Extreme Diamond Makeover!!! MY WF RECUT!!!!

[Kelli]

Date: 10/3/2008 8:24:08 PM
Author: LostSapphire
FINALLY!!! *insert the hallelujah chorus here*

I am so, so pleased for you. Your wait for this stone has been excruciatingly, painfully, slow and torturous.

Thank you for posting the finished product. It is gorgeous.

LS

Your "help us cope" thread really did help LS! As did drooling over the pictures of your AMAZING masterpiece! You must have women grabbing at your hand all the time to take a closer look!

 

[MichelleCarmen]

Perfect transformation! Looks amazing.

 

[vespergirl]

So gorgeous - I really love the setting too!

 

[Kelli]

Thanks MC and vespergirl!

The setting was from stuller, then I had a local jeweler shape it to match my band and thankfully he did a really good job! Then WF lowered it, which it REALLY needed!

 

[sevens one]

this is simply amazing.
Recuts are incredible

 

[LostSapphire]

Date: 10/6/2008 10:44:50 AM
Author: Kelli
Your ''help us cope'' thread really did help LS! As did drooling over the pictures of your AMAZING masterpiece! You must have women grabbing at your hand all the time to take a closer look!

aw shucks

LS

 

[Kelli]

Thanks sevens one!

 

[Kelli]

And BTW thank you for posting it in the eye candy thread!

 

[Love in Bloom]

Your recut is awesome Kelli!

 

[Venice]

Beautiful pictures of your re-cut, Kelli! Do you have any "before" pictures to show the comparison? What changes did you notice after the re-cut? Is it different in all types of lighting now than before? About what % difference would you say the re-cut is compared to the old ex/ex? I would just like to hear your opinion since you''ve had both in your posession.

Congrats to you and keep your sunglasses on!

 

[HaloAngel]

WOW! Congrats!!!

 

[gemgirl]

Just stunning!

 

[vita*dolce]

beautiful!!!

 

[Skippy123]

Kelli, wowwe baby that is a gorgeous recut!

 

[Kelli]

Thank you Love in Bloom, HaloAngel, gemgirl, vita*dolce and Skippy!

Venice, thanks to you too, and to answer your questions... I do have some pictures from before the re-cut, but the pics don''t really show much of the difference. It was really steep and deep before with a noticable ring of leakage, but in the pictures it was really lit up from behind so you couldn''t see that. It''s arrows were nice even before the recut too, so the pics don''t really show any difference. In real life, however, the sun wasn''t behind it all the time to cover up the leakage! If it had looked as nice IRL as it did in the pics I never would have had it recut. The changes really are just that there isn''t so much leakage, and it is DEFINITELY more sparkly now. In restaurants, I used to see sparkles coming from around the outsides of it, but see a dark dull spot in the middle, now there are just sparkles all through it. Also anywhere without overhead lighting there was a big dark center which is longer there, and it used to show more leakage with much less tilt than it does now. I think it''s more firey now too. It just kind of "lights up" on my hand now. Before it was pretty in some kinds of lighting, but not in others. Now it''s prettier no matter where I am. It also makes a lot of rainbows on my ceiling now when the sun comes in through the window! I will post before and after pics, I''m pretty sure you won''t see too much difference though!

Thanks again everyone!

 

[Kelli]

I''ll have to do the before and after pics later, the fiance wants some attention now

 

[luvthemstrawberries]

Wow, what a beautiful stone! Congratulations, sounds like you love it so much!!

 

[Venice]

Kelli, Thank you for taking the time to write and explain what the differences are. I have always been curious to know what an ex/ex steep/deep looks like compared to an ACA. I wonder what GIA sees in those stones that we don''t see, ya know?

Enjoy your new sparkly and thanks again.

 

[Burk]

It turned out fabulous! Congrats!

 

[Kelli]

Thanks Burk and luvthemstrawberries! I do really love my stone now! I''ll post some pics now Venice. If you really really look, you can see that the inside area under the table is a smidge darker. IRL that showed up a LOT more than in the pics. This may take a few minutes but here ya go

 

[Kelli]

I just realized I can''t adjust the size of the pics on this computer (or I just don''t know how to) and my fiancee is studying for a MAJOR engineering test on our other one. He''ll probably be done studying when I get home from work tonight so I promise to post a few then. Sorry about that!

 

[AprilBaby]

WOWOWOWOWOWOW! You must be beyond thrilled! And your photography is AMAZING!

 

[Kelli]

Thanks AprilBaby! I am thrilled!

Here are some pics...

 

[Kelli]

This was taken in the sun, notice around the edges it was really dark. In addidtion to being dark in the center, sometimes it would show a LOT of leakage around the edges, to the point where sometimes I''d do a double-take because it looked like there was a section missing.

 

[Kelli]

If you look carefully you can see the ring of leakage in the mirror, the dull grayish "loop" around the center. I almost always saw this. I actually had to hold it a specific way in order to NOT see it. You can also see how high up it used to be set. UGH!!

 

[Kelli]

This one is still a really pretty picture, but you can see how the center is still slightly darker.

 

[Kelli]

Same thing with this one

 

[coatimundi_org]

Kelli--GORGEOUS!!!

 

[Kelli]

and this one

 

[Kelli]

Thanks coatimundi! I hope you''re looking at the first round of pics! These are actually the before ones. The pics don''t show the difference like I see IRL, but you can see it if you look really hard!


These are the new pics that I took, trying to get the same shots for more direct comparison. Notice the brighter centers.