The JADE thread!

[AJadecent Angle]

I have the sister bangle!
If you didn’t get the certification done, here’s mine. Should be quite similar

Congrats! Wuji pieces just work so well with dark clothing of warm/cold tones and I love how it adds a bold look to it all. It's definitely up there as one of my favorite types of jade color (combos)

 

[AJadecent Angle]

Hey Jadies! I need your honest opinion on some pieces I'm getting delivered this week. One of them being categorized/nearing to mutton fat nephrite quality (羊脂玉 if you want to search as reference + Google translate needed if you do), I already bought one from matsalice and according to her, the one I bought from her a while ago was more translucent whereas this one I'm getting delivered is thicker/creamy looking (opaque maybe the better term here )
Mutton Fat bangle I bought from her
Multi-colored nephrite bracelet
Landscape nephrite carving from Qinghai
Some more photos Alice sent me regarding the bangle + bracelet as comparison:

 

[SmokieDragon]

Hey Jadies! I need your honest opinion on some pieces I'm getting delivered this week. One of them being categorized/nearing to mutton fat nephrite quality (羊脂玉 if you want to search as reference + Google translate needed if you do), I already bought one from matsalice and according to her, the one I bought from her a while ago was more translucent whereas this one I'm getting delivered is thicker/creamy looking (opaque maybe the better term here )
Mutton Fat bangle I bought from her
Multi-colored nephrite bracelet
Landscape nephrite carving from Qinghai
Some more photos Alice sent me regarding the bangle + bracelet as comparison:
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I love the mutton fat bangle!

 

[erinli]

Hi friends!

It has been years since I've posted on this thread, but I still come around and lurk on everyone's beautiful collections now and again. Hope everyone is doing well.

I have a question though! Does anyone know of any reputable vendors who can have custom pendants cut? The design is relatively simple- I've attached a photo of the symbol in metal for reference (sorry for the poor quality screenshot).

I'd be happy to have the piece in either jadeite or nephrite- I just want the piece to be A quality and from a trustworthy source. I've ordered pieces from UltimateJadeite, mats_alice, and gojade in the past and have good experiences will all, but I'm not sure if any of them are able to accommodate custom work. If anyone has any suggestions I'd love to know! Thank you!

 

[AJadecent Angle]

Hi friends!

It has been years since I've posted on this thread, but I still come around and lurk on everyone's beautiful collections now and again. Hope everyone is doing well.

I have a question though! Does anyone know of any reputable vendors who can have custom pendants cut? The design is relatively simple- I've attached a photo of the symbol in metal for reference (sorry for the poor quality screenshot).

I'd be happy to have the piece in either jadeite or nephrite- I just want the piece to be A quality and from a trustworthy source. I've ordered pieces from UltimateJadeite, mats_alice, and gojade in the past and have good experiences will all, but I'm not sure if any of them are able to accommodate custom work. If anyone has any suggestions I'd love to know! Thank you!

I've heard from here that Yokdee, and Allan Spehar can do bespoke orders although it seems that you should ask about their quotes first and what sort of material + quality you'd like it to be made out of.

 

[Junkenpo]

Hi friends!

It has been years since I've posted on this thread, but I still come around and lurk on everyone's beautiful collections now and again. Hope everyone is doing well.

I have a question though! Does anyone know of any reputable vendors who can have custom pendants cut? The design is relatively simple- I've attached a photo of the symbol in metal for reference (sorry for the poor quality screenshot).

I'd be happy to have the piece in either jadeite or nephrite- I just want the piece to be A quality and from a trustworthy source. I've ordered pieces from UltimateJadeite, mats_alice, and gojade in the past and have good experiences will all, but I'm not sure if any of them are able to accommodate custom work. If anyone has any suggestions I'd love to know! Thank you!

Maybe JadebyNikolai? https://jadebynikolai.shop/pages/custom

 

[SmokieDragon]

Hi friends!

It has been years since I've posted on this thread, but I still come around and lurk on everyone's beautiful collections now and again. Hope everyone is doing well.

I have a question though! Does anyone know of any reputable vendors who can have custom pendants cut? The design is relatively simple- I've attached a photo of the symbol in metal for reference (sorry for the poor quality screenshot).

I'd be happy to have the piece in either jadeite or nephrite- I just want the piece to be A quality and from a trustworthy source. I've ordered pieces from UltimateJadeite, mats_alice, and gojade in the past and have good experiences will all, but I'm not sure if any of them are able to accommodate custom work. If anyone has any suggestions I'd love to know! Thank you!

Like what @AJadecent Angle has said, definitely Yok Dee (she has her own website and an Etsy store) and Allan Spehar (of JadeDiver on Etsy) customise and are more than happy to provide quotes. My experience with both of them has been good. I have made quite a few items with Yok Dee but having said that, it was from her own available loose jadeite pieces of cabochons / leaf / donut / etc. She didn't carve anything for me. However, Allan did - a Pi donut. Both took about a few months to do so as they are both busy. One just has to be patient and ask them off and on in a friendly manner. But rest assured, the results are outstanding and worth it

 

[erinli]

Thank you all so much for this information regarding custom work- very helpful! I'll reach out to those two vendors and see what they say! Have a great weekend, everyone!

