Mind clean

[pyramid]

I know I am mindclean re clarity but are most people on this forum mindclean re cut. Do you actually compare very good cut to excellent cut?

 

[pyramid]

Have you checked ideal cut with an appraiser or take it on blind faith, so many times people are told vvs quality is over the top, does your appraiser tell you excellent or ideal cut is over the top too.

 

[whitewave]

Have you checked ideal cut with an appraiser or take it on blind faith, so many times people are told vvs quality is over the top, does your appraiser tell you excellent or ideal cut is over the top too.

My appraiser didn't say that. As he said, he has seen so many wonderful jewels in his years that it takes something like untreated Russian alexandrite to wow him. A super ideal is simply a nice diamond worth its price. Appraisers don't judge or comment in my experience. They just tell you what you have and what it is worth.

I pretty much figure my eyes don't lie. I can clearly see a super ideal is cut better than an ideal which is clearly better than a very good cut, etc.

It depends on what you want-- for me, I'll take SI1 or 2 but want E/F/G color and ideal or super ideal cut.

Once you see the gorgeous fire in a super ideal, you miss it in other stones IMO. White flashes don't do it for me any more-- almost what I would call "common".... FIRE is what less than super ideals lack. And FIRE is what I want.


But if all I could afford was big white flashes, then if that is where my puzzle pieces fell then that is what I would buy. To me, like with my asscher... I had to compromise and pick the stone (which I LOVE) that hit the most boxes. It's a little deep and maybe the crown is a little flatter, but its a G VS 1 and the hall of mirrors is amazing (hom is what I wanted).

 

[Dancing Fire]

F/VS1 will look like D/IF to me...

 

[LLJsmom]

Cut is top for me. I know I can see the difference. Clarity and color are a balancing act.

 

[gm89uk]

@pyramid I started with an attitude that a few degrees here and there surely can't make that much difference, but when I saw the difference, it was huge.

I'm also from the UK but have had the opportunity to compare lots of diamonds. My wife (who is not a diamond enthusiast at all) can notice a difference.

My brother who isn't into diamonds, helped briefly, and looked at well cut and HCA ~ 4 diamonds side by side for several minutes, and thought they looked the same, despite me seeing an obvious difference in fire.

 

[cflutist]

After having a 3.01 F-SI1 pear since 1996 I decided that I wanted a superideal Crafted By Infinity diamond after I met @Paul-Antwerp and @John Pollard at a Meet the Cutter event in CA.
I am now the proud owner of 4 CBI diamonds that were all purchased from @Wink at High Performance Diamonds.
2.79 F-VS1
2.21 F-SI1 (cut to order)
.53 F-VS1
.53 F-VS2
So yes, I am mindclean re cut. There is absolutely no comparison between my pear and my CBI diamonds, the light show they produce just blows me away. And yes, my AGS graded CBI diamonds do face up whiter than my GIA graded pear when viewed side by side on an overcast day.

 

[cflutist]

F/VS1 will look like D/IF to me...

That's why I chose 2.79 F-VS1 for my most recent ering diamond. D/IF prices would be up in the stratosphere for a CBI diamond. I did have a 2.05 D-VS2 in the past thatvwws icy white, but my compromise now was F VS1 clarity for the e-ring and F VS for the side stones.

 

[AprilBaby]

Yes, since I have been on here only top cut will do. It would bother me to know it was excellent but not ideal.

 

[rockysalamander]

I have a double standard. For modern rounds, I want mind-clean on cut and performance. On old cuts, I'm very forgiving of the old-dears...

 

[yssie]

I have a double standard. For modern rounds, I want mind-clean on cut and performance. On old cuts, I'm very forgiving of the old-dears...

“The old dears” is just the perfect sentiment for them

To answer the question - make and proportions in modern shapes aren’t mind-clean considerations for me - I know what my eyes like to see and I will not compromise: it’s entirely driven by my visual preferences... which are somewhat unorthodox by PS zeitgeist, admittedly.

A painter learns to distinguish nuance of colour. A writer learns to appreciate nuance of phrase. I think it is expected that a diamond aficionado will learn to see nuance of light return.