8 star 1.5 carat or Brian Gavin''s 1.734 carat??

[strmrdr]

8* was cut with 2 design goals, show the arrows as much as possible, edge to edge brightness.
Like anything in life you cant do that without compromise.

The compromises are 2:
Show the arrows to much and the arrow shafts make the under the table area dark a lot of the time.
That is the payment for showing the arrows.

Painting compromises one/off scintillation because of the narrow angle range between the upper girdle facets and kite facets and you lose contrast which is an important part of scintillation.

Here is no painting....
Notice the angles in green.

 

[strmrdr]

Painted.
See the difference?

 

[DiamanteBlu]

Did I miss it? Sorry. Thanks for pointing it out, AGBF.

 

[AGBF]

Date: 8/23/2009 5:47:37 PM
Author: strmrdr

Painted.
See the difference?

Sorry, no. I don't have a clue what I'm looking at. I just got through the first three pages of Brian's article and I am able to understand his picture of a diamond (which looks like a real diamond) with a girdle shown. I am just understanding "crown painting only (no digging)". I don't know if I will ever advance beyond that. I don't know what your pictures are of and I can't see a difference between the two .

AGBF

 

[strmrdr]

Date: 8/23/2009 6:01:32 PM
Author: AGBF

Date: 8/23/2009 5:47:37 PM

Author: strmrdr


Painted.

See the difference?

Sorry, no. I don''t have a clue what I''m looking at. I just got through the first three pages of Brian''s article and I am able to understand his picture of a diamond (which looks like a real diamond) with a girdle shown. I am just understanding ''crown painting only (no digging)''. I don''t know if I will ever advance beyond that. I don''t know what your pictures are of and I can''t see a difference between the two .


AGBF

The difference is the numbers....
specifically the difference between the 2 numbers in each image.

 

[ckrickett]

BGD

 

[tulips]

Hi karl

Are solasfera diamond painted,like the 8 star??

 

[Lorelei]

Date: 8/23/2009 5:47:37 PM
Author: strmrdr
See the difference?

Just reposting the images so they can be compared more easily, below is unpainted. Thanks for the graphics strm!

 

[Lorelei]

Painted