[Jewelry making - Article 00042] - Re: [Orchid] How to Tighten Princess Cut Diamonds?

[John Donivan]

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>     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? 

    Nah, I'd say it's your basic rant. Those straight prong settings are
    difficult to do well, and I suspect it's more like a movement to
    deter people from using them than any objective reality. If properly
    set they work just fine, though I also dislike them. They aren't
    necessarily "cheap", they have a nice clean look to them that many
    people like, especially for earrings. I wouldn't set anything over
    1/4 ct. or so in one. It's more like a V prong is the "traditional"
    setting (like princesses have been around long enough to be called
    that), and the straight prong settings are newfangled. There's
    certainly not any reason not to use them, assuming you know how to
    set them properly, and the stones can be tightened IF they weren't
    butchered to begin with, which is likely if the stone is loose. I too
    would never recommend one, as I like the v prongs for many reasons,
    but the straight prong settings are not the evil ones some would make
    you believe... 

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