Hi! Do you guys know if DK has / works his own bench at this stage in his career? I imagine he farms out his work to other benches as he’s in the jewelry mecca of dtla. If that’s the case, which projects get assigned to the refined and more high end benches? Is it just based on timing and availability?
Got my plastic model today, and really excited to see the end product!
Hi! Do you guys know if DK has / works his own bench at this stage in his career? I imagine he farms out his work to other benches as he’s in the jewelry mecca of dtla. If that’s the case, which projects get assigned to the refined and more high end benches? Is it just based on timing and availability?
Got my plastic model today, and really excited to see the end product!
Yes, this is the first time I've posted about this ring online (technically the 2nd post now). However I think I know which ring you're speaking of. That bee's ring is somewhat simpler than mine but also had some milgrain issue. She's also getting it re-cast, am I right?
I'm truly surprised you're promised such a fast time frame for your ring! I hope you get it by deadline and that it's perfect!
In my case, I started the design with DK in April, committed early May, and was told "it'll be done soon" for basically the next 3 months. Maybe it's because I wasn't pushy enough. I emailed him very infrequently to check on the progress. By August, I was told it'll be done in two days over and over again for the next 2 weeks. My ring required two custom cut diamonds so I can understand it taking more time. But the time frame was so incredibly long I'm truly baffled. Then they hurriedly sent me the ring late August before they sent me the video.
When I got the ring, I loved it as it was beautiful. I could tolerate the minor imperfections: the wobbly milgrain and the fact that the center wasn't set flush as I requested. But there was a huge problem I couldn't overlook: a prominent feature of the ring, the two pear diamonds, had severe light leakage that made them look like light yellow glass. The two stones were so dark and lifeless that I had to send the ring back to DK even though I had already waited months to get the completed ring. After he worked on the ring, the new pears were great but the milgrain got worse because the replaced pears were in milgrained bezels. I had already committed to living with the milgrain as is, so I happily wore the ring for 2 weeks before something else happened. The white gold and the pears turned yellow. The ring was exposed to some kind of agent during the pear replacement, which produced a yellow stain over time. DK was great because he immediately sent me a return label and said he would remove the stain and fix the milgrain. I really appreciated his willingness to make things right. When I got the ring back, I saw that the milgrain was much better but the yellow was still visible (significantly lighter than before). Furthermore, there was a gap between the prongs and the center stone. Needless to say, I've sent the ring back to him.
I previously got a quote for a recast so now it is getting recast with minor changes. I'm annoyed that I have to pay for a recast because something keeps going wrong with the ring (to be fair, I'm also adding an angle to the halo). I was inexperienced with the CAD process and thought the halo was already set on an angle due to the original inspiration picture. I wasn't planning to recast the ring for design changes until later down the road but the fact that the ring kept having issues made it necessary to recast now.
I don't know if it is sunk cost fallacy at work here but I still think/hope DK can make it right since he's made so many beautiful rings for other people. Furthermore, I've just asked him to make a matching band (this was before the ring turned yellow though...) I DO think he has a few benches and their skills vary. So sometimes you're lucky and sometimes you're not I guess? Perhaps exceptions are made for long-time customers. This is first world problems so I'll not complain too much. Besides, the midterm election results were a huge relief for me so ....silver lining right?
) The ring is finally everything I hoped for! I just got the ring so I haven’t exactly been wearing it for very long, but I trust it won’t turn yellow again since they identified the solution that caused the yellowing of the last ring. The recast is a significant improvement over the last iteration. The improvement is obvious to the naked eye. Amy mentioned it was set by their best bench (@Nicfit , info that might interest you) and the ring certainly looks great to me! Also, turns out DK didn’t charge for the recast, which is always a humongous plus for customers (thx DK!)
( I DID have the inside circumference sized a little bigger to be safe. )
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