Why Buy Screw Back Earrings

In an earlier post, I mentioned that I was sad because someone was making a pair of cuff links from a pair of vintage screw back earrings I had sold them. But there's another way to look at it.

Many of the screw back earrings I sell on eBay are are 50 to 80 years old. They were designed by excellent designers and the
materials used were of a much higher quality. That's why they are still around today.


Rhinestones in particular were often better made back then. Often the stones were made of glass rather than plastic. Today's rhinestones seem to darken quickly and the finish tarnish.

That's why many crafters take old screw back earrings and turn them into pierced earrings. They are very easy to convert. Just snip off the screw portion and add a pierced back. The result is often a beautiful and unique earrings. And a small piece of history is given a new life.