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I strive to make my bracelets as safe and durable as possible. But accidents CAN happen. Babies and small children MUST be supervised while wearing jewelry. If you put a bracelet or necklace on a small child, it is a given that sooner or later that something is going to break at some point. You want it to be the jewelry, not the child.
That said - a carefully planned weak point is critical. If a child gets a bracelet caught on something, and the bracelet doesn't have a carefully choosen weak point - there are two possibilities. The bracelet could break in the middle, leaving 50 small, ingestible beads EVERYWHERE. But even worse - the bracelet might not break, and the beads and wire could scratch or cut the child. Or - the child could suffer a broken wrist or something worse. My solution is to create a controlled weak point in each of my bracelets or necklaces - the split ring on the clasp assembly. If a bracelet or necklace gets caught, the split ring will pull open before the child gets hurt, and the parent or guardian will be left with only 3 pieces to pick up - the extender chain, the bracelet (which is still intact) and the opened split ring. The parent or guardian can easily repair the bracelet with a new split ring without having to return the bracelet. My closure assemly is as follows - on one end of the bracelet is a lobster clasp. At the other is a closed jump ring. I attach my grow chain bracelet extender to a split ring, and then attach the split ring to the closed jump ring. Finally - I latch the lobster clasp NOT on the closed ring, but rather on the split ring. If the bracelet gets caught on something - the split ring will pull apart first.
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