My husband makes better plain pasta than I do, believe it or not - LOL!!Date: 5/17/2009 11:59:35 AM
Author: PrecisionGem
This is kind an interesting thread. I would say that all the cutters here in the US that are mentioned on this forum are very component cutters. Many of the cuts, rounds, supernova, asscher etc are published cuts so everyone cutting these is cutting the same design. It''s kind of like saying ''who makes better plain pasta?''. You boil the water in put in the noodles. The only difference then becomes what brand noodle are you using. The same thing with cutting these popular published designs. Everyone is going to cut them very exacting, with precise meets, and a fine polish. The question is what is being cut.
I think each cutter kind of has his niche, and this is either a function of what they found sells well for them, or what they enjoy cutting, and why they cut. If the soul goal was to make the most money per hour, then all you would do would be to cut rounds. A round is the simplest and fastest stone to cut. Especially one with a reduced number of facets from the SRB, or diamond cut. I can cut a SRB (standard round brilliant) in an hour, some of the more complex cuts or fancy cuts can take 5 or more hours. There is nothing difficult about an Asscher cut, but it takes longer than a round since you need to go up and down the pavilion at least 2 times to get the steps to work out and fit the stone.
I know some guys who cut for the pure pleasure of it, and what they like is getting the facets to meet absolutely perfectly under a microscope. These guys will spend several weeks cutting one stone, and often it''s a lab created stones, that when they are done is really worth about $20. So they may have 40 or 80 hours into a stone, that is almost worthless, but this is what they like to do.
Gene - Can I trade good homemade pasta sauce for your gemstones? I will take that any day.Date: 5/17/2009 1:58:33 PM
Author: PrecisionGem
The question is, who makes the best sauce? I''ll trade gemstones for good homemade Italian sauce.
Seriously - I make a killer Arrabiata sauce!Date: 5/17/2009 2:07:53 PM
Author: CharmyPoo
Gene - Can I trade good homemade pasta sauce for your gemstones? I will take that any day.Date: 5/17/2009 1:58:33 PM
Author: PrecisionGem
The question is, who makes the best sauce? I''ll trade gemstones for good homemade Italian sauce.
Oh I have a very good sauce that uses sausage. Can I interest you in some Italina sauce? Gemstones accepted.Date: 5/17/2009 1:58:33 PM
Author: PrecisionGem
The question is, who makes the best sauce? I''ll trade gemstones for good homemade Italian sauce.
Date: 5/17/2009 3:05:05 PM
Author: Stone Hunter
Date: 5/17/2009 1:58:33 PM
Author: PrecisionGem
The question is, who makes the best sauce? I''ll trade gemstones for good homemade Italian sauce.
Oh I have a very good sauce that uses sausage. Can I interest you in some Italina sauce? Gemstones accepted.