Crescent Moon Necklace

A 1.3 x 1.3cm pendant that weighs 12g is doing something unusual. Most fashion-jewelry crescents at this size weigh 3 to 5g because they are hollow-pressed from thin metal sheet (0.5 to 0.7mm), which deforms over time when caught on clothing or compressed in a jewelry box. Ours is solid-cast at 1.8mm thickness, which is why the weight sits where it does. The bail loop is welded to the moon body with a 4-point reinforcement pattern rather than the single-point bend most fashion pendants use, and the entire pendant is pressed from a single die before plating, so there is no seam where the moon's two horns might separate.