[Jewelry making - Article 00633] - Re: [Orchid] Setting bullet shaped stones

[Daniel Spirer]

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    Peter, I have spent some time rethinking my position on gluing stones
    and decided that , in truth, disclosure is the issue that comes up
    here.  Because of the strength of the new glues and bonding materials
    I look forward to  a future of pulling back a prong or a bezel in
    order to perform repair work and having a piece of that fragile stone
    peel off with the bezel or prong.  This means that using glue in the
    piece carries some future risk that the customer needs to be informed
    of at the time of purchase.  Just as it is critical that today we
    disclose gemstone treatments to the consumer, it is also critical that
    something like bonding a fragile stone to a metal setting should be
    disclosed so that the piece may be properly handled in the future. I
    think disclosure is truly also  the issue in the related trimming the
    stone thread. If the customers are always properly informed of all
    treatments or actions (ie trimming a stone) anything is possible. 
    The problem, however is that most jewelers are still not disclosing
    anything to the customer.  And that makes us all look bad. 

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