2-Inch 20-Piece Silver Plated Ball Head Pins, 22-Gauge

I was really surprised when I opened this package of beautiful head pins. They are really shiny and will work well for my custom design jewelry. These pins are long enough to make a nice earring. They are not too long as to shut out an older group that may not like dangling earrings, nor to short to cut out the younger group that likes dangling earrings. Also they are malleable enough to create a nice looking earring that isn't just a straight hanging earring. Bright shiny easy to use headpins. They are dead soft making wrapping easy. Some do get bent in transit, bit so far nothing I couldn’t straighten out easily. They come well packed in a bubble mailer, and wrapped in bubble wrap as well to minimize damage. I was told it would be three and a half weeks before receiving them, but both times they arrived in less than ten days. If dead soft metal will work for your project, these are excellent value for the price. I'll be ordering again and again! I really like because it lets me be creative and make different shapes with them. I would definitely recommend to all jewelry makers. I only give a good review for a good product. Buy with confidence.

The curse of silver tarnish.

I've already used have of these and am looking to buy a larger quantity next time. These are a fine gauge and work perfectly. I was able to bend them into the shapes I needed without worrying about breakage, and the look good in jewelry, and that is the true bottom line.I have to add a note here. I've used all 20 of these in the last week or so. If I use a heavy hand with the needle nose pliers, yes the silver plate will come off. It will come off of nearly every headpin I've ever purchased if they are gripped hard enough. Out of the 20 in this package only one was badly enough damaged that I couldn't use it for the pieces I was working on. I'll be happy to post pictures here of the head pins in use.

You get what you pay for. I couldn't find a lower price on head pins like these anywhere, but I also knew what to expect. Many other reviewers cautioned that the pins would be bent on arrival and sure enough, most of mine were. As they are a very small gauge, they are thin enough to straighten easily. I think the problem might be prevented by better packaging. A narrower zip bag would force the pins to sit all in the same direction and not allow them to move around in the bag so much. Almost half of the pins had sharp burrs on them that I had to file off before they could be used. The ball on the head is actually a little blob of plastic into which the pin was dipped and the burrs seem to result from trailing plastic as they are pulled from the molten material. Several of the defects I've encountered are lengths of pin protruding through the ball. I snipped those and filed them down. I was more bothered by how long it took to receive them after ordering. It took almost a month for them to ship from China. I might order these again, but only if I have a LOT of notice before I need them. Shipping plus quality assurance ON MY END will cost a lot of time.

I really enjoyed using these silver plated ball pins. They were great for my experimentations in jewelry but in the long run I need sterling silver in order to sell well. But these silver plated ball pins are great for making low cost jewelry and for experimenting with designs. Economical and easy to use and shipped fast!

Excellent quality and just as described. Bright silver and thin enough to loop properly with my tiny twizers without having to use the husband's tools. Only issue is that I got 19, not 20 but I had some old ones from another set and was able to get the 10 pairs I needed. Very good buy as they are hard to find at the store.

I didn't read the reviews before I ordered these so I ordered three packages. Honestly though two of the packages had beautiful perfect head pins with gorgeous shine and only one or two of them were slightly bent. It says 20 per package but I got 30 in each of the two excellent quality packages. I didn't experience any problems with peeling of the coating either. However the third package definitely had lower quality head pins in it. It had the exact amount in it as ordered but it they are discolored (almost a pinkish) and they looked like regular head pins with a flat bottom that were dipped in something to make the ball at the end. I used one to see if it would peel and it didn't but they are still definitely lower quality. I would say it's a gamble if you order from here. It took me exactly three weeks to receive them. I probably won't order from here again because I can't be sure if I'll good the good one's or the bad.

Great for the price

Some were bent and couldnt be used.

really thin,,,, arrived all bent ,,went in the garbage

These are such a lovely investment for jewellery making. The delivery was incredibly fast and instead of getting 20 pins I got 21! After reading reviews for other headpins people said they arrived bent, that was not the case for these pins. Perfectly straight.

Use for jewellery making, recieved today 13th march good quality. Recieved over ordered amount thank you!