Cufflinks and Shirt Studs.

[Lucky Strike]

Also recently picked up these rather nice (I think) 9ct gold/bloodstone links (can't get a decent photograph of them yet):

Very nice - and I agree about the photo not doing them full justice.

Aren't the chains unusually long?

 

[Dinerman]

I've got three pairs with me, a 1973 Seagram Stone curling pair, a square curling stone pair, and a round pair with croc. inserts

 

[Anthony Jordan]

Very nice - and I agree about the photo not doing them full justice.

Aren't the chains unusually long?

Thanks to all for the kind comments - I will try and get a better picture some day! The chains are about 3/4" long, so n te longer side but not unduly so - I have one or two pairs longer. I find shorter chains preferable, though - neater, I think.

 

[Warbaby]

Found these MOP cufflinks at the thrift shop today for a buck a pair:

Also got this pair for a buck.

 

[Warbaby]

Found these cufflinks at the thrift store today for a quarter. I can't figure out what these things are supposed to represent - they look like some sort of machine part. Any ideas? The post and swivel are interesting. I've never seen that style before.

 

[Bugsy]

Onyx and gold

I found these gems (pardon the pun) at a vintage clothing store in San Francisco.

 

[Feraud]

Found these cufflinks at the thrift store today for a quarter. I can't figure out what these things are supposed to represent - they look like some sort of machine part. Any ideas? The post and swivel are interesting. I've never seen that style before.

These are odd cufflinks.. is the setting designed for stones?

 

[charlie farley]

Shirt studs

I have seen nice shirt studs 4 in a box and wondered how they are used.Since they are made of nice things like mother of pearl etc., they surely can't just be for collars as that would hide them.i'm puzzled.

 

[Tomasso]

 

[charlie farley]

Thanks, wow! smaaaart.
You look like Bond........James Bond

 

[Warbaby]

These are odd cufflinks.. is the setting designed for stones?

I don't think so. I did stone setting back in the days when I made jewelry, and setting stones in these would only be feasible if they were solid gold. And there's no indication of ever having faux stones glued in. The holes around the edge look like the holes for countersunk screw or bolt heads in machine parts.

 

[Shaul-Ike Cohen]

One espresso, please, and a cup of tea for my wife!

 

[Yozu]

 

[Cody Pendant]

What are these cufflinks?

Found these cufflinks at the thrift store today for a quarter. I can't figure out what these things are supposed to represent - they look like some sort of machine part. Any ideas? The post and swivel are interesting. I've never seen that style before.

Howdy,
and the answer is:
Automotive wheel parts....the hub that you bolt the tire on to and the "
A" arm. Four bolt pattern...small car , maybe a sports car.. my guess.

 

[Slim Portly]

Those are lovely! Unfortunately Atelier Yazu asks one to call them for a price quote, and as the man once said, "If you have to ask, you can't afford it." Still... lovely.

 

[AlanC]

Gieves & Hawkes sterling button links. I'm a sucker for the button link.

 

[Lou]

Great stuff! Good cufflinks (unlike the ones seen in mainstream US retail today) are a delight. I have a pair of Colt 1911 cufflinks and would like to get a couple pair of dressier vintage cufflinks.

 

[Nick D]

I posted these a while back, but never a pic of them opened up. They're not your average snap links.

They're opened by pressing the little button on the half without the pin. I've bent back the part that's deformed. They hold very tight. Marked 'Safety' and 'Pat appl for'.

And here's a pair of collar studs I bought my last trip to London. My camera just won't pick up the detail clearly.

 

[AlanC]

^Nice snaps.

Just got these, vintage carved mother of pearl cufflinks:

 

[Anthony Jordan]

Very nice links all! Alan, I especially like yours - a very underrated style, I think.