Mabel Spiral Copper Earrings

Almost certainly because what you were wearing before wasn't solid copper.

The vast majority of copper jewellery sold online is copper plated: a thin layer over a base metal, which means almost no real contact with copper on your skin.

Every piece in our collection is 100% pure copper all the way through. No plating, no base metal, no coating. The difference between solid copper and plated copper against the skin is significant, and most people notice it.

The other factor is consistency: pure copper is made to be worn every day, not now and then. Wear it every day for a month before you decide.

You can read my full guide to caring for copper by clicking here.

I've been asked this question for 40 years. Here is what I know:

Copper is an essential mineral that the human body genuinely needs, and wearing it against the skin is a practice that predates modern medicine by several thousand years.

I have never made promises to anyone. What I can tell you is that the people who came to me at 55, 60, 65 come back, year after year, decade after decade, without my ever having to explain why.

Whether you call it a placebo effect or not, the people who wear my copper have noticed something they want to keep noticing. That's all I have ever needed to know.

Formal clinical studies have produced mixed results, and I won't pretend otherwise.

What I can say is this: copper has been worn against human skin for more than 3,000 years, in virtually every civilisation on earth. Roman soldiers. Ayurvedic healers. Native American craftspeople. Generations of women who passed it to their daughters, who passed it to theirs.

They weren't running double blind trials. They wore what their grandmothers wore.

My customers aren't scientists either: they are simply people who tried everything else first.

Yes, you can.

Pure copper is naturally resilient: it has been worn by fishermen, farmers and workers in all weathers and all waters for centuries.

A few things are worth knowing though:

• Salt water and chlorine speed up patina formation: your piece will darken and age faster than with dry wear.
• That is not damage. It is simply copper reacting to its environment, the way real metal does.
• Prolonged or repeated exposure to chlorinated pools can, over time, change the surface finish.

If you would rather keep the original shine, rinse the piece in fresh water after swimming and pat it dry. Otherwise, wear it freely. It is made to be lived in, not put away.

Copper is a common metal, yes.

What you are paying for is 100% pure material, worked by hand, one piece at a time, and a standard we have never compromised on.

We kept full control over every piece in this collection because we refused to cut corners on quality to make volume. No mass production. No plating. No coating.

Every piece is shaped, engraved and finished by hand. When they are gone, there will be no more.

You can buy a copper plated bracelet for a few pounds anywhere. This is something else.

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Yes. A full refund, no questions asked.

If a piece doesn't suit you, whatever the reason (it doesn't fit, it isn't what you expected, or you simply changed your mind), send it back and I will refund you in full.

I have spent 40 years building the trust of people I have never met. I'm not going to change that with my latest collection.