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Never say never: ideal step squares |
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| P: 9/9/2005 5:24:19 PM | |
valeria101 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 14,048 Last Post: 4/30/2006 Member Since: 8/29/2003 |
I am not endorsing this brand - the page just turned up on a random serach and the proverbial cup of cofee dropped promptly on the floor, because this is so very much 'me' I almost hoped it would not be done & branded. LINK to Ambar squares 
Ana "The greatest experts are only as good as the sum total of what they have seen." [Souren Melikian] |
| Posted: 9/9/2005 5:24:19 PM | |
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| P: 9/9/2005 5:29:23 PM | |
belle Ideal Rock Total Posts: 10,287 Last Post: 4/3/2008 Member Since: 11/19/2004 |
i didn't see any natural photos of the stones on their site, which is too bad. i would have liked to see it 'real'.
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| Posted: 9/9/2005 5:29:23 PM | |
| P: 9/9/2005 5:39:29 PM | |
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valeria101 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 14,048 Last Post: 4/30/2006 Member Since: 8/29/2003 |
Date: 9/9/2005 5:29:23 PM Author: belle i didn't see any natural photos of the stones on their site, which is too bad. i would have liked to see it 'real'. Unfortunately...  Ana "The greatest experts are only as good as the sum total of what they have seen." [Souren Melikian] |
| Posted: 9/9/2005 5:39:29 PM | |
| P: 9/9/2005 5:40:54 PM | |
jcrow Ideal Rock Total Posts: 6,485 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 8/8/2005 |
hum- is this the 3d diamond movie?? hehe.
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| Posted: 9/9/2005 5:40:54 PM | |
| P: 9/9/2005 5:55:38 PM | |
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valeria101 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 14,048 Last Post: 4/30/2006 Member Since: 8/29/2003 |
Date: 9/9/2005 5:40:54 PM Author: jcrow hum- is this the 3d diamond movie?? hehe. No... that's the sort of animation some cut design softwares yield. Besides, this one does not go all the way around anyway. Here's what a movie looks like: LINK  Ana "The greatest experts are only as good as the sum total of what they have seen." [Souren Melikian] |
| Posted: 9/9/2005 5:55:38 PM | |
| P: 9/9/2005 6:03:48 PM | |
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belle Ideal Rock Total Posts: 10,287 Last Post: 4/3/2008 Member Since: 11/19/2004 |
woooooooowwwwww! who ever said 'd' 'if' is overkill thanks ana. wow.
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| Posted: 9/9/2005 6:03:48 PM | |
| P: 9/9/2005 6:10:02 PM | |
Rascal49 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 4,350 Last Post: 7/16/2007 Member Since: 7/25/2004 |
Wow!
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| Posted: 9/9/2005 6:10:02 PM | |
| P: 9/9/2005 6:31:29 PM | |
blueroses Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,219 Last Post: 11/18/2009 Member Since: 11/15/2004 |
Wow....this is actually really helpful for me to see b/c it emphasizes--for me--how important cut corners & windmills are!! I am the biggest sucker for the asscher/EC/tycoon/you-name-the-step-cut, but you know what? This just doesn't do it for me at all! I'm not really a princess fan and that pic and IS just are too sharp and princess-y for me! I can totally appreciate its clean-ness and aesthetic beauty in the abstract, but they're just not MY cup of tea. Anyway, different strokes for different folks and as I said, seeing this is quite instructive for me just to underscore what it is that I DO like about certain step cuts! VERY COOL!!!!!
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| Posted: 9/9/2005 6:31:29 PM | |
| P: 9/9/2005 6:37:03 PM | |
decodelighted Ideal Rock Total Posts: 8,625 Last Post: 11/16/2009 Member Since: 7/27/2005 |
Blueroses, I think we were seperated at birth. I was thinking the *same* thing!
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| Posted: 9/9/2005 6:37:03 PM | |
| P: 9/9/2005 7:28:57 PM | |
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blueroses Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,219 Last Post: 11/18/2009 Member Since: 11/15/2004 |
Deco, that's too funny....in an alternate universe somewhere we're flashing our asschers and perusing pave together!!
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| Posted: 9/9/2005 7:28:57 PM | |
| P: 9/9/2005 11:01:07 PM | |
Matatora Ideal Rock Total Posts: 8,230 Last Post: 7/26/2006 Member Since: 3/6/2005 |
Date: 9/9/2005 6:37:03 PM Ditto! Author: decodelighted Blueroses, I think we were seperated at birth. I was thinking the *same* thing! -Matatora Courage is the price that life extracts for granting peace Most of the change we think we see in life is due to truths being in and out of favor. |
| Posted: 9/9/2005 11:01:07 PM | |
| P: 9/10/2005 9:52:58 AM | |
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valeria101 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 14,048 Last Post: 4/30/2006 Member Since: 8/29/2003 |
I see what you mean about the corner breaks... Actually, I have not met too many fans of the 'the fewer facets the better' club anywhere. Somehow, I remained undeterred with the impression that these simpler squares look better when small (because the facets are larger) something that asschers do not pull through very well. A bit like single cut melee versus brilliant cut (Garry mentioned once, but this is hard to show in pictures). All in all, this sort of jewels are to blame for showing me this way:  Ana "The greatest experts are only as good as the sum total of what they have seen." [Souren Melikian] |
| Posted: 9/10/2005 9:52:58 AM | |
| P: 9/10/2005 10:24:28 AM | |
widget Ideal Rock Total Posts: 4,254 Last Post: 12/20/2008 Member Since: 11/12/2004 |
Author: valeria101 Ana...I may be a new member of that club!Actually, I have not met too many fans of the 'the fewer facets the better' club anywhere.  I always thought the reason I love asschers so much is because they have MORE facets (hence more brilliance) than traditional ECs... Then I got this. This step cut (and its mate) are BLINDINGLY bright...and I'm not even sure one could have fewer facets....there are NO windmills in these puppies. widget PS: Ana...there you go once again posting one of my all-time favorite rings..  
