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Shiny_Rock
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- Oct 16, 2008
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old thread: https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/got-the-stone-now-some-questions-strm-pls-look-lower-girdle-star-s.110222/
Hi everyone. Just reporting back after my visit to see Dave. I made the 40 minute drive to Horsham to see him b/c he came so highly recommended on here. Let me say, it was well worth the trip. Dave was kind enough to meet me at 8am and he took the time to answer every question I had without ever making me feel silly or like I was wasting his time. Really just a nice, professional gentleman. Couldn't hope for more.
Here's the verdict: It was fake. OK that's not true.
Dave said, before looking at the GIA cert, that he stone was likely SI1 and H but close to G. When he saw it was an SI2, he seemed pretty surprised. He said that the GIA cert over emphasized the feather and he thought the stone was a really solid SI1. I was pretty happy to hear that, of course.
He ran the stone through some of his light checking machines and the stone came back with excellent ratings. Dave also said it had great arrows and might even be classifiable as a H&A stone.
When I asked the most important question: Should I keep it -- he replied with a very confident, "yes." He estimated that I would have paid ~$18k for the stone and when I told him that I spent closer to $14,500 he felt like that was a great price. He said he was surprised that the seller hadn't resubmitted the stone to GIA to try to get an SI1 rating. Should I? I don't really care too much I suppose, but if it came back SI1, G that'd be cool.
Thanks for everyone's help...off to Leon Mege now.
Hi everyone. Just reporting back after my visit to see Dave. I made the 40 minute drive to Horsham to see him b/c he came so highly recommended on here. Let me say, it was well worth the trip. Dave was kind enough to meet me at 8am and he took the time to answer every question I had without ever making me feel silly or like I was wasting his time. Really just a nice, professional gentleman. Couldn't hope for more.
Here's the verdict: It was fake. OK that's not true.
Dave said, before looking at the GIA cert, that he stone was likely SI1 and H but close to G. When he saw it was an SI2, he seemed pretty surprised. He said that the GIA cert over emphasized the feather and he thought the stone was a really solid SI1. I was pretty happy to hear that, of course.
He ran the stone through some of his light checking machines and the stone came back with excellent ratings. Dave also said it had great arrows and might even be classifiable as a H&A stone.
When I asked the most important question: Should I keep it -- he replied with a very confident, "yes." He estimated that I would have paid ~$18k for the stone and when I told him that I spent closer to $14,500 he felt like that was a great price. He said he was surprised that the seller hadn't resubmitted the stone to GIA to try to get an SI1 rating. Should I? I don't really care too much I suppose, but if it came back SI1, G that'd be cool.
Thanks for everyone's help...off to Leon Mege now.