Kolya on 1/4/2011 at 10:44
Looks like about an inch. So ten inches for you.
Tocky on 1/4/2011 at 16:59
Get your hand out of there!
Really, you may have noticed you can't tell from just a wrinkle in fabric.
Specter on 1/4/2011 at 18:42
Quote Posted by Kolya
Yeah, but it's a pendant from a very normal fashion shop chain. Those tend to be on the practical side, that is not too large or heavy so they don't knock your teeth out when running and don't make you look like you're starting a retro hip hop band. If you look up this type of pendant they all are about an inch.
Its actually closer to 2 - 2.5 inches. Not that it matters. If one were found that was identical in every way but size, I'd get it.
Martin Karne on 1/4/2011 at 20:01
The key to her heart or her chastity belt, depends on the times.
Tocky on 2/4/2011 at 02:54
Then he is screwed in a bad way. Size matters. Let me explain. That is not a manufactured pendant key knecklace. Go to Ebay and look at pendant key knecklaces. Most are inch long cutesy fluff. Some are that size but not many and those that are duplicate an actual skeleton key. Those that duplicate actual keys of around 2.5 inches do so because that is the size of a door key. BUT even they do not duplicate the small usage groove just beyond the head. When a skeleton key is used often the faceplate of the door makes that mark if it is of an age when faceplates replaced solid wrought iron mechanisms which were larger keys anyway.
It is a real key. But of what era? Most keys were merely functional plain jobs unless designed for a fancy lock on a chest or castle which the crown alludes to but this key seems made for a knecklace- ah- it wasn't. That was added. Notice the relative lack of wear where the chain goes through. Hmm. Trunks have a narrower lock which would not fit with the near the head wear like a door. The crown may be the key as it were. What place, family, or company, used that design?
It is a mystery. Shame, I would have liked to have the 50 donated to Ronald McDonald House. Ever think perhaps she has given you an impossible quest on purpose?
Edit: where is Gobblin when you need him?
Harvester on 2/4/2011 at 11:26
I doubt it's a real key. We also have Six stores in Holland and if they're the same as in Germany, they sell really cheap jewelery (that breaks easily, I bought my girlfriend a bracelet there that broke within a day when she put it on), I doubt they are based on actual keys of old times. Maybe next week I'll visit the Six store in my city and see if they have that specific key necklace.
Tocky on 2/4/2011 at 13:26
The crown is similar but lacks the middle section which she might not notice. It looks of thinner metal as well but maybe the original is a pendant. I took the mark near the head to be a groove rather than a weld bump because I've seen grooves just like that on well used skeletons. There are even collectors of such keys. So much for my Holmes impersonation and getting into the spirit of things.
Specter on 2/4/2011 at 13:51
Well, it felt heavy for its size, so I would have thought it was made of steel. However, Harvester is right. The thing did break once before. She had her father fix it. Im not sure how, as this was before I met her, but you can see in the picture I attached here that hers attached through the top of the crown in a clump of metal. This must have been the amateur fix. Ive seen the thing plenty of times, but I never paid that much attention to it.
Its possible that I was given an impossible quest, but I doubt it. She only told me that she lost it, and I knew before that she really liked it, but she never asked me to find a replacement. Its just something I want to do. Of course, she likely knows me well enough to know that I would do that, so who knows.
@ Quincy Jones Wannabe That is indeed VERY close. Ive found that iOffer listing too. I contacted the seller and have had no reply. I think its a dead end. Tocky is right though, it isnt quite the same.
Hope is dwindling. I might have to look into having it made. Someone on Ebay contacted me saying they do that kind of thing, so I'll get a quote and see some of his past work. Ive also been directed to Etsy.com. They have a section where you can request custom works and then be contacted by various individuals. I feel that with only a couple of pictures, and none of them very clear, and attempt at re-making one would end up looking half as nice...
