I bought to himself to tinker this wooden beads necklaces dauraus, and I must say it worked wonderfully! To what extent the wooden beads are durable, I can not judge because I have only been about a week, but they make a strong impression, it seems to me to be no cheap material. And they just look great, the colors and patterns are simply gorgeous. 2 small criticisms there but: 1. The holes are sometimes a bit dirty, with some beads are still hanging wood residues in the openings, which can be easily removed but, for example, with the tip of a dart or a needle. 2. I have the goods ordered for the second time, at the second delivery were partially different pattern than shown here, quite similar, but you have already noticed and one of the varieties was slightly larger than in the first delivery. Aja, one more note: You should not use cords that are thicker than 1 to 1.5 mm, I personally have a waxed cord with 1 mm thickness used so went threading quite well. But despite these two things a great product will buy the wood beads definitely be back!