5-prong with V tip for pear?

[diamondlil]

Stuller does not have a platinum head for a pear-shaped diamond with 5 prongs and a V tip. They only carry the 5-prong in white gold. Where else can I find one?

 

[MaryAlaina]

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[cflutist]

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On 8/5/2004 8:30:12 PM diamondlil wrote:


Stuller does not have a platinum head for a pear-shaped diamond with 5 prongs and a V tip. They only carry the 5-prong in white gold. Where else can I find one?

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I am looking at the Stuller Findings catalog , try stock #1263 (approx $166 retail), Pear setting with v-end, or stock #2737 Pear Peg Setting with V-end (approx $154), both are available in Platinum in sizes up to 2 carats.

 

[diamondlil]

Thanks MA and Cflutist. I actually have one of those heads now. I guess I should have called what I am looking for a 4-prong with a V tip (I consider the V a prong). I have seen them in white gold, but I am set on platinum. Sounds simple doesn't it? I looked at the Stuller catalog, and I don't see one. Any suggestions?




DiamondLil

 

[cflutist]

How about Stuller #438, sizes up to 2 ct available in Plat. This is 4 prong plus V-tip.

 

[diamondlil]

This is the closest thing I have seen. Thank you. I definitely like the basket type head better than the peg type head, but I'll have to make sure the basket will work for the setting I'm designing.




DiamondLil

 

[oldminer]

It is a no brainer for a decent platinum jeweler to hand make a correct platinum setting that suits you. I have always wondered why Stuller didn't make such a setting as they are perfectly acceptable and safe.... Probably some other source does have one ready made, but I don't know where. Truthfully, the Stuller 6 prong could be altered to a 5 prong style by a good platinum worker. You'd never see that it had been modified.

 

[oldminer]

It turns out the two findings companies do have 5 prong (including the V tip) settings in platinum.

Tessler & Weiss
Keystone

Nearly any jeweler knows these two firms and can get a quote for you.

 

[diamondlil]

Thanks, David. I'm still working out some of the issues I talked with you about recently. I'll speak to my jeweler about T&W and Keystone. Do they have websites?




DiamondLil

 

[oldminer]

http://www.keystonefindings.com/

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Tessler & Weiss
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