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The jewelry is cool and very unique. I would buy better chains for sure and charge more..I think you got something there.You could also sell those dangly things for car mirrors(like fuzzy dice). I would think about making earrings too, that would be cool a pair of fang earrings.
Well I reread your post(sometimes I skim) and you say they are naturally shed teeth. I had no idea that snakes lose their fangs.This made me look it up and lo and behold vipers shed their teeth every two months? Wow Who knew, I sure didnt.
Last edited by Miranda2; 07-22-2017 at 08:04 PM.
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Re: Making snake fang necklaces
Originally Posted by Miranda2
The jewelry is cool and very unique. I would buy better chains for sure and charge more..I think you got something there.You could also sell those dangly things for car mirrors(like fuzzy dice). I would think about making earrings too, that would be cool a pair of fang earrings.
I was doing some reading about making and selling jewelry and found out that a lot of those chains are silver-plated (or whatever-plated) nickel and that a lot of people have nickel allergies. So, since the chains were a little too weak for my liking anyway, I've replaced the chain on all but one of the necklaces with either hemp cording or nylon (black in both cases). I personally think it looks nicer. It'll definitely hold up better, and I don't have to worry about anyone's allergies that way. The only down side is that these materials are cheaper to buy than the chains are, so I'm wondering if it decreases the value of the jewelry? I, personally, don't think it does because the black cording looks nicer and, in the end, it's all about aesthetics, isn't it?
Originally Posted by Miranda2
Well I reread your post(sometimes I skim) and you say they are naturally shed teeth. I had no idea that snakes lose their fangs.This made me look it up and lo and behold vipers shed their teeth every two months? Wow Who knew, I sure didnt.
Didn't believe me, huh? "Are you callin' me a liar?!" Yeah, venomous snakes lose their fangs almost every time they shed, and then sometimes when catching prey or whatever. So we find teeth pretty much every time we clean cages. The jewelry pieces that have tarantula fangs or molts are obviously shed naturally, and the komodo dragon and gila monster skin is just normal lizard-shed skin. Gator teeth are constantly regrowing, and they'll lose teeth during eating (or fighting). So, everything I'm using is 100% cruelty-free and natural and - as I mentioned before - comes from my own animals so I KNOW that it's 100% cruelty-free.
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Re: Making snake fang necklaces
I'd post them on etsy for $35 and see how it fares. If it does "too well", you can raise the price", and if they don't sell, I'd lower the price by $5 increments.
This is a really neat idea though! I'd want the first one, because I like the shape and chain more, and that there's some green stuff! +1 for finding more chain varieties and colors, I personally prefer gold chains. Though I'm not sure how realistic that is... I don't know anything about buying jewelry materials.
Originally Posted by Mindibun
Didn't believe me, huh? "Are you callin' me a liar?!" Yeah, venomous snakes lose their fangs almost every time they shed, and then sometimes when catching prey or whatever. So we find teeth pretty much every time we clean cages.
That is super cool, I didn't know this!
ETA: Also I found similar little vials with greens and snake skulls, and they're going for $40 on etsy
Last edited by redshepherd; 07-24-2017 at 06:02 PM.
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