i've been checking out black coat curved barbells, black acrylic barbells, as well as ones with just black balls, and i was wondering what size the balls are for these two products in 16g 5/16":

http://www.bodyartforms.com/productdetails.asp?ProductID=1116

http://www.bodyartforms.com/productdetails.asp?ProductID=2346

i'm also curious if the balls in the following link are actually 3mm for the 16g 5/16" black. i've had acrylic ends be off in the past and i'd like to be sure:

http://www.bodyartforms.com/productdetails.asp?ProductID=342

also, if it isn't too much trouble, can you take a photo of the black coat curved barbell beside the black flexible curved barbell in the size and length described above?

thank you in advance. :)

this is never too much trouble... i love this stuff!

the black-coat 16g 5/16th the balls are 2.99mm the flexible has 3.09mm balls and the curved with acrylic the balls are 3.18mm

here is the black-coat on the left and the flexible on the right. if you need pictures from a specific angle let me know, ok?

thanks a lot. i was really iffy about just going ahead and buying stuff to try because i don't wear any ball sizes larger than 3mm with facial piercings, and seeing it is often harder to come by i didn't want to end up with stuff i would never use. plus i'm really liking the look of all black jewellery and with new piercings i've got to get some more for later on! the photo does justice though. i'll be settling with black coat barbells for multiple reasons in the near future.

i have also been curious if you guys have any 3mm extrernally threaded black balls for 14g jewellery, be it acrylic or black coat. i haven't come across anything here so far (nothing mentioned or listed at least), and i've been purchasing from another site that is unfortunately quite pricey and a bit of a hassle to purchase from.

 i don't think we have any 3mm black-coat balls. we may have 3mm black acrylic, but i will have to measure them since i have a feeling they are 4mm.

i really love my black-coat CBRs for my lip piercings... i have worn them for at least a month straight and they didn't fade or irritate my piercings (i'm fairly sensitive...)

i've been growing more and more attached to the look of black coat myself. i haven't had any issues as of yet with fading or chipping, but anytime i am wearing them for a while something happens that makes me swap back out to my surgical steel stuff, the first incident one of my internally threaded labrets became stripped, and then i had a new bridge piercing but no black coat jewellery for it once it healed, then i gave up that piercing but now i've got two new vertical lip piercings that will eventually need black coat jewellery, and now with those piercings as well i'll have to either get new black coat labrets completely, or get some new balls, because CBRs really don't look good in either plain old silver or black with the verticals. it has been quite a jewellery journey haha. to be expected when you've got multiple facial piercing though, i suppose. i'm glad i'm not incredibly sensitive (some piercings are, like my conch punches and my nostrils to name a few, but my lips are pretty tough). i can get away with just economy surgical steel usually, but i'm a big fan of glass jewellery both for aesthetics and for healing.

the black coat balls are available in 4, 5, and 6mm. the uv black threaded balls start at 4mm.