ElephantQuota
Rough_Rock
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- Sep 11, 2016
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I have been lurking here since at lease 2013, but I didn't like my username enough to actually post with it . I feel strange finally writing my own post! I fell in love with a loose radiant diamond this past April and my intended got it for me. I was lucky enough to get full reign with the details and design for my engagement ring. I might mention in another topic at a later date, but my diamond has been around, lol. I couldn't make up my mind who to get a custom setting from for a while. I have gotten to speak with some wonderful and talented pricescope vendors, see some pretty amazing bling (the original SK Casablanca!), and had a great time though. At the end of the day I chose to go with David Klass and I am very glad I did. He and Amy are amazing and so very talented. They are incredibly accommodating as well. In fact, this might not be the setting version I stick with. It did not turn out exactly as I had expected, but over the past month I have grown to love it. The goal of this piece was to design a halo with open corners that combined antique and more modern styles into one ring. The pave on the shank is also done by a bench that works with Victor Canera. As a huge fan of his Emilya halo settings and overall workmanship, I am thrilled to have precise, shallow u-cut set pave in my shank. I will say that there were some miscommunications that occurred, but David has gone above and beyond to help me out. His customer service is amazing. If I want to start over, he says no problem, we can redesign. I do have some reservations about the current design, but I feel pretty drained. It isn't actually quite like I envisioned it. However I'm not sure if it looks better the way it is than how my exact vision would have turned out. I have a difficult time visualizing things that aren't right in front of me. I kind of just want to have my ring all said and done with, however the ring needs sizing beads added, and the center stone has actually loosened so that needs tightening up as well. Either way, It's got to be shipped back. I am having a really, really hard time deciding if I want to redesign it or just keep the design as is.
But, without further ado:
The center stone is a 1.51 J radiant cut, with 0.60 carats of h colored single cut melee set in 90% platinum alloyed with 10% iridium. The shank is 2mm wide. Bands can sit flush under it and I plan on having two engraved marquise shaped bands on either side of it, with either all single cut melee, or small kite set square french cuts flanked with single cuts in each little section.
What do the wonderful people of Pricescope think? You guys have been my muses and source of information for pretty much everything. I feel like I should thank so many people for being for sharing so much information, but I would especially like to thank Gypsy and Charmypoo, whose posts I scoured for info. I am so thankful for this site. I should mention that I had asked for the melee to be much whiter, and intended for there to be no milgrain on the "halo" at all, perhaps one row if anything, hence the reasons for the possible re-do. The way it is now the melee is matched to my warmer center stone, and the halo does not stand out from a distance at all, even at arms length. It matches the center stone very well in both color and sparkle. I really wanted a well defined obvious pave halo, but my diamond looking much larger IS pretty nice. I didn't want the head to look too much like a flower, and I think the only thing that really irks me is how often I see it at and angle where I can only see the scalloped edges, which looks very flowery to me, and as if the stone just sits nestled in scalloped metal, with nothing underneath. I wanted a deeper, more rounded gallery that would stand out more under the halo. Maybe it is the milgrain, but very often the scoops/scallops just look too sculpted to me, and I think they stick out too much, especially the corners. If I can get over that however, that would be great. I do love it, but I am not sure it's "the one". I don't know if there is such a thing though. I mean, realistically, is it really that important to love every SINGLE angle of your engagement ring? I do truly love it, most of the time. LOL.
Opinions? Please be as honest as you'd like. If I get offended, I'll just hide it.
But, without further ado:
The center stone is a 1.51 J radiant cut, with 0.60 carats of h colored single cut melee set in 90% platinum alloyed with 10% iridium. The shank is 2mm wide. Bands can sit flush under it and I plan on having two engraved marquise shaped bands on either side of it, with either all single cut melee, or small kite set square french cuts flanked with single cuts in each little section.
What do the wonderful people of Pricescope think? You guys have been my muses and source of information for pretty much everything. I feel like I should thank so many people for being for sharing so much information, but I would especially like to thank Gypsy and Charmypoo, whose posts I scoured for info. I am so thankful for this site. I should mention that I had asked for the melee to be much whiter, and intended for there to be no milgrain on the "halo" at all, perhaps one row if anything, hence the reasons for the possible re-do. The way it is now the melee is matched to my warmer center stone, and the halo does not stand out from a distance at all, even at arms length. It matches the center stone very well in both color and sparkle. I really wanted a well defined obvious pave halo, but my diamond looking much larger IS pretty nice. I didn't want the head to look too much like a flower, and I think the only thing that really irks me is how often I see it at and angle where I can only see the scalloped edges, which looks very flowery to me, and as if the stone just sits nestled in scalloped metal, with nothing underneath. I wanted a deeper, more rounded gallery that would stand out more under the halo. Maybe it is the milgrain, but very often the scoops/scallops just look too sculpted to me, and I think they stick out too much, especially the corners. If I can get over that however, that would be great. I do love it, but I am not sure it's "the one". I don't know if there is such a thing though. I mean, realistically, is it really that important to love every SINGLE angle of your engagement ring? I do truly love it, most of the time. LOL.
Opinions? Please be as honest as you'd like. If I get offended, I'll just hide it.