Landstrom's Black Hills Gold - Clink & Clunk Test

Landstrom's Original Black Hills Gold Creatrions

Offers FREE factory tours.

Come see and feel the difference!

Landstrom's is the oldest Black Hills Gold manufacturing company and is the only true heir to the original Black Hills Gold designs, tools, and manufacturing methods made over 100 years ago. They celebrated 130 years in the business last spring.

The distinctive grape and leaf design in three colors of gold make Black Hills Gold a unique American art form. In an age of robotic manufacturing, each piece of Landstrom's Black Hills Gold continues to be handcrafted by highly skilled and talented artisans.

See the original Black Hills Gold manufacturing process up-close and watch the intricate details that go into each piece of Landstrom's Black Hills Gold.

Landstrom's factory tours are available Monday through Friday at 10:00 AM and at 1:00 PM.
Tours last approximately half an hour to 45 minutes.
Landstrom's factory is handicap accessible and has ample parking space.
Ladstrom's is located at 405 Canal Street in Rapid City, South Dakota.
From Interstate 90 take Exit 57. At the first stop light turn right and travel three blocks to Canal Street.
Landstrom's phone number is 800-343-0157.

The Clink & Clunk Test After The Tour
What We Have Learned

Landstom's demonstrates the high quality of their jewelry with a clink & clunk test. Inside of their retail store there is a case with Black Hills Gold rings, lined up from left to right made by the main Black Hills Gold jewelry manufacturers: Landstrom's, Stampers, South Dakota Gold Company, Rushmore Gold and Black Hills Gold Jewelry By Coleman.

All of the jewelry seems very similar until you see the products up close where the true quality of each piece shows. The other brands of Black Hills Gold do not have the same high detailing as Landstrom's.

Landstrom's ring was obviously far heavier than the other brands. There didn't seem to be as much gold in the rings manufactured by the other companies. You could feel the difference when holding the Landstrom's ring and you could see it (thickness). Each ring was tagged with a card indicating the gold weight, measured in pennyweight (1 pennyweight = 1/20th of a troy ounce).

Landstroms -- 4.32, Stampers -- 2.60, South Dakota Gold Co. -- 2.90, Rushmore Gold -- 2.75, Black Hills Gold Jewelry By Coleman -- 2.31

The Landstrom’s ring contained more than 48% more gold than the next heaviest piece. The Landstrom's ring was priced higher than the others but the price by gold weight is less.

Finally, the clink & clunk test. This is where you drop each ring onto the counter. It was easy to here the solid clunk of the Landstrom's ring when it hit the counter. The other brands clinked, dinged and pinged when they hit the counter. They even bounced and flipped around a bit because they were not made as solid.

It's obvious to us why so many of our customers prefer and ask for Landstrom's products.

We hope you will stop by the Landstrom's factory to take the tour and see what you think when you do the clink and clunk test. We are sure you will be impressed.