{"id":14267,"date":"2016-03-13T11:34:25","date_gmt":"2016-03-13T15:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/?p=14267"},"modified":"2016-03-13T11:34:25","modified_gmt":"2016-03-13T15:34:25","slug":"chains-for-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/chains-for-men\/","title":{"rendered":"CHAINS FOR MEN"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"blog-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Chains-For-Men.gif\" alt=\"Chains For Men\" title=\"Chains For Men\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-14273\" \/><\/div>\n<p>If you&#8217;re thinking about <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1M0itYo\">buying a man a chain<\/a>, say for his birthday, anniversary, christmas, or father&#8217;s day, then there are<strong> a few ideal choices<\/strong> I&#8217;d like to show you.<\/p>\n<p>\nFor the best styles are ones that are <strong>durable, masculine<\/strong>, and <strong>won&#8217;t get caught, tangled, or kinked<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\nAnd it also comes down to <strong>comfort, design, and price<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><h2>But first, some pointers&#8230;<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Buy a chain of at least 20&#8243;<\/strong>. Men generally don&#8217;t wear chokers, and 20&#8243; is a pretty average length that looks good and works for most men. Unless they&#8217;re bigger men, then go for a <strong>24&#8243;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Make sure it has a durable clasp<\/strong>. Meaning, buy a lobster clasp, barrel clasp, or tab clasp. <strong>Don&#8217;t buy the cheap spring ring clasps<\/strong>, those will pull open and break in a heartbeat.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Stick with Stainless Steel<\/strong> if you can. Steel is <strong>extremely durable<\/strong>, won&#8217;t <strong>tarnish<\/strong>, rust, turn <strong>colors <\/strong>or <strong>fade<\/strong>. Plus, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1QQyalg\">Stainless Steel<\/a> is going to be <strong>the most inexpensive option yet!<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Don&#8217;t buy a flat chain<\/strong>. Flat chains, or chains that have a bending point, will break. So if you can&#8217;t bend the chain up without harming it, don&#8217;t buy it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\nSo now, let&#8217;s take a look at the best sellers, <strong>the chains that I recommend for men<\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1QQykJl\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Figaro-Chains-For-Men.jpg\" alt=\"Figaro Chains For Men\" title=\"Figaro Chains For Men\" width=\"640\" height=\"475\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Figaro-Chains-For-Men.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Figaro-Chains-For-Men-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1QQykJl\">Figaro Chains<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1M0ilYV\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Curb-Chains-For-Men.jpg\" alt=\"Curb Chains For Men\" title=\"Curb Chains For Men\" width=\"640\" height=\"475\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Curb-Chains-For-Men.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Curb-Chains-For-Men-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1M0ilYV\">Curb Chains<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1Rg52zF\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Cable-Chains-For-Men.jpg\" alt=\"Cable Chains For Men\" title=\"Cable Chains For Men\" width=\"640\" height=\"475\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Cable-Chains-For-Men.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Cable-Chains-For-Men-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1Rg52zF\">Cable Chains<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1Rf3YST\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Mariner-Chains-For-Men.jpg\" alt=\"Mariner Chains For Men\" title=\"Mariner Chains For Men\" width=\"640\" height=\"475\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Mariner-Chains-For-Men.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Mariner-Chains-For-Men-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1Rf3YST\">Mariner Chains<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1Rg54Y7\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Rope-Chains-For-Men.jpg\" alt=\"Rope Chains For Men\" title=\"Rope Chains For Men\" width=\"640\" height=\"475\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Rope-Chains-For-Men.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Rope-Chains-For-Men-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1Rg54Y7\">Rope Chains<\/a><\/p>\n<p><h2>Keep in mind:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>thicker <\/strong>the chain is, the <strong>more durable<\/strong> it will be.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Don&#8217;t buy hollow chains<\/strong>. They may be light weight and cheap, but they&#8217;ll get dented, crushed and ruined, and then there&#8217;s no way to fix them.<\/li>\n<li>Make sure the links are <strong>independently soldered<\/strong>, that way they won&#8217;t pull apart if tugged.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><h2>And that&#8217;s it!<\/h2>\n<p>\nYou can <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/22bb53V\">buy Titanium chains<\/a> as well, but <strong>I really prefer<\/strong> Stainless Steel.<\/p>\n<p>\nPlus, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1QQyalg\">Steel chains<\/a> are way cheaper than <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1V3NSek\">Gold Chains<\/a> any day!<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>Cheers! :)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>If you&#8217;re thinking about buying a man a chain, say for his birthday, anniversary, christmas, or father&#8217;s day, then there are a few ideal choices I&#8217;d like to show you. For the best styles are <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/chains-for-men\/\" title=\"CHAINS FOR MEN\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14273,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guides","category-jewelry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14267"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14267\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}