This is the fine coiled spring of wire called French wire or bouillon. It is used to reinforce and protect the silk where the strung pearls are attached to the clasp. The medium measures 1mm diameter on the outside and 0.9 on the inside. The length is 45 cm which will be enough for about 30 necklaces (phew!) This is gold plated. It gives the most professional finish to any pearl necklace. Supplied in a small plastic case necessary to protect this most fragile finding.
We recommend that you cut up the whole length as soon as you receive it, as this stuff will kink, bend, stretch, squash and generally distort if you thing about it too strongly.
Use fine nail or embroidery scissors or snips