The difference between new and old beeswax mines: treating Wan Wen with a normal heart

I have always liked beeswax. Later, when I saw real old honey occasionally, I gradually became interested in old honey.

Maybe the dark brown beeswax is collectively called old honey in the market. Therefore, most friends' understanding of old honey is limited to dark honey.

The old beeswax is warm and moist, giving the wearer a peaceful atmosphere, and with the constant friction between the old beeswax and the body, it will gradually exude a soft but bright treasure and an inexplicable charm, which is not similar to the thief light attached to those new beads. Wearing old beeswax close to the body often helps to improve sleep and regulate human health.

In fact, strictly speaking, old honey, as far as I know, should be a finished product that has been made for more than 100 years, and it has even been buried after playing.

Generally, the characteristics of old honey are: due to the nature of beeswax, it is easy to be worn off. Usually, there are some traces of time on the surface of the old beads, such as most of the surfaces are covered with weathered fine lines, or the surfaces are pitted.

The epidermis of the old beeswax has the unique "orange peel" characteristics of the old beeswax, and the orange peel will become less and less obvious in the process of playing with it, but even if the external characteristics are not obvious, it is still very different from the new beeswax.

At present, there are many imitation beads with so-called cracks pretending to be weathering patterns, but careful comparison is completely different.

The weathered yellow bracelet in the picture below is an imitation, and the "weathered lines" on its surface can be deeply felt, directly felt by hands and clearly seen by naked eyes. It seems obvious, but in fact it is extremely artificial.

Everyone should look carefully! This big crack is not natural weathering, but man-made.

If the craft is good, it will be made of real beeswax beads and buried in the soil. It looks very old and has traces of time, but it looks like young people wearing old makeup. Can't stand scrutiny.

A gourmet old beeswax, weathering is clearly visible!

Let's talk about several characteristics of old beeswax first.

When it comes to color, some people may wonder whether the new brown beeswax on the market is not old enough or even fake.

Generally speaking, the common natural amber beeswax (excluding colored honey) on the market at present is the same as the real antique-grade old beeswax, and the raw materials used are the same. They are all fossils that have been baptized and petrified by pine and cypress resin for thousands of years or even hundreds of millions of years and complex and long natural environment.

Most light-colored honey on the market now, such as yellow honey called new honey, and dark brown beeswax called old honey. In fact, this is just a convention in the market, strictly speaking, it is not very standardized.

These antique-grade old honey products were processed into finished products at least a hundred years ago and were worn away. Most of them are called old movies.

Just like Ming and Qing porcelains and current porcelains, although the past techniques may not be as superb as modern ones, they may not look as beautiful as modern ones, but their values and connotations will be different.

You can compare it with the real old honey that will be posted above or below. Although some shapes are still very old, they still feel a little less historical weight.

The dark brown beeswax on the field, called "old beeswax", is actually baked at high temperature.

You can compare it with the real old beeswax above.

Speaking of old beeswax beads, we can't help but look at another important time record, that is, the channel part. The hole of the old ball has been worn for a long time because of the tightening rope, so that the bell mouth or gear tooth hole is gradually formed. Also known as "keyhole", it is also an important symbol to distinguish old beeswax.

Generally speaking, the weathering lines of old beeswax beads are: ice cracks, reticular lines, molecular polymerization lines and so on. 1. Ice cracks: As shown in figure 1, there are two on the left and two on the right, and there are relatively thick and sparse split lines, which are similar to the large glaze lines unique to Song Guan Kiln.

2. Reticulation: The basic thickness of reticulation is different, and it consists of shorter and thinner crack lines than ice cracks. As shown in figure 1, the upper right-hand grid is fine and evenly connected, which is quite similar to the small glazed surface of Song Ge kiln.

3. Molecular polymer lines: Many times, we can't see any net lines on the whole or part of the old beeswax beads, but there are deep weathered colors showing their "old state" (more common at both ends of the old beads). As shown in the figure below, the second column is on the right. When we carefully observe it with a high-power magnifying glass under suitable illumination, we can see that the dark part of it is not dyed, but the surface layer is weathered to form a very delicate molecular polymer network.

The loveliest thing about old beeswax beads is that they often aggregate all kinds of weathered patterns, which make people puzzled, and are not simulated by any artificial means.

Cracks in ceramic glaze

Recently, there are more people who are obsessed with old honey, so it is necessary to talk about old honey.

What is novel here is that opening a film is one of the criteria to test whether it is old or not, not all the only conditions. Now some friends who like old honey have stopped buying them recently.

In general, naturally formed lobes are somewhat similar to beads. Under the influence of external environmental temperature, they expand with heat and contract with cold, and then form cracks on the surface, which will last forever. These cracks will heal naturally. Therefore, when a real pearl is opened, it is often impossible to touch the crack, and the crack is hidden inside.

Generally speaking, fully transparent old amber or half amber and half honey will be more obvious. But it is completely opaque, and it has not been played for a long time, and it may be seen by the naked eye. But if you play it often, sometimes you can't see the title with the naked eye.

So not opening the film doesn't mean it's not an old bead. Now the understanding of the title sometimes makes people laugh and cry, and there are some misunderstandings.

To put it bluntly, the title is actually the weathering damage caused by the sudden change of external temperature due to long time, sun and rain, or beads buried underground or improper preservation.

And this little damage has now become everyone's favorite;

On the contrary, it is well preserved, or it seems that the owner likes it. The old beads as shown below are too bright to be seen by the naked eye. On the contrary, most people feel that it is not as good as some old pearls. I don't know if I should say that nature plays tricks on people.

colour

In addition, let's talk about color. Many people ask whether the older the color, the longer it means.

Generally speaking, when shopping, this is a standard, and people usually like to choose strong colors as their first choice.

It seems that the stronger the color, the longer and older the old honey seems to be.

But generally speaking, the depth of color is only one of the visual standards to test whether the old honey is "old" enough, not all, nor is it accurate. Due to the different composition, preservation environment, environmental temperature and humidity, oxidation degree, owner's playing degree and so on, various factors will lead to different changes in the color or skin of the old beads.

For example, the color containing white honey will be lighter than usual, even if it is old enough.

Moreover, if the beads are exposed to the external environment, the degree of oxidation is large and the color will darken.