lovemybling|1453754754|3981328 said:What does her current setting look like? If she is worried about loosing some of the spread could she halo the stone?
kemurphy|1453755236|3981334 said:lovemybling|1453754754|3981328 said:What does her current setting look like? If she is worried about loosing some of the spread could she halo the stone?
That is a great question! We just heard back that it would not be possible to put it back in the old setting if we recut it... which does make her a bit sad. They have offered to remake a setting that looks the same and use her side diamonds. Or we can use this opportunity for her to design a new setting. I'll talk with her as soon as she gets back from lunch.
This is what her setting looks like .
kemurphy|1453755236|3981334 said:lovemybling|1453754754|3981328 said:What does her current setting look like? If she is worried about loosing some of the spread could she halo the stone?
That is a great question! We just heard back that it would not be possible to put it back in the old setting if we recut it... which does make her a bit sad. They have offered to remake a setting that looks the same and use her side diamonds. Or we can use this opportunity for her to design a new setting. I'll talk with her as soon as she gets back from lunch.
This is what her setting looks like .
I second this opinion. That is, if this were my Diamond, I would NOT have it recut.flyingpig|1453752221|3981313 said:I would not recut.
It looks like alot of "shaving" is to be done on the table to give a steeper crown angle. That's too much carat weight and spread loss. The diamond has some leakage under the table, and there are some less bright areas around the edge. Nonetheless, the diamond still gives very good bright light return with amazing spread. That's just how it behaves.
That is a beautiful ring setting. I would put a color stone or another top cut Diamond of same size in the setting or sell the setting.kemurphy|1453755236|3981334 said:That is a great question! We just heard back that it would not be possible to put it back in the old setting if we recut it... which does make her a bit sad. They have offered to remake a setting that looks the same and use her side diamonds. Or we can use this opportunity for her to design a new setting. I'll talk with her as soon as she gets back from lunch.
This is what her setting looks like .
What is a little concerning here is a big loss in diameter after recut. Usually yield for round diamond recut is more than 90%, but for that diamond it is about 79%. The minimal diameter before is 7.9 mm and just 7.5 mm after.kemurphy|1453743625|3981203 said:My mom has a beautiful wedding ring that while she has always loved, she has always felt that it didn't sparkle as much as other peoples diamonds. I knew it wasn't a great cut.... but I didn't know just how bad it was! Due to having hand surgery she has been unable to wear it for the past few weeks so I thought it would be a great opportunity to get it recut.
We just got the analysis back from BGD and sure enough, its a bad cut but it will loose a lot of weight if we were to go ahead and get it done. It has a starting weight 1.926 ct and projected finished weight of 1.519 ct. It currently has a diameter of 7.9-8.12 and I think it will go down to 7.5
I would love to hear peoples opinions on what we should do! It's hard for me to decide as it's my moms ring!
LLJsmom|1453782984|3981565 said:I would recut. I would be upset to look at a BIG ugly stone. It's almost worse that it's big. I wouldn't even wear it if it was not sparkly. That is me though. Good luck to your mom!