Yes, we live in Qc, in the Montreal area. The jeweller we all worked with is simply fabulous. He can make everything. Original designs, re-creations, customizations... and he has his own designs, which are all gorgeous (my ring is one of them). Just walking in his store is quite the experience (I''ve never seen so many rings in my entire life!) and the owner and employees are extremely knowledgeable. It''s great how they helped us get exactly what we each wanted (FI and I prefer a balance between size and quality and got a 0.506ct EX/G-SI1 and my brother and his FI prefer quality over size and got a 0.26ct ID/E-VS1).Date: 5/20/2008 9:33:34 PM
Author: Çã†hër§
hey anchor31! I *had* that exact ring, but in platinum. I got it modified to be a bezel set, instead of semi-bezel. Are you from Canada? Birks-inspired makes me think soI am in Saskatchewan.
BTW, I should add, your jeweller did a fabulous job on the re-creation, and I would like to get my shank widened as well, after looking at the photos.
cool! I am originally from Labrador(I lived 20 minutes away from the Quebec border)Date: 5/20/2008 9:51:00 PM
Author: anchor31
Yes, we live in Qc, in the Montreal area. The jeweller we all worked with is simply fabulous. He can make everything. Original designs, re-creations, customizations... and he has his own designs, which are all gorgeous (my ring is one of them). Just walking in his store is quite the experience (I''ve never seen so many rings in my entire life!) and the owner and employees are extremely knowledgeable. It''s great how they helped us get exactly what we each wanted (FI and I prefer a balance between size and quality and got a 0.506ct EX/G-SI1 and my brother and his FI prefer quality over size and got a 0.26ct ID/E-VS1).Date: 5/20/2008 9:33:34 PM
Author: Çã†hër§
hey anchor31! I *had* that exact ring, but in platinum. I got it modified to be a bezel set, instead of semi-bezel. Are you from Canada? Birks-inspired makes me think soI am in Saskatchewan.
BTW, I should add, your jeweller did a fabulous job on the re-creation, and I would like to get my shank widened as well, after looking at the photos.
His name is Marcel André, in Montréal. They''re really amazing. A little pricier than most PS vendors, but it was great for us to be able to go in-store.
I''m unsure about the rest of Canada, but in Qc, yes. French-Canadians (generally) perceive spending thousands on jewellery as being frivolous and ridiculous. I wear a 0.50ct and I''ve gotten more that one comment about it being "huge" (I''m a size 4.5, so it does look bigger than the average hand, but it''s not that big...) and my FI "must be rich" (er... It''s called saving up?).
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I love the simplicity of it 
