Made by hand, in Jaipur

The people who make your jewelry.

India has been the quiet workshop of the global jewelry industry for centuries. Most brands won’t tell you that. They prefer the word "Italy" on a label and the markup that comes with it.

We prefer the truth. Every piece of Mettle jewelry is hand-finished by a cooperative of fifteen master silversmiths in Jaipur, India — a family workshop run by third-generation craftspeople.

What "cooperative" means here

• Fair wages, audited annually. The workshop pays at least 2× the regional median manufacturing wage, with a formal wage floor agreed with the team.
• Profit sharing. Five percent of every order on Mettle is paid directly into a cooperative fund — split between the smiths as a quarterly bonus and a long-term education trust for their families.
• No child labor, no exception. Independently verified by an external auditor each year.
• Clean air, daylight, benches that fit. Small things. Most workshops in the region still don’t have them.

Why this matters

A single artisan can spend four hours finishing a heavy Cuban link chain by hand. In most supply chains that labor is a rounding error on the retail price. At Mettle it’s a line item you can see — in the price breakdown on every product page, and in the check that goes to Jaipur every quarter.

A running tally

We are a new company. The numbers here are small, on purpose — we’d rather publish real figures than impressive ones.

• Orders since launch: — (will fill in after launch)
• Paid to the cooperative: — (updated quarterly)
• Pieces made: —

As the tally grows, so do the lives changed. That’s the only scoreboard we care about.