As most of you know, I have gotten into beading. Was making the coralled earrings. Well, we have exactly one bead store around here and it's quite far from me. I went there one time and it was super expensive and with the price of gas on top of it, I don't want to return. (Besides, when I walked in it was all really young sales girls that looked at me like - Omg! You're over the age of 20 - you are an antique! and pretty much tried to ignore me lol). I went to firemountaingems.com which I seem to remember someone talking about one time but could not find what I am looking for at their site. I need another site that is reliable and doesn't gouge your wallet lol. I am looking to buy gold colored double clam shell bead tips. If there is a decent site out there I would totally appreciate any help anyone can give me! Thanks!

Hello here are a couple I know of
artbeads.com
shipwreckbeads.com
hope this helps

Try this:

http://www.beadland.com/beadalonfindings.htm

Tried all those sites. Artbeads.com and beadland.com don't carry the double clam shell bead tips. Shipwreckbeads.com carries them but has a minimum order amount and won't tell me what the shipping charges are until I place an order. Thanks anyhow.

Just to let you know - the one site that did carry it called it a double loop bead tip. Thanks again.

Hmmm have you tried Oriental Trading Co.? They seem to have a ton of bead stuff.


~ whisker

The link I posted for beadland shows a double clam shell along with a single. At least I think it is a double...

Some places call these terminatiors as well...
I have found some great bargains on these on eBay and Etsy as well.

here they are on FMG...

http://www.firemountaingems.com/details.asp?PN=H204802FD

Auntie's Beads,,,
http://www.auntiesbeads.com/ProductDetail.aspx?ID=81823...79-a78e-7a9a0cac09ba

Shipwreck Beads..
http://www.shipwreckbeads.com/search/?cmdSearch.x=1&txt...ch.x=0&cmdSearch.y=0

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double clam shell bead tips

hjvgar, use the above phrase [or clamshell] at Google now that those above have petered out.

double clam shell bead tip

Ok, when I bought these at that expensive place around here they called them the double clam shell bead tip. I have seen the ones at firemountaingems, etc and they are not the same ones. The ones I'm looking for are double loop clam shell bead tips. Found them on one site and that is what they called them. I would have googled it LFC but I won't use sites that no one I know has already used. Don't trust them. And I used Ebay once and was totally unsatisfied so not sure I want to go that route either. Thanks all for the tips though!

Can you post a link to the site so we know what we're looking for?