About Earhooks and Posts
Earhooks Great choice for medium to large bead earrings.
Earhooks tend to be the most affordable choice, since they are basically just a hardened wire bent into a hook shape. They are also usually indestructable. Even if the shape gets slighly distorted, they can easily be bent back into shape. Some wearers pinch them together slightly so that they stay put better when worn.
The biggest disadvantage is that they can at times come off when being worn. This worry is easily solved with secure earring backs. We supply rubber earring backs with all of our hook earrings.
Posts Another good choice. Our earposts come with sterling silver or gold backs that snap onto the post when worn. Posts should only be used for smaller earrings.
Leverbacks We use leverbacks at times, especially for gold earrings. The disadvantage to leverbacks is that they are usually more expensive, and are more fragile than hooks and posts.