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by Michael Gray 
Jun 1st 2011 at 8:00PM
Reader Mike wrote in with this following tale of epic jewelcrafting:
We wanted a fine piece of jewelery that would reflect on who we were. Since our entire family played WoW and almost all of our friends were part of or met in game we knew the theme had to be Horde. I went to a family friend (master jeweler) and gave him a picture of the horde emblem then picked out an exquisite museum grade 4 ct. trillion cut Tanzanite. The detail work and setting was left up to Nick(jeweler and friend). After several weeks of research and design Nick showed me what the piece would look like on his 3D software and we went forward. Finally Nick called for us to see our creation. Nick is a third generation master jeweler with extended family also being jewel crafters. We were awe struck when he unveiled the pendant.
The main structure has a full ounce of white gold making up the Horde emblem, and bringing the details even larger than life was a carat of beautiful diamond pave'(which Nick sent off for his uncle to do as that is his specialty). Finally in the center of the emblem lay an amazingly brilliant fiery Tanzanite.
One thing I commented to Nick about was that the Horde emblem was upside down, he explained that he had tried everything but due to the weight and shape it kept flipping over. He opted to hang the pendent this way rather than modify the piece. He was wise, this is very elegant and worthy of its heritage. btw it was also worthy of its price tag...almost 10k at the time.
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Reader Comments (Page 2 of 3)
Bronwyn Jun 2nd 2011 1:12PM
This
jordan Jun 1st 2011 9:57PM
Looks like an alliance pendant and I don't just mean the color blue. It fails to capture the savage essence of the horde.
omedon666 Jun 2nd 2011 6:32AM
Like bloodelves...
StClair Jun 2nd 2011 12:28PM
You take that back, or my blood elf will give you SUCH a slap!
shadcroly Jun 1st 2011 10:14PM
Yikes. $10,000 for the pendant?
I really hope I'm reading that wrong. It's an amazingly beautiful piece of jewelry that was custom made, unquestionable, but that's a pretty hefty price tag.
snowtread Jun 1st 2011 10:39PM
No that sounds about right. A full ounce of white gold, hand crafted with a 4ct. Tanzanite? Especially a gem with such a deep blue color. It by itself must have cost them 2-3k.
T Jun 1st 2011 10:51PM
Beautiful?! Epic?! Hardly. The only thing stunning about this piece is how it is utterly tasteless. It looks like someone won the lotto and after decking out the double-wide and picking up their dream list from Walmart they still had 10K left to blow.
Terrible, just terrible.
jimju12321 Jun 5th 2011 11:34PM
it's the horde sysmbol but its upside down. if your going to spend that much money atleast do it right. BLUE, come on now BLUE! any true horde would know better then that. this jeweler does not desearve a skill up for this one.
shotiechan Jun 1st 2011 11:06PM
-Should have been a red stone, IMO, not blue. Blue is Alliance colors.
-The Horde emblem is not perfectly even on both sides; one side is a little longer. That's part of the appeal of it, I think, it's it's asymmetry.
Otherwise, really cool piece of jewelry.
Lemons Jun 1st 2011 11:13PM
It's upside down! For 10k it can't be upside down.
Lemons Jun 1st 2011 11:53PM
Fixt!
http://img860.imageshack.us/img860/7863/hordejewelry.jpg
Gen Man Jun 2nd 2011 1:52AM
well done
glyakk Jun 2nd 2011 8:36AM
I was already firing up gimp when i saw somebody already beat me to the punch!
Jason Jun 2nd 2011 8:37AM
Lemons' edit seems much more appealing to me :3
Arrohon Jun 1st 2011 11:22PM
It's a beautiful piece of jewelry. I don't know why everyone is so inclined to hate it. I doubt a true warrior of the Horde would wear this even if it had a garnet so who cares that it is blue!?!? The 10k was his money. If he likes how it looks even if it's upsidedown then why does it matter? I personally can't imagine it looking better if it was correct (I'm really liking the spike looking part being on top). You all really need to check your priorities if you're really hating on this piece of jewelry that the owner loves.
Alexa Jun 2nd 2011 12:37AM
I agree 100%. It's jewelery... it's a personal preference. I actually really like it. I think it's pretty darn awesome looking.
Regardless of your opinion, the hate in this thread on the necklace is kind of outrageous.
Bronwyn Jun 2nd 2011 1:47PM
I agree. When I saw it my first thought wasn't "OMG I CANT STAND IT IT IS UPSIDE DOWN AND THE STONE IS BLUE NOT RED WTF!!!" it was "Wow, blingy. How come they didn't tell us WHY they spent 10k on this thing?"
Mister EDgAr Jun 1st 2011 11:59PM
An upside down crest is a mark of disrespect and is often use to insult the faction it represent.
An upside down flag is a sign of distress.
astianax Jun 2nd 2011 12:04AM
I need to check my priorities? If I had 10K to spare the last thing I'd spend it on is a piece of gaudy and incorrectly designed jewelry. I can think of at least 10 charities I'd donate to before I'd buy this.
Granted it's his/her money. But don't say there's a lack of priorities.
Dumbguy Jun 2nd 2011 12:07AM
The horde emblem combined with the blue color of the alliance indicates unity and an ability to set aside factional differences for the greater respect of the game as a whole.