You've all been so helpful in my oval search so I wanted to share what I've found. I had one place pull some beautiful ovals and found another at a second store. The first store really brought in amazing ones with barely any bow tie (great cuts and ASETS). They really like the 2.06 E but the face up is a bit smaller than I had hoped (trying for 10mm x 7.4mm since it's going in a low set halo). The 2.6 H is nice but a bit too big and I rather have the better color. For the 2.16 F, it's the perfect face up dimensions, but the bow tie is slightly noticeable vs. the first store's ones.
Would love any thoughts! I don't feel 100% on any... I wish I could find the 2.16 but with the bow tie quality at the first place. Is it worth waiting or am I going to be passing up some amazing finds? I'm afraid what I want is just very, very hard to find.
PS I know that this is harder to tell with just pictures but I wanted to gut check with you all
Thanks!
First store:
2.06 E VS2 (9.55 x 7.27 x 4.43)
2.6 H VS1 (10.33 x 7.52 x 4.59)
(2.06 E)
Second store:
2.16 F VS1 (10.02 x 7.46 x 4.52)
(all the ones from the 2nd store have slightly more bow tie)
(no fluorescent, just the lighting, 2.16 F)[/quote]
Would love any thoughts! I don't feel 100% on any... I wish I could find the 2.16 but with the bow tie quality at the first place. Is it worth waiting or am I going to be passing up some amazing finds? I'm afraid what I want is just very, very hard to find.
PS I know that this is harder to tell with just pictures but I wanted to gut check with you all
Thanks!First store:
2.06 E VS2 (9.55 x 7.27 x 4.43)
2.6 H VS1 (10.33 x 7.52 x 4.59)
(2.06 E)
Second store:
2.16 F VS1 (10.02 x 7.46 x 4.52)
(all the ones from the 2nd store have slightly more bow tie)
(no fluorescent, just the lighting, 2.16 F)[/quote]
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