To those of you who are still looking:
I had posted about a .72 H&A RB SI1 diamond with a feather inclusion a while back. I was reassured by most of the posters who replied, but after reading the horror stories of people chipping their diamonds, I was very nervous about it. So I waited a few weeks to see if WF would get new inventory. When it didn''t happen, I became even more nervous, so I called WF. Because I live in Houston, I was fortunate to have the opportunity to sit with Brian at WF to choose between 3 diamonds yesterday.
The issue for me was the feather that looked huge on the AGS plot. The words "crack" and "chip" inevitably came to mind when I thought about that feather. On the other hand, I understood that the diamond sustained a lot of heat and pressure to be polished, and yet came out okay, so the odds of it chipping because of the feather were very, very, low. But I had to see it for myself. Reading only gets you so far.
At WF, before I looked at the diamonds, Brian recounted what a feather is, what sort of pressure the diamond sustained, yet still came out alright. At that point, I got emotional, to my total surprise (and Brian''s). It was symbolic of what my bf and I have gone through, yet we still managed to make it work. I gathered myself, and looked at the 3 diamonds, side by side. There was an Expert selection F VS1, an Expert selection E VS1, and then the H&A F SI1.
The diamonds were all beautiful, of course. Each had their own personality. I eliminated 1 and was left with the E VS1 and the H&A. Both were beautiful. But I think that I had already made a decision in my heart. Still, I looked at both under the microscope. Both had tiny inclusions. That feather that had looked so big on the plot was not so big after all! There was no way I could see the feather with the naked eye or even with the loupe. Only when magnified 40 times could I see it under the microscope.
Lesson #1: Trust the experts. Brian (and others) had tried to explain to me how misleading the plots can be.
When I first started reading pricescope, I had decided I wouldn''t go below VS.
Lesson #2: Remain open-minded. In my case, I am getting a H&A, very much eye-clean SI1. However, if we had had a different budget, who knows what I would''ve ended up with. Perhaps an E SI1, an F VS1, an F VVS...
Working with Brian has been an eye-opening experience.
Lesson #3: Work with a straight-shooter. There is no way a typical jeweler would have spent the time and effort to give me a crash course in diamonds as Brian did. And the odds of finding someone in the business who truly wants you to be happy with your selection, rather than focusing on their bottom line, well, who ever heard of that? I am so glad I stuck with WF. I have nothing but good things to say about them, and I will do my best to let others know about them. And once I have that ring on my finger, I''m sure there will be plenty of people asking where I got that ring
I will post pictures of the ring whenever I have them. For now, I am just ecstatic to be one step closer to being with my honey. And I am grateful to WF for being so wonderful in helping me get there.
G
I had posted about a .72 H&A RB SI1 diamond with a feather inclusion a while back. I was reassured by most of the posters who replied, but after reading the horror stories of people chipping their diamonds, I was very nervous about it. So I waited a few weeks to see if WF would get new inventory. When it didn''t happen, I became even more nervous, so I called WF. Because I live in Houston, I was fortunate to have the opportunity to sit with Brian at WF to choose between 3 diamonds yesterday.
The issue for me was the feather that looked huge on the AGS plot. The words "crack" and "chip" inevitably came to mind when I thought about that feather. On the other hand, I understood that the diamond sustained a lot of heat and pressure to be polished, and yet came out okay, so the odds of it chipping because of the feather were very, very, low. But I had to see it for myself. Reading only gets you so far.
At WF, before I looked at the diamonds, Brian recounted what a feather is, what sort of pressure the diamond sustained, yet still came out alright. At that point, I got emotional, to my total surprise (and Brian''s). It was symbolic of what my bf and I have gone through, yet we still managed to make it work. I gathered myself, and looked at the 3 diamonds, side by side. There was an Expert selection F VS1, an Expert selection E VS1, and then the H&A F SI1.
The diamonds were all beautiful, of course. Each had their own personality. I eliminated 1 and was left with the E VS1 and the H&A. Both were beautiful. But I think that I had already made a decision in my heart. Still, I looked at both under the microscope. Both had tiny inclusions. That feather that had looked so big on the plot was not so big after all! There was no way I could see the feather with the naked eye or even with the loupe. Only when magnified 40 times could I see it under the microscope.
Lesson #1: Trust the experts. Brian (and others) had tried to explain to me how misleading the plots can be.
When I first started reading pricescope, I had decided I wouldn''t go below VS.
Lesson #2: Remain open-minded. In my case, I am getting a H&A, very much eye-clean SI1. However, if we had had a different budget, who knows what I would''ve ended up with. Perhaps an E SI1, an F VS1, an F VVS...
Working with Brian has been an eye-opening experience.
Lesson #3: Work with a straight-shooter. There is no way a typical jeweler would have spent the time and effort to give me a crash course in diamonds as Brian did. And the odds of finding someone in the business who truly wants you to be happy with your selection, rather than focusing on their bottom line, well, who ever heard of that? I am so glad I stuck with WF. I have nothing but good things to say about them, and I will do my best to let others know about them. And once I have that ring on my finger, I''m sure there will be plenty of people asking where I got that ring
I will post pictures of the ring whenever I have them. For now, I am just ecstatic to be one step closer to being with my honey. And I am grateful to WF for being so wonderful in helping me get there.
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