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P: 3/3/2009 2:05:36 PM
gordon96 Rough Rock Total Posts: 24 Last Post: 6/1/2009 Member Since: 1/16/2009	hi, i have been busy studying this great website, but cannot settle on which setting to get my gf for a surprise engagement. She is quite petite, and will require a size 5.5 ring. the diamond i intend to buy will be round around 1ct in weight. I want to get her the perfect ring as a complete surprise (i have a great proposal idea which i will maybe share at some point!) but i'm quite nervous about which setting to go with. I don't want to ask her, cos that will give the game away. Has anyone got any recommendations? I know there are 1000s of different settings but something to point me in the direction would be great. I am thinking it should be a solitaire setting and in platinum. One that i have seen is here but i dont know if it will be too chunky for her finger. http://www.jamesallen.com/engagement-rings/classic-solitaire-settings/ring/item_57-2797.asp all help greatly appreciated!!
Posted: 3/3/2009 2:05:36 PM

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P: 3/3/2009 2:15:36 PM
JulieN Ideal Rock Total Posts: 7,141 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 7/25/2005	I don't like the little sides. The Vatche Royal X Prong is sort of similar, and not as chunky as the regular X Prong.
Posted: 3/3/2009 2:15:36 PM

P: 3/3/2009 2:23:11 PM
grapegravity Cut Rock Total Posts: 450 Last Post: 10/15/2009 Member Since: 11/25/2003	I recommend this setting... It will suit a size 5.5 perfectly and it will look stunning! Mark Morrell Sunburst size 5.5 Mark Morrell Got rock?
Posted: 3/3/2009 2:23:11 PM

P: 3/3/2009 2:25:01 PM
atroop711 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,225 Last Post: 9/19/2009 Member Since: 8/31/2005	How about something like this? http://www.whiteflash.com/Engagement-Rings/Styles/Solitaire/-Legato--Sleek-Line-Diamond-Solitaire_1118.htm# http://www.whiteflash.com/Engagement-Rings/Styles/Solitaire/Comfort-Fit--Surprise--Diamond-Ring_765.htm# http://www.whiteflash.com/Engagement-Rings/Styles/Solitaire/-W-Prong--Diamond-Solitaire-by-WF_741.htm#
Posted: 3/3/2009 2:25:01 PM

P: 3/3/2009 2:27:17 PM
mercoledi Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,667 Last Post: 10/5/2009 Member Since: 6/20/2006	I also dislike that JA setting. If you're looking for ideas, try browsing this thread full of solitaire pictures. If your budget will allow, the Mark Morrell rings are amazing.
Posted: 3/3/2009 2:27:17 PM

P: 3/3/2009 2:29:45 PM
gordon96 Rough Rock Total Posts: 24 Last Post: 6/1/2009 Member Since: 1/16/2009	not got the rock yet....that's the next (nervous) step! I guess i'm thinking choosing the diamond will be easier!?! the MM is stunning....
Posted: 3/3/2009 2:29:45 PM

P: 3/3/2009 2:29:59 PM
kcoursolle Ideal Rock Total Posts: 10,344 Last Post: 10/14/2009 Member Since: 1/21/2006	On a petite finger I would go for a design that has a bit more flow (unless she loves contemporary). Here are a couple of designs that I love that knox can make in platinum if desired: http://www.knoxjewelers.biz/index.htm?crn=261&rn=1527&action=show_detail http://www.knoxjewelers.biz/index.htm?crn=261&rn=1146&action=show_detail
Posted: 3/3/2009 2:29:59 PM

P: 3/3/2009 2:39:12 PM
tyty333 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,372 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 12/17/2008	I have to agree that that ring is not one of my favorites...but I do like almost all the others that were recommended here! Mark Morrell makes beautiful settings and I love that first Knoxville setting ...oh and the Whiteflash W prong is nice too... ~~~Thanks to PS, my wants far exceed my budget!~~~
Posted: 3/3/2009 2:39:12 PM

P: 3/3/2009 5:03:36 PM
Brown.Eyed.Girl Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,731 Last Post: 11/19/2009 Member Since: 6/4/2008	I'm not a fan of the JA either. If you want a cross-prong like that, I second the Vatche X-prong suggestion - I think it just flows better. You might want to consider something with a thinner shank though, since her finger's small. Also second the Mark Morrell suggestions - the Sunburst is very pretty and classic. The Flame and Torchiere are more unique and incredibly beautiful. Or you could take a look at the Whiteflash rings - the Fine Line is a great, classic option. **********************
Posted: 3/3/2009 5:03:36 PM

P: 3/3/2009 6:03:46 PM
gordon96 Rough Rock Total Posts: 24 Last Post: 6/1/2009 Member Since: 1/16/2009	do whiteflash do a similar style to the MM sunburst? The sunburst is beautiful, and will look amazing on her finger.....
Posted: 3/3/2009 6:03:46 PM

