Excellent quality at surprisingly affordable price.
This is an outstanding piece of crafted bronze jewelry, and the price makes it a rather surprising bargain. The black cord is thin, and not of the twisted/braided type shown in the picture, with thin crimped metal ends and an adjustment chain.<br /><br />It's large for a pendant, measuring just over 1.5&#34; along the &#34;top&#34; edge. Very nice, though, and the size isn't a particular disadvantage, at least from my perspective.<br /><br />Packaging was a little surprising, though. The pendant and its cord were enclosed in a suitably small clear envelope, but the envelope was stuffed inside the thin plastic CD case, making a bit of a lump. There doesn't appear to be any damage to the CD, though. Just an odd way to pack things.<br /><br />It arrived in a thinly padded (small blister) manila envelope, folded in half and taped over, with a lot of stamps, shipped from Ukraine. (If you search for the company's website and blog it lists a lot more handmade crafts, including knives, and the company as being in Ukraine.)<br /><br />I did, however, have to clean up the pendant with some Flitz polish, along the polished &#34;axe blade&#34; edges, as well as on the top, bottom & back sides (avoiding removing the dark finish inside the cast filigree patterns on the sides of the pendant) . This was necessary to remove a lot of mottled, blue discoloration very apparent on polished surfaces of the pendant. It appeared very similar in color to the blue discoloration you can see on some motorcycle exhaust pipes. Some very light effort with a very small bit of Flitz very easily cleaned the off the discoloration, allowing the bright and smooth appearance of the bronze surfaces to be revealed. This was the only &#34;negative&#34; I can see with the pendant, and one that's easily corrected.<br /><br />I'll very likely order something else from the company, as the quality is better than much of what I've seen elsewhere, and the pricing is both reasonable and affordable. Having seen my pendant, my wife expressed interest in seeing the company's line, too.
Rating: 5 stars