 

[erinli]

I have another quick question for you all: for those who have bought from gojade, do you find their pieces are generally darker in person than their photos? (Or vice versa?) I haven't purchased from them in a couple of years but was curious if anyone found their pieces to vary much in person from the photos. Just curious as to which direction if so (lighter/darker in person) as that will help me base my decisions in the future with what pieces I might pick up. Thanks again!

 

[AJadecent Angle]

I have another quick question for you all: for those who have bought from gojade, do you find their pieces are generally darker in person than their photos? (Or vice versa?) I haven't purchased from them in a couple of years but was curious if anyone found their pieces to vary much in person from the photos. Just curious as to which direction if so (lighter/darker in person) as that will help me base my decisions in the future with what pieces I might pick up. Thanks again!

Funny you'd ask that! I literally got my nephrite turtle delivered today from bidding in their listing 2 weeks ago. I can confirm that the photos are darker/more profound than they look in reality, although if you ask me, it's a common practice with oversea sellers and should be taken note of. Personally I don't mind it as gojade always has the "make an offer" option on as well, and has some hidden treasures up for bidding (albeit machine carved alot of the times).
If you wish for your piece to stand out and be hand carved, then gojade definitely isn't your go-to for that.

 

[erinli]

Funny you'd ask that! I literally got my nephrite turtle delivered today from bidding in their listing 2 weeks ago. I can confirm that the photos are darker/more profound than they look in reality, although if you ask me, it's a common practice with oversea sellers and should be taken note of. Personally I don't mind it as gojade always has the "make an offer" option on as well, and has some hidden treasures up for bidding (albeit machine carved alot of the times).
If you wish for your piece to stand out and be hand carved, then gojade definitely isn't your go-to for that.

Thanks so much for the info! Good to know! Some of the pieces I'm looking at are sort of a medium to darker green and yellow, so if I decide to buy a piece or two I figured it'd be better to have an idea if they'd be lighter or darker in person than what I'm seeing in their photos. Regardless I always try to understand it's always a bit of a gamble buying online. I've had the same thing happen with UJ even- it was beautiful in person but not quite as vibrant or "alive" as the photos, but photographing jadeite accurately is pretty difficult it seems. I adore Nandar and I'm sure she sent the pics unedited, it just goes to show that photos can only be so close to what the eye will see in person. I suppose it's always nice to hear of others' experiences with vendors so I can possibly have a better idea of what I'm getting into before I start buying, haha. Thanks again for sharing your experience with me!

 

[berniechocolate]

Hi friends!

It has been years since I've posted on this thread, but I still come around and lurk on everyone's beautiful collections now and again. Hope everyone is doing well.

I have a question though! Does anyone know of any reputable vendors who can have custom pendants cut? The design is relatively simple- I've attached a photo of the symbol in metal for reference (sorry for the poor quality screenshot).

I'd be happy to have the piece in either jadeite or nephrite- I just want the piece to be A quality and from a trustworthy source. I've ordered pieces from UltimateJadeite, mats_alice, and gojade in the past and have good experiences will all, but I'm not sure if any of them are able to accommodate custom work. If anyone has any suggestions I'd love to know! Thank you!

If you want to cut custom shapes nephrite . U can try Allan Sephar or Jade Divers.

A few of us had square bangles cut from either Yukon snow or Edwards black nephrite . He has amazing skills . Your post just reminded me I haven’t been wearing it for sometime but here it is .

 

[mrs moulds]

Wearing my Buddha that my daughter brought for me. Again, wearing it makes me happy

 

[AJadecent Angle]

Thanks so much for the info! Good to know! Some of the pieces I'm looking at are sort of a medium to darker green and yellow, so if I decide to buy a piece or two I figured it'd be better to have an idea if they'd be lighter or darker in person than what I'm seeing in their photos. Regardless I always try to understand it's always a bit of a gamble buying online. I've had the same thing happen with UJ even- it was beautiful in person but not quite as vibrant or "alive" as the photos, but photographing jadeite accurately is pretty difficult it seems. I adore Nandar and I'm sure she sent the pics unedited, it just goes to show that photos can only be so close to what the eye will see in person. I suppose it's always nice to hear of others' experiences with vendors so I can possibly have a better idea of what I'm getting into before I start buying, haha. Thanks again for sharing your experience with me!

Yes, indeed jade is one of those gemstones that are either prettier in reality, or are just photogenically pretty. But so long as the seller is trusted to sell natural, untreated jade and will always disclose any deformity/impurity the piece has got, then I think it's worth the gamble.

 

[AJadecent Angle]

Oops, forgot to show what I got sent yesterday as well.

Here's the comparison of the 2 mutton fat bangles I got both from matsalice! The carved one with the yellowish hue being the one I bought a while ago, the non-carved one with a more greyish hue being the one I bought very recently that arrived yesterday.

@erinli here's the nephrite turtle I was talking about which arrived today as well!
Link of the listing if you want to compare how different it looks from gojade's pictures to mine.

I'll take a better photo when sun's out tomorrow.