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| Posted: 9/10/2005 10:24:28 AM | |
| P: 9/10/2005 10:35:26 AM | |
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widget Ideal Rock Total Posts: 4,254 Last Post: 12/20/2008 Member Since: 11/12/2004 |
Ana...I'm really interested in your comment that single cut melee might be brighter than full cut....is this true? If so, I wonder why they aren't used more often in modern jewelry.... widget
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| Posted: 9/10/2005 10:35:26 AM | |
| P: 9/10/2005 1:00:30 PM | |
Mara Ideal Rock Total Posts: 27,922 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 10/30/2002 |
I actually really love how this doesn't have windmills! for me the windmills in asschers are too distracting from the 10 mile deep pattern that I want to see. but I don't LOVE the stark princess corners here, I like a tiny bit more of a square round edge. But I love the pattern! Interesting anyway! ________________________________ |
| Posted: 9/10/2005 1:00:30 PM | |
| P: 9/10/2005 1:14:15 PM | |
moremoremore Ideal Rock Total Posts: 6,825 Last Post: 2/9/2009 Member Since: 3/15/2004 |
although the pointed corners totally help to make the stone look larger!  That's what I liked about the princess....I'm in. I'll take two! ______________________________ Stewart says: I'm good enough. I'm smart enough. And doggon'it, people like me. |
| Posted: 9/10/2005 1:14:15 PM | |
| P: 9/10/2005 3:10:58 PM | |
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valeria101 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 14,048 Last Post: 4/30/2006 Member Since: 8/29/2003 |
Date: 9/10/2005 10:35:26 AM Author: widget Ana...I'm really interested in your comment that single cut melee might be brighter than full cut....is this true? Well... they have larger facets so the look is different - more 'flashy' or... how do you call this? Finding single cuts done with idea proportions is akin to looking for hens' teeth. Although I must have seen a new designer's line made with them. There seems to be a small supply of modern fresnch cuts too - and that is also a bright cut with fewer facets that works great in smaller stones. In the techno speach around here, these things would probably be some sort of scintillation issue. Who knows... Garry !? These little squares are rather spready & built much like the H&A - to minimize the twists and turns of light inside the diamond and turn it into on flash from each pavilion facet. As much as I can tell, there an even narrower combination of angles gives good optics in such a simple design. I've seen the same concept done in fancy color stone cuts... I wonder if these are 'retro reflectors' - the look seems similar, but I am not sure if this is the case. The pictures of the two large rings below turned out from the dusty corners of my HD... in such large stones cut corners or no cut corners - who cares! Just a matter of taste. On an eternity band, I'd rather have them with straight corners, no gaps and lots of flash (like they've done the 'deco inspired' rings among Tiffany's now, and the 'asscher cuts' in the bands at Signedpieces... that straight corners work well in small stones is old news, really).  Ana "The greatest experts are only as good as the sum total of what they have seen." [Souren Melikian] |
| Posted: 9/10/2005 3:10:58 PM | |
| P: 9/10/2005 3:29:12 PM | |
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valeria101 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 14,048 Last Post: 4/30/2006 Member Since: 8/29/2003 |
The diamonds in the 'asscher cut' eternity bands at Signepieces have the smallest corners... And this is their largest band - the smaller ones may just not have corners cut at all. Ana "The greatest experts are only as good as the sum total of what they have seen." [Souren Melikian] |
| Posted: 9/10/2005 3:29:12 PM | |
| P: 9/10/2005 3:41:16 PM | |
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decodelighted Ideal Rock Total Posts: 8,625 Last Post: 11/16/2009 Member Since: 7/27/2005 |
Hmmmm. Now that I see these smaller size, three-stone beauties Valeria dug up ...I tend to agree that they "work" small. In fact, I'd take that 1st sapphire & sq. emerald cut ring for my right hand in a snap. On the single cut issue: though I didn't know what it was called at the time I chose it, I think single cut stones are what form a graduating ribbon of ice up to the center Asscher in my now finished but no-can-see future e-ring. Somehow the clean-ness of the icy, near-facetless diamonds formed an optical illusion that IMO helped flatter the Asscher w/o distracting from it. So, fingers crossed, you may have a modern-day, antique-repro with single cut stones to eyeball ... oh ... sometime this century!
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| Posted: 9/10/2005 3:41:16 PM | |
| P: 9/10/2005 5:15:34 PM | |
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widget Ideal Rock Total Posts: 4,254 Last Post: 12/20/2008 Member Since: 11/12/2004 |
....back to the square cuts for a second... Here's an eternity band with 10pt square stepcuts from the '20s.... 
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| Posted: 9/10/2005 5:15:34 PM | |
| P: 9/11/2005 1:46:23 PM | |
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decodelighted Ideal Rock Total Posts: 8,625 Last Post: 11/16/2009 Member Since: 7/27/2005 |
Oooh. I love that one too. Wonder if they're making them these days?
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| Posted: 9/11/2005 1:46:23 PM | |
| P: 9/14/2005 4:22:35 PM | |
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valeria101 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 14,048 Last Post: 4/30/2006 Member Since: 8/29/2003 |
Date: 9/11/2005 1:46:23 PM Author: decodelighted Oooh. I love that one too. Wonder if they're making them these days? Yeah... sure so. Ana "The greatest experts are only as good as the sum total of what they have seen." [Souren Melikian] |
| Posted: 9/14/2005 4:22:35 PM | |
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