[Jewelry making - Article 00176] - Re: [Orchid] Diamond cuts technicals

[Helen Hill]

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    I'm thinking if princess cut diamonds are so dodgy set in Tiffany
    four claw settings, then why are jewellers selling them that way?
    Customers looking for engagement rings usually choose from what's
    available in jewellers' windows (unless it's a custom piece of
    course) so why not design safe settings? 

    I've probably got the wrong end of the stick again haven't I?! Is
    the original poster talking of taking in a repair on a ring made by
    another jeweller who perhaps is just after quick bucks and repeat
    business when the stone falls out or breaks? If that's the case has
    the customer been offered a different setting for their diamond in
    the interests of saving money in the long run? It sounds as though
    all the reputable high end jewellers on Orchid have a lot of repair
    business from the quantity over quality type jewellers out there.
    That must be frustrating sometimes when you may prefer to be making
    beautiful high end and custom pieces rather than picking up the
    pieces of people's jewellery purchases that have gone wrong. 

    Mind you, before joining Orchid, I too was completely ignorant
    regarding your run-of-the-mill high street jewellers with regards to
    mass-production. I knew about diamonds and was well-read concerning
    the four C's but thought that jewellery is a luxury item and as such
    all jewellers were selling high quality goods (as long as the
    diamonds were OK). Now I'm a little more educated, I have a bit of a
    giggle when looking in the chain-store jewellers' windows and just
    wouldn't shop there anymore. Hopefully at some stage in the not too
    distant future I'll be able to make my own high end gold jewellery -
    that's if I can ever afford the price of gold! Maybe I should try
    selling some of my silver jewellery first? 

    Helen (not able to crack open the JD as I've already finished it -
    good job really as the diet's started - Grrr! But enjoying my lovely
    princess cut diamond ring from hubby for Christmas which is of course
    calorie-free!) Preston, UK
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