[Jewelry making - Article 00106] - Re: [Orchid] How to Tighten Princess Cut Diamonds?

[Helen Hill]

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Hi Leonid,

>     Princess cut, in my opinion, is an obscenity which has been
>     perpetrated on the public by the "industry leaders". 

    That's a shame, it happens to be my absolute favourite cut of
    diamond. I'm not alone in this view either as most of my girlfriends
    also share the same opinion. 

    For me, apart from the obvious difficulty of setting them, they are
    the prettiest of all the cuts. I was under the impression that cuts
    like the princess, marquise, pear, oval and the like were all
    modified brilliants, ie. designed to maximise the return of light -
    but as you know I'm often wrong. Obviously, I'm NOT disputing what
    you say about it allowing cutters to save material and therefore
    charge more, as that's obviously the case due to its shape being so
    close to the rough crystal - but I still think it's damn pretty. 

    Yes, even though a novice, I too have had a few nightmares setting
    princess cut stones and have broken a couple this Christmas (not
    diamonds fortunately). I'm still in the heavy handed, hammer
    weilding bezel setting stage with a view to moving onto prong setting
    soon so no doubt I'll be breaking a few more! 

    I'm watching this thread with great interest. 

Helen
UK
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