Forget the rope is a vinyl piece of junk. The actual Phoenix Bird has spot that are almost black on the tail. The edges are rather sharp and much more pointy than it may look in the picture. I have bought many other pieces of jewelry on Amazon from KONOV and have been very pleased with their China Quality they just take a little longer to arrive via post mail. They also normally throw in so extra necklace. It could be a cheap nothing but their cheap nothing METAL chain is what I immediately went too to replace this companies awful vinyl rope thingy. I'd rather them send it without the rope! In summation, not so ugly and scarred that I won't wear, but definitely "what you see is not what you get"!