What is Ed Levins SS/14k or gold over option?
Our SS/14K quality mark denotes an Ed Levin precious metal laminate first fabricated at Ed’s request over 40 years ago. A 14K sheet is bonded to a sterling sheet, then rolled or formed into flat sheet, wire or tube. With the exception of bracelet stock, this special metal is more than 25% 14K by weight. And it has served our customers exceedingly well for over a quarter century. Our laminate should not be confused with vermeil or gold-filled. Vermeil is a thin electroplating, measured in microns, each only 4 millionths of an inch thick and virtually unmeasurable as a percentage of the metal’s weight. Gold-filled is a process by which a layer of at least 10k gold has been mechanically bonded to a base metal. There is no comparison between our SS/14k laminate and gold-filled or vermeil as to process, wear, quality, cost.
