Gothic Flame Blade Dragon Hook Pendant — .925 Sterling Silver
SKU: 2052
Sculpted flames compose the dragon’s mane, and the recesses between them are oxidized almost black. The silver therefore registers as two tones without a second metal. This gothic flame blade dragon hook pendant is a complete Eastern dragon — head at the top, horns swept back, jaw open. From there the segmented body spirals downward into a closed hook. Two tapered claws emerge from that curve and terminate in points. Solid .925 sterling silver: 21 grams, 1¼” × 1¾”, and ⅜” deep front to back.
Wear This If
If you want a dragon pendant with no stones — Everything here is a single, continuous metal, and the contrast originates in the finish: polished ridges against blackened recesses. That combination keeps the mane and the vertebrae legible under dim lighting. Nothing is bezel-set, nothing is glued, nothing can work loose.
If you judge a pendant by its back — Turn it over and the sculpting continues: the spine segments remain rounded and the mane carving wraps around the edge. The bail is a plain oval loop, soldered behind the head. It’s modeled in the round, so there’s no flat, unfinished plate on the reverse.
If you want presence without a long drop — At 1¾” tall, this is one of the shorter dragon pendants we carry. Its presence originates in depth instead. A ⅜” thickness front to back concentrates 21 grams into an outline barely wider than an inch.
The Honest Take
The darkening isn’t tarnish. It’s an antique finish, applied deliberately. That contrast renders the carving legible — polished ridges on top, near-black in the hollows between the mane flames and down the vertebrae. Under a lamp the two surfaces behave differently: the ridges flash, the recesses stay matte.
Depth is what you notice wearing it. At ⅜” the pendant stands proud of a shirt instead of lying flat against it. The bail sits behind the dragon’s mane, not at the top center. The outline is asymmetric: one long claw sweeps outward on one side, a shorter one opposite.
Heads up: Both claw tips come to a genuine point — they aren’t rounded off, and a loose knit or a scarf will find them. Over a shirt or a tee it’s a non-issue; with chunky knitwear, keep the pendant outside the sweater rather than underneath it.
Next to the red-eyed version of this design, this one is considerably quieter. No stone captures your attention first, so you end up examining the carving — which is where the work went.
The Specs — And What They Actually Mean
Before You Buy
Q: Is the dark color a finish or is the silver tarnished?
It’s an applied antique finish, not tarnish. The recesses between the mane flames and along the segmented body are darkened deliberately, while the raised ridges remain polished. Cleaning the bright areas with a polishing cloth is fine, but scrubbing the dark hollows will diminish the contrast.
Q: How thick is this pendant front to back?
About ⅜ of an inch, roughly 10mm. That depth is where the 21 grams originates, because the outline is only 1¼” × 1¾”. The pendant therefore stands proud of a shirt instead of lying flat. Its sculpting continues around the back rather than terminating in a flat plate.
Q: Where is the bail, and does the pendant hang square?
The bail is a plain oval loop soldered to the back, behind the dragon’s mane rather than at the top center. The outline is asymmetric — one long claw on one side, a shorter one opposite. The pendant therefore doesn’t sit perfectly square on a chain, and that tilt is part of the design.
Q: Why is the dragon coiled instead of stretched out?
Eastern dragons are depicted as long, wingless serpents, usually shown coiling or undulating rather than posed with spread wings like European heraldic dragons. This one follows that convention: the body spirals from the head downward into a closed hook, with flame-shaped fins along the outside of the curve.
At a Glance
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