[Jewelry making - Article 01176] - Re: [Orchid] How to Tighten Princess Cut Diamonds?

[Noel Yovovich]

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>>    My question: How do you tighten a single princess-cut diamond in a
>>    basic tiffany mounting? 

>     You don't. I'm very serious about this. Only an amateur, or a hack
>     taking a shortcut or going cheap, would set a princess cut in that
>     kind of setting 

    I'm curious about this. My interest is largely academic, as I don't
    create or work with Tiffany settings, but I do occasionally use
    princess-cut stones. 

    I took stone-setting with Blaine Lewis at the New Approach School.
    One of the settings we did was a princess cut in a four-prong
    setting. We cut a spherical opening in each prong to keep pressure
    off the points, as well as cutting grooves with a graver where the
    facet junctions would sit. Blaine demonstrated the strength of this
    setting by pulling two opposite prongs loose, throwing the ring on
    the floor and stomping it flat, then showing that the stone was
    still held solidly in the two remaining prongs 

    The ring that we used to practice this type of setting was the exact
    same four-prong setting we used for a round stone. Are you
    master-jewelers saying this is dead wrong? 

    I recently created a piece in which I used two Tru-Seat princess
    settings. I really did not like the look of the little "fish tail"
    bits that folded over the top of the stone, though it was very easy
    to set the stones in these settings. I much prefer the "ball" look
    of the setting I did at New Approach. 

    So-- what type of setting are you saying should be used? 

Thanks,
Noel
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