Japanese Tiger Eye Bracelet

One black bead engraved with gold characters sits at the front of this bracelet, set among a full round of matching beads. In the Amber version those beads are tiger eye, glowing from honey yellow to deep brown; in the Wood version they are wooden beads with a fine dark grain that swirls around each sphere.

Two looks around one engraved bead

The inscribed bead is the detail that sets this design apart, its gold script bright against the black, in the manner of the engraved beads on Buddhist prayer bracelets. The Amber version has the shifting shimmer that gives tiger eye its name, and in crystal lore the stone is associated with confidence. The Wood version is warmer and more matte, with grain lines that differ from bead to bead. Our guide to the best hand to wear a tiger eye bracelet covers the customs around wearing one, and other designs fill our tiger eye bracelet collection.

Materials and colors

Two colors are offered: Amber, strung with polished tiger eye beads, and Wood, strung with wooden beads. Both have the same engraved black bead and are strung as a single loop with no clasp.