American Cut; The First 100 Years - Al Gilbertson *FREE PDF*

[John P]

Diamond enthusiasts will be delighted to know that this tremendous book by Al Gilbertson is now online as a free PDF, fully searchable on your computer.

Share this link with your diamond loving colleagues, clients and friends.
https://archive.org/details/AmericanCut--theFirst100YearsTheEvolutionOfTheAmericanCutDiamond

For those unfamiliar with the book here's a review composed shortly after its publication.
https://www.pricescope.com/journal/american_cut_first_100_years_al_gilbertson_gg

Sincere thanks to Al and GIA for making this valuable resource available.

 

[bmfang]

Re: American Cut; The First 100 Years - Al Gilbertson *FREE

John P, thanks for the heads up on this. Have been trying to find a copy of this since I first heard about it. Kudos to the author and GIA for making it freely accessible at the Internet Archive!

 

[Karl_K]

Re: American Cut; The First 100 Years - Al Gilbertson *FREE

Awesome!!!!!!
Anyone who is the least bit interested in diamonds should read it!!!!

 

[pyramid]

Re: American Cut; The First 100 Years - Al Gilbertson *FREE

Love it. Saw this at tea time and wished very much that I could have read it tonight but had other things planned. Will definitely be reading as I have been intending to get a copy.

 

[Texas Leaguer]

Re: American Cut; The First 100 Years - Al Gilbertson *FREE

Very cool. Thanks for posting John.

I agree, it's a great piece of work and I think the regulars here will really find it fascinating.

I found it amazing that a small number of American cutters were advocating for cutting to beauty over weight well over a hundred years ago and were essentially stymied by an industry that had a different mindset. And, although progress has been made in the 'information age", we are still in a very similar place!

I also did a short review of the book and anyone interested can find it on our site using the search bar.

 

[Rhino]

Re: American Cut; The First 100 Years - Al Gilbertson *FREE

Thanks for posting this John. Al is at the top of his game.

 

[bmfang]

Re: American Cut; The First 100 Years - Al Gilbertson *FREE

This has been an excellent read thus far while bottle feeding my new bub in the wee hours of the morning.

 

[OoohShiny]

This is great, thanks very much for posting the link, John!