What is Fake Chrome Hearts? Fake Chrome Hearts 101 for newbies.

We have earlier discussed how Chrome Hearts is a leading designer and manufacturer of sterling silver gothic jewelry. Chrome Hearts is a premium label of jewelry, and may be described as the gothic styled equivalent of Tiffany's, particularly in terms of how it prices its jewelry; Chrome Hearts jewelry never comes cheap.

Hence, an entire Chrome Hearts Replicas industry has developed to satisfy the needs of the hordes of enthusiasts, fans & lovers of Chrome Hearts jewelry and gothic silver jewelry who don't possess millions of dollars to spend on jewelry. The industry which sells replica Chrome Hearts or fake Chrome Hearts is referred to as the Fake Chrome Hearts jewelry or Replica Chrome Hearts jewelry market. In recent days, Chrome Hearts jewelry has faced strong adversity from freelance non-branded jewelers with the necessary talent, resources and capability to forge equally intricate, beautiful and well-crafted gothic styled gothic silver jewelry to bikers and other rock culture lovers at a miniscule fraction of the original Chrome Hearts jewelry prices. Today, fans of gothic sterling silver jewelry have before them a wide range of alternatives to authentic branded Chrome Hearts jewelry. This is an essay about such alternatives, which we refer to as Chrome Hearts fakes or Replica Chrome Hearts jewelry.

How Chrome Hearts jewelry is replicated by fake Chrome Hearts manufacturers

Chrome Hearts fakes or Chrome Hearts Replicas in general comes in at least two distinct forms.

1) Top quality Chrome Hearts-inspired jewelry: At the top of the hierarchy lies Chrome Hearts-inspired jewelry. In this form, photographs are taken of the most classic Chrome Hearts jewelry designs, and such designs are employed as the base upon which small time jewelers model and design their own Chrome Hearts inspired jewelry pieces. These jewelry pieces, like original Chrome Hearts jewelry pieces, are made from pure sterling silver, and are handcrafted & hand-polished; hence, no 2 items are ever exactly the same. In truth, it is incorrect to refer to jewelry carved out by such small time jewelers as replica Chrome Hearts jewelry. Since these small time jewelers are actual jewelers in it for the long term, they respect Chrome Hearts intellectual property rights. Their designs, though resembling classic Chrome Hearts jewelry designs, incorporate differences, and are never replicas of original Chrome Hearts jewelry designs.

These Chrome Hearts inspired jewelry pieces (inappropriately called replica Chrome Hearts jewelry) are alternatives of the best possible grade. They strike a balance in aiming to closely recreate the style & feel of original Chrome Hearts jewelry which fans of Chrome Hearts jewelry and gothic silver jewelry love, while never overstepping the legitimate boundaries into piracy. This is our business at GothicBuzz.com. We offer pure sterling silver Chrome Hearts jewelry inspired designs which closely resemble the style & feel of classic Chrome Hearts jewelry designs.

2) Low Grade silver plated replicas: This layer of the replica Chrome Hearts jewelry market exists in territories where trademarks are weakly enforced, such as China, Thailand and Vietnam. Bootleggers visit Chrome Hearts jewelry boutiques all over the world, take photographs of Chrome Hearts jewelry designs and use them to reverse engineer moulds which copy original Chrome Hearts jewelry designs. Such acts are an outright violation of intellectual property rights; acts we do not identify with at GothicBuzz.com. We make close impressions inspired by Chrome Hearts jewelry, but we never do blatant replicas. More importantly, unscrupulous wholesale Chrome Hearts replica sellers almost always end up manufacturing low grade silver coated replicas. Why?

Does Top Grade Wholesale Chrome Hearts replicas exist?
One important note is that when bootleggers don't mind violating intellectual property laws, they are quite obviously short term players, & typically also have no objections against shortchanging customers by passing silver plated copper costume jewelry off as sterling silver jewelry. They often even price their low grade silver-plated copper fakes at prices of real jewelry to convince their customers. One quick chemical polish removes the thin surface layer of silver, irreversibly exposing the ugly underlying copper. Sadly, such bootleggers don't usually provide quality guarantees, or, they usually go back on them. Or they also sometimes fraudulently claim to be official retailers or sales affiliates of Chrome Hearts jewelry. The ugly reality is that Chrome Hearts jewelry stores never sell Chrome Hearts jewelry online in order to maintain exclusivity. The Chrome Hearts label offers Chrome Hearts jewelry only through its own Chrome Hearts jewelry stores, & has no sales partners. Do not be fooled by such claims.

You may also find other replica sellers who are more frank about selling silver plated costume jewelry, and rightly price their items at standard costume jewelry prices. You, as the gothic silver jewelry fan, will then have to decide if what you want is a piece of real sterling silver gothic jewelry or a low grade silver plated piece of costume jewelry.