I would love to see them keep beads small core only.

I'm a bit late to the party here. I agree small core! The problem I have is that the retailers only carry large core. I do have a few large core, but I feel forced to buy them because they don't carry small core uniques.

I don't have any well-stocked big Troll dealers nearby, either, WendyD.

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I do prefer small cores too, but I have only a few uniques and because they are in a completed bracelet, you don't see it that much.

If the core fits the chain, the bead 'hangs' perfectly in the middle. If the core is larger than the diameter of the chain, the bead sticks out a little on one side or the other. Lots of UU's are big glassbeads, > 15 mm. Therefore they stick out compared to their neighbourbeads with normal core.

I just dont like the picture of messy bracelets with glass with different coresizes, but perhaps I'm much to picky here. Hope you understand what I'm trying to say , English is not my fav. language to explain my thoughts

Tinka wrote:If the core fits the chain, the bead 'hangs' perfectly in the middle. If the core is larger than the diameter of the chain, the bead sticks out a little on one side or the other. Lots of UU's are big glassbeads, > 15 mm. Therefore they stick out compared to their neighbourbeads with normal core.

I just dont like the picture of messy bracelets with glass with different coresizes, but perhaps I'm much to picky here. Hope you understand what I'm trying to say , English is not my fav. language to explain my thoughts

I do understand and I recognize what irritates you. I like to have a bracelet with all beads from the same size and UU with a large core are always more to the left or to the right and you see it immediately