New Princess - Almost finished!!!

Hi All,

After a couple months of "lurking" and soaking up the knowledge of everyone here I wanted to post a couple pics of my "almost" completed ring.  First I want to thank everyone here for providing some very detailed and useful information.  I have taken all that I learned here and combined it with my own two cents.

I used a non-mainstream designer whom has received some decent coverage on PriceScope.  Isaac Gottesman, owner of D. Scaasi in Chicago was the designer of my ring.  I found Isaac easy to work with and VERY responsive to calls and emails (I read a couple of posts that thought otherwise).  However, since I run a large Customer Service Training firm, I feel that I am in a good position to say that his service was worth the small premium that I paid over other vendors where I could have saved a few $$$ on the stone.  My overall experience with Isaac was very positive and would recommend him.

Since my girl has a small finger (size 4) I didn't have much real-estate to work with.  I also wanted something timeless and classy, but unique non-the-less.  While I was starting to like pave and some interesting side stones, I decided to go with a pair of stellar tapered baguettes of .3 pts each (.6 tcw) in a very traditional platinum setting. My only twist on the traditional is that it is currently being hand engraved (not show in pics yet).

Center stone is 1.77 SI-2 G color, 71% depth, 71% Table / VG / VG GIA.  After looking at stones ranging from VVS1 to SI-2, we found an amazing eye-clean SI-2.  Believe me, originally I said, “No way” anything below VS1, but Isaac pleaded with me to look at it.  After reading a great post by Afriend, I decided to buy a great color and eye-clean clarity, phenomenally cut and save a few grand for something I can’t see AT ALL.

I will re-post some better pics after the hand-engraving, so everyone can see the finished product!!!

Thanks for your help!!!

-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.

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It's hard to see the rainbow through the storm but it can't rain forever!

Michelle



*****************************So many sparklies.....So little time!

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"You kept making all the stops?"
"Well, people kept ringing the bell!"
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*~~All I see are diamonds...~~*

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"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."

-Albert Einstein

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A deal is only a deal if you are getting exactly what you want.

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Michelle

AKA Stretch4

I intend to live forever... so far, so good.

______________________________My therapist loves me. His name is Brian the Cutter.

~Can I have a cookie now?~

-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.

______________________________
"You kept making all the stops?"
"Well, people kept ringing the bell!"
**ls gift**

-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.

____________________________
Piece of cake and a candle.
**ng gift**