08/12/2026
And no, he wasnāt a goldsmith! He just knew how obsessed I was with skiing and the mountains, so naturally decided to hand forge me a ski out of solid white gold using an anvil and a hammer š¤Æš¤£
I weighed it the other day and itās 18g, and my dad joked that heās surprised I havenāt melted it down š But despite being a jeweller with very easy means of cashing inā¦ I donāt think I ever could.
Which is kind of the funny thing about jewellery. The gold has a value, but thatās not really what makes something valuable.
Itās the thought that was put into it, the fact that he made it for me, and that NOBODY ELSE IN THE WORLD has one just like it.
It can remind you of a person, a place, an adventure, or take you back to a younger version of yourself.
And now, twenty-plus years later, this ridiculously large gold ski pendant sits in my showroom while I create jewellery about mountains and the places people love.
I wonder how itāll feel looking back at all the pieces Iāve made for my mountain-loving people another 20 years from now!
