Keshi pearls have been in the spotlight recently in bridal magazines. A number of you have asked if these keshi are drilled by hand. Well the smaller pearls of about 2mm or less are indeed drilled by hand. Typically there are losses of up to 20% mainly due to the cracking of the pearl.
March 16th, 2008 at 11:39 am Thanks Giuseppe I had heard that all pearls no matter the size were machine drilled. Do you know where one would get needles for a one mm pearl? Sandy R.