[Jewelry making - Article 00117] - Re: [Orchid] An Open Letter From a Diamond Setter

[Daniel Spirer]

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Raffi,

    Personally I'm a little befuddled by your posting on Orchid. First of
    all, no one on this list has besmirched your name (or at least,
    they've never done it on the list). For that matter I'm not even
    sure anyone on this list has a clue as to who you are (but I honestly
    can't speak for anyone else....maybe everyone but me knows who you
    are). Secondly, what is it you expect the people on the forum to do
    for you? This is not a court. It is not an ethics organization. It
    has no power to do anything other than act as a conduit for
    information. Thirdly, personally I am always wary of someone who
    claims to have been persecuted by everyone around him (especially
    someone who admits to some vague "mistakes" made in the past--I
    mean, what were the mistakes? Did you break a bunch of D Flawless 5
    ct stones? Did you steal someone's diamond? Or did you just do a
    lousy job on some pieces?). Fourth, (and this goes back to the
    question of why you posted this on Orchid to begin with), who are the
    "big mouths" you want to challenge to a jewelry duel? (I have a
    vision in my head of two diamond setters squaring off on the open
    plains at high noon with their burnishers in their aprons, ready to
    draw a bead on each other {pun intended}, as soon as one of them
    reaches for his apron pocket.) Are they members of Orchid? Because if
    they aren't, what good is challenging your perceived enemies to a
    duel on this list if they aren't even on the list? 

Daniel R. Spirer, G.G.
Daniel R. Spirer Jewelers, LLC
1780 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02140
617-234-4392
daniel AT spirerjewelers.com
www.spirerjewelers.com

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