Repair or replace broken snake chain?

[drbob]

Hello,

My sister has a vintage 1960s purse my mother gave her. The strap is a
3mm diameter (gold effect) metal snake chain. Recently the chain broke.
Does anyone here know of a good place to source a replacement snake chain?

I've done a couple of google searches and all it came up with was places
to buy much shorter (expensive!) real gold or sterling silver chains.

Alternatively I'd attempt to repair the chain if it is possible. The
only viable way looks to be crimping something over the broken link,
again I've been unable to find anything suitable for this.

Thanks in advance for any help or advice.

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drbob

[Marilee J. Layman]

Try using "goldtone" or "gold tone" in your googling.
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Marilee J. Layman
http://mjlayman.livejournal.com/