P: 3/4/2009 7:42:41 AM
Lorelei Ideal Rock Total Posts: 34,197 Last Post: 11/21/2009 Member Since: 4/30/2005	Another vote for MM! Nothing is more sacred as the bond between horse and rider...no other creature can ever become so emotionally close to a human as a horse. When a horse dies, the memory lives on because an enormous part of his owner's heart, soul, very existence dies also...but that can never be laid to rest, it is not meant to be... - Stephanie M Thorn
Posted: 3/4/2009 7:42:41 AM

P: 3/6/2009 1:30:30 AM
Brown.Eyed.Girl Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,731 Last Post: 11/19/2009 Member Since: 6/4/2008	Date: 3/3/2009 6:03:46 PM Author: gordon96 do whiteflash do a similar style to the MM sunburst? The sunburst is beautiful, and will look amazing on her finger..... They have six prong settings, including one that looks very similar to the classic Tiffany. The Sunburst is a unique setting to MM though so I think the answer is no. Go with the Sunburst! **********************
Posted: 3/6/2009 1:30:30 AM

P: 3/6/2009 1:49:42 AM
VRBeauty Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,596 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 4/3/2006	I love the prongs on that sunburst! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ VRBeauty Thursday is the new Friday.
Posted: 3/6/2009 1:49:42 AM

P: 3/6/2009 7:54:47 AM
UNCBlake Rough Rock Total Posts: 2 Last Post: 3/12/2009 Member Since: 3/6/2009	Another vote for the Mark Morrell settings!! I have the same size finger... and my (soon-to-be-official) fiance and I went with a 1 carat diamond / classic torchiere setting. Good luck deciding!
Posted: 3/6/2009 7:54:47 AM

P: 3/6/2009 8:20:59 AM
geckodani Ideal Rock Total Posts: 7,174 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 6/25/2008	It really depends on your budget. If you can swing a Mark Morrell, I would do it hands down - they are GORGEOUS. If not, I second/third/infinity reccomend the Vatche X Prong as well. It's elegant and flows well, and would work on petite hands! Run turkey, RUN! (Little man in the avatar is my nephew.)
Posted: 3/6/2009 8:20:59 AM

P: 3/7/2009 8:59:16 AM
gordon96 Rough Rock Total Posts: 24 Last Post: 6/1/2009 Member Since: 1/16/2009	my total budget is around $7000. i think i'm looking at ~2000 for the setting leaving 5000 for the rock...... so any help / recommendations on the rock would be great! I am hoping for as close to 1ct as possible. do you think i would be as well sacrificing the MM settings for a cheaper option in order to go for the bigger and better quality diamond!! ( sooooo many different things to consider!)
Posted: 3/7/2009 8:59:16 AM

P: 3/7/2009 9:48:53 AM
Ellen Ideal Rock Total Posts: 22,894 Last Post: 11/6/2009 Member Since: 1/13/2006	Date: 3/7/2009 8:59:16 AM Author: gordon96 my total budget is around $7000. i think i'm looking at ~2000 for the setting leaving 5000 for the rock...... so any help / recommendations on the rock would be great! I am hoping for as close to 1ct as possible. do you think i would be as well sacrificing the MM settings for a cheaper option in order to go for the bigger and better quality diamond!! ( sooooo many different things to consider!) Ok, going by this pricing guide, a Sunburst would run roughly 1800.00. So you could get something like this to go with. You would get a 5% PS discount off the listed price. http://www.whiteflash.com/hearts_arrows/Whiteflash-ACA-cut-diamond-1848209.htm That would make a fabulous ring! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "It is also important for the State to inculcate in its subjects an aversion to any 'conspiracy theory of history' for a search for 'conspiracies' means a search for motives and an attribution of responsibility for historical misdeeds." -Murray N. Rothbard, in The Anatomy of the State John Swinton [1829-1901] Chief Editorial Writer of the New York Times (Considered "the Dean of his Profession" by his peers), when asked to toast an 'Independent Press' in a gathering at the National Press Club, circa 1880 "There is no such thing in America as an independent press unless it is in the country towns. You know it, and I know it. There is not one of you who dare express an honest opinion. If you express it you know beforehand that it would never appear in print. I am paid... for keeping my honest opinions out of the paper I am connected with. Others of you are paid similar salaries for doing similar things.... The business of the New York journalist is to distort the truth, to lie outright, to pervert, to vilify, to fawn at the feet of Mammon, and sell his country and race for his daily bread, or for what is about the same thing, his salary. You know this, and I know it and what foolery to be toasting an 'independent press.' We are tools, and the vassals of rich men behind the scenes. We are jumping-jacks. They pull the strings and we dance. Our time, our talents, our lives, our possibilities, all are the property of other men. We are intellectual prostitutes."
Posted: 3/7/2009 9:48:53 AM

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