break. The usual ending is quieter. The chain turns up tucked inside a collar, every link intact, clasp still closed, nothing apparentl
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Check Jewelry Construction Before You Pay
- Trinket File
- Buying
- 20 Jan, 2026
Most attention in a jewelry purchase goes to how a piece looks at arm's length, which is the part the maker designed for. What decides whether it still looks right in five years is construction, and n
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