africancraftwork-comAfrican Elephant Knot Bracelet - 2 Knot BLACK & SILVER Mixed Color Metal V2 made in Zimbabwe

The media could not be loaded. The most important thing is the diameter of the wire used. I've had a genuine elephant hair bracelet and also one of the sterling silver wire bracelets in which silver was used instead of elephant hair after the band on elephant hair due to elephants being protected in Ernest. The sterling silver one I had 20 years ago cost about the same but was at least twice the diameter of this latest one. The problem is when the wire it's this thin it's impossible for it to retain it's shape. So when you attempt to slide the knots along the wire to enlarge the bracelet to put it on instead of the knots sliding along the wire the wire just bends and crumples. The wire just isn't rigid enough to work as it should. Anyone that's owned a real one knows how they're supposed to work and how effortlessly it should be and as soon as they unbox this one they will immediately recognize the problem they're going to have to deal with each and every time they try to put it on AND take it off. ALSO, it is bound to break very early on if worn much at all because the wires are constantly bending snd you have to bend them back in order to manipulate it back into working form.The 2-tone is beautiful but the wires MUST be larger diameter to have the rigidity necessary to work as designed as well as to last any decent amount of usable time at all..The long and short....it's just to low of quality.I'm trying not to call it "cheap" as that seems unkind. You know what else is unkind? Having a beautiful bracelet that is practically unwearable because when dawning, it bends all up, more crooked than a politician, and this mechanical overburden gaurantees that it will break if you only wear it more than 5 or 6 times. Because it's made from cheap materials.