[Jewelry making - Article 00344] - Re: [Orchid] Bezel setting faceted stones

[Trevor F]

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>     Windowing is a fault; there is no acceptable amount of windowing. 

Hello Kevin,

    No offense, but isn't that a matter of personal taste? The jewellery
    makers of old would be rather disappointed to hear that their stones,
    cut without the enlightenment of modern methods and technology, were
    "unacceptable". There's a lot of their work that I would be tickled
    pink to own just as they are. And I promise you that if I could
    reproduce their work I'd have a lot of customers more than willing to
    take it off my hands. 

    My point is that yeah, sure there's a "faultless" way to cut stones
    but that's a modern and, IMHO, arbitrary standard which has,
    admittedly, been widely adopted. There's no doubt that said stones
    have their qualities and that's great. If that works for you party
    on! But I have to say that the contemporary habit of speaking as if
    windowing is a violation of the 11th Commandment or something is a bit
    much. 

    Personally I'll buy stones that look good to my eyes and/or my
    customers eyes whether they are "acceptable" by modern gemology
    standards or not. I'm not selling them as "faultless" stones but the
    customers aren't paying the "faultless" prices either. 

    As ever, your mileage may vary. 

Cheers,
Trevor F.
in The City of Light

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