Graduation Cords

[JonoBN41]

I've seen other GLO's badges marked 18K and I think they are white gold all the way through. But I also got a LCA badge (Balfour) that had been set into a ring. The ring itself was small and of poor quality, so I pulled the badge out. Lo and behold, the marring revealed that the 10K "white gold" was really just plating. It was yellow gold underneath.

Oh, what a tangled web we weave.

Chapter guards are just letters. They don't have to be made by anyone in particular. Once, I was looking for a white gold, pearled, double letter guard, but they didn't show one for LCA. So I just searched the site until I found one for another GLO - I think it was Delta Gamma sorority - and ordered it. Not cheap, cost like $104 as I recall. But my order was filled and it arrived by UPS, sent from Delta Gamma HQ. Whatever it takes.

[dever860]

Originally Posted by JonoBN41

I've seen other GLO's badges marked 18K and I think they are white gold all the way through. But I also got a LCA badge (Balfour) that had been set into a ring. The ring itself was small and of poor quality, so I pulled the badge out. Lo and behold, the marring revealed that the 10K "white gold" was really just plating. It was yellow gold underneath.

Oh, what a tangled web we weave.

Chapter guards are just letters. They don't have to be made by anyone in particular. Once, I was looking for a white gold, pearled, double letter guard, but they didn't show one for LCA. So I just searched the site until I found one for another GLO - I think it was Delta Gamma sorority - and ordered it. Not cheap, cost like $104 as I recall. But my order was filled and it arrived by UPS, sent from Delta Gamma HQ. Whatever it takes.

Perhaps ill keep my nativity about the quality. I would hate to find out that my grand mother got ripped off 32 years ago. I would love to get one of those blinged out chapter guards to go with the badge, cant replace grandma's though. I was talking to my mother about it on the phone yesterday, she was like, well yea its not silver it would have tarnished a long time ago. I never took the class on how to identify the composition of jewelry.

[Trey_P-I_47]

Hey John,

What about 'blinging' your guard out........kinda to set yours apart from your Dad's a little bit. Maybe something simple like all pearls, or alternating pearls and sapphires........Herff-Jones allows for pretty much any jewel combination you can come up with.

[dever860]

Originally Posted by Trey_P-I_47

Hey John,

What about 'blinging' your guard out........kinda to set yours apart from your Dad's a little bit. Maybe something simple like all pearls, or alternating pearls and sapphires........Herff-Jones allows for pretty much any jewel combination you can come up with.

Maybe... Ill see what the folks say, mainly my dad, and by my dad I mean whatever my mom says. If its alright with him I might consider doing it. Id like to pass it along to my son one day. Need a 3rd generation LCA in the family. I am the only 2nd. I think my mom wanted to buy me the guard, like my dads mother bought his. I'm concerned with the color frankly. Might be cool to get OSU colors... ruby's and pearls, scarlet and gray.

I recall a post a ways back about someone bitching that Herff-Jones would not let them customize their badge, they could only use the designs on their website, or something to that extent. Not sure if this applies to the guard.

I was hoping Tom would ask me what 'blinging' means.

[Trey_P-I_47]

There are several things you can do to the Badges/Guards.......they are offered both in white gold and yellow gold, and you can have various stones placed along the Lambda. I know this because I contacted HJ myself to see what was available for me to do, I can up with some off the wall design.....8 onyxes along the inside of the lambda, and 3 diamonds at the points set in a White Gold Badge, and they were like 'Sure it will be $XXX.XX', but then again they cant do something as simple as 'Antiquing' the rings.......Herff-Jones are an odd bunch over there. They simply have to follow the specifics IHQ gives them, they cant change a design, but they can pretty much customize any other way. Also on a side note, they will not let you replace the pearls in the crescent........I tried that too after seeing one of the badges on Flickr that had rubies in the crescent.

[dever860]

Ok heres the scoop. Aaron Park emailed me back and gave me the details. He said since it was approved last summer there hadnt been all that much interest in it and it got pushed to the back burner, and they do not have an official vendor for graduation cords.

Hopefully they will make an attempt to set this up this coming school year. He said for the mean time:
http://www.greekmarketplace.net/cr/
But they only sell custom cords in 3 dozen.

Probably doesn't help much, but I hope it clears things up.

In ZAX,
John Dever

[Tom Earp]

Jono, correct me if I am wrong, but I think white gold only goes to 10 C, not any more.

Silver, listen to Mom, it does tarnish and would be a pain to keep clean!

White Gold used to have a extra charge on it, but, I do not think H-J says anything about on their site.

Having other than pearls in the crescent, well, I am not sure about that!

Remember, they are different sizes or graduated!

As two Brothers know, I have a Special Badge that I got from a Brother and it has the colors of LXA in it, P G and G!.

It is special and one of a kind!

[JonoBN41]

From bluenile.com


White Gold
Because 18k white gold is 75% gold, and 14k white gold is 58.3% gold, jewelry made from these metals has a slight yellow color. To enhance the whiteness, almost all white gold is plated with rhodium, a shiny, white metal which is extremely hard. Depending on the amount of wear to a piece of jewelry, over time this rhodium plating may wear off, revealing the original metal color. Re-plating is a simple process that can be done to restore your jewelry's whiteness if needed.