Gar pike necklace. Made from sterling silver with an antiqued finish, set with a gemstone eye. Alligator gar. Ideal fisherman’s angling gift © Adrian Ashley

Designed and hand-finished in the United Kingdom. Sterling silver gar pendant, that would make the ideal gift for a fisherman or woman. This piece of jewellery is set with an ethical, laboratory grown sapphire and is supplied with either a 20" solid silver chain or a waxed cord to wear it on.

There are seven species of gar (also called garfish or garpike), from the modestly sized spotted gar to the truly enormous alligator gar. The largest ever officially recorded was 8 ft 5 1⁄4 in (2.572 m) long, weighed 327 lb (148 kg).

All gars are voracious and efficient predators, catching their prey with long jaws and needle-like teeth. They probably get their name from the Anglo-Saxon word for spear; due to their hard, diamond-shaped scales.

Looking at a gar is a bit like looking into the distant past. Largely unchanged over the past 100 million years, they are often called living fossils. Today gars are primarily found in North America, but their range used to be much more extensive, with fossils being found in Europe, Africa, South Asia, and South America.
Wearing a piece of Argent Aqua fine jewellery identifies you as someone who loves the ocean or the great outdoors. All of my silver jewellery is made from solid Sterling Silver (silver with a purity of at least 92.5%). It does not contain any nickel, lead or other harmful materials. 

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