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These have worked well for bracelets and dog callors. Leaves a little room for adjustment. They seem strong and so far all the dog callors I have made customers like them and can fasten license and ID tags to the shacles.

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I have been looking for a good price on bow shackles to make my 550 bracelets. I have had no luck finding them in small lots (1-10, I'm not selling just making for personal use) for less than ~$2/ea. Not even the ugly, scratchy galvanized ones. I ran across this lot with the adjusters and was really happy to see the price. $2.20/ea for stainless shackles with adjusters is roughly half the price I've been seeing. I jumped on the deal assuming it was another "amazon undercutting price" that would go away in a couple of minutes. Seems that wasn't the case, still happy I jumped. I received my shackles in less than 48 hours from ordering them. They came packaged very nicely, all together in a resealable (think hardware store blister packaging not ziploc) baggie and good sturdy cardboard box around them, way better than needed. The free cable tie is a nice little bonus. I know it's just a silly cheap strip of Velcro with advertising on it but I kinda have of thing for them so I was happy to get it.

The bows are nice (even if austenitic ... i.e.non-magnetic) stainless steel and worth this price without the adjusters. My only "complaint" (I quote because I'm not really a complaining or concerned) is that the adjusters are not also stainless steel. There is a "seam" all the way around (bisecting the holes) in the "chrome" on them. I decided to sacrifice one (figured I could always just paint it black) and filed away one seam between two holes. The coating filed off VERY easily and reveals a "light copper" color metal underneath. It's not heavy enough to be copper or steel, but heavier than aluminum. Without getting silly on testing for no real good reason I'm going to say it's bronze of some type (copper/zinc alloy). It's smells/tastes of copper, and when compared to a freshly filed penny (to get through the 100% copper coating) it's nearly the same color. I wouldn't think it's more than 3% (U.S. Pennys are 2.5%) copper at most.

The metal is relatively soft, not nearly soft enough to deform or bend from the intended use, probably not even if you hung from them, but compared to my file extremely soft, it left some pretty good gouges. I suggest trying some higher grit sandpaper instead of a file if you decide to clean your off.

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They look great, but difficult to put on alone. It's a lot easier if you have someone to help when putting on your paracord bracelet or watch band. Doing it alone, you only have one hand.

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Very pleased with the product.....will probably order more in the future. Very fast shipping. I tried buying items like this before and found the bolt not easy to screw in or to be a bad fit. These work perfectly. Can't wait to put them to use.

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Shackles are nice looking. They are great to use as a clasp to connect a survival bracelet. Would buy again.