Hey everyone,
I've been lurking on this forum for a few months now doing as much research as possible in preparation of getting an engagement ring for my girlfriend. After having secretly been collecting information on what she wants in a ring, I came up with a few concept sketches, printed out pictures of rings I liked here on PriceScope and went off to see a jeweler yesterday. I left the jeweler feeling pretty good with what I had accomplished. I reserved a pair of modified kite shaped side stones with a total weight of .42 ct and he was looking for 2ct radiant cut center stones for me to come back and see. They were the only thing that came close to the shape that I wanted and he told me that it would be difficult for him to get a matched pair of tapered bullets or shields, due to fact that they are an uncommon cut, that were in the .7-.8 ctw size range I was looking for and would push me above my budget. One of the other key points of my design is I'm looking for is a pave split shank that goes around the side stone and goes down the band partways.
At first, I started to freak out a bit, because upon doing some research on side stone ratios here on PS, I found that the rule of thumb for side stone to center stone ratio is something like 4:1, 3:1 or 2:1, and the side stones I picked are 4.75:1. After spending all night trying to think of what to do - pony up a bit more money or try and find a more creative solution, I think I came up with something to do without increasing my budget. See the attached concept sketch first before I begin to explain. I had been trying to figure out a way to incorporate her parents old engagement/wedding rings into my ring design, and until now couldn't come up with a method of doing so. Because the end of the kites that will be closest to the center stone have an angled cut on them, I decided to see what it'd look like in sketch world if I put a 0.05 Ct round from the parents 'rings on each angled face of the kite between the kite and the center stone. That would give me 0.62 ctw of side stones and put me right above the elusive 4:1 ratio.
My question to all you more experienced PSers - What is your opinion of my concept sketch? Do you think that the side stones do a good enough job of complementing the center stone? Or are they just too small to add any real value to the stone? Should I look into finding larger sides?
Thanks in advance for the help!
Nick
I've been lurking on this forum for a few months now doing as much research as possible in preparation of getting an engagement ring for my girlfriend. After having secretly been collecting information on what she wants in a ring, I came up with a few concept sketches, printed out pictures of rings I liked here on PriceScope and went off to see a jeweler yesterday. I left the jeweler feeling pretty good with what I had accomplished. I reserved a pair of modified kite shaped side stones with a total weight of .42 ct and he was looking for 2ct radiant cut center stones for me to come back and see. They were the only thing that came close to the shape that I wanted and he told me that it would be difficult for him to get a matched pair of tapered bullets or shields, due to fact that they are an uncommon cut, that were in the .7-.8 ctw size range I was looking for and would push me above my budget. One of the other key points of my design is I'm looking for is a pave split shank that goes around the side stone and goes down the band partways.
At first, I started to freak out a bit, because upon doing some research on side stone ratios here on PS, I found that the rule of thumb for side stone to center stone ratio is something like 4:1, 3:1 or 2:1, and the side stones I picked are 4.75:1. After spending all night trying to think of what to do - pony up a bit more money or try and find a more creative solution, I think I came up with something to do without increasing my budget. See the attached concept sketch first before I begin to explain. I had been trying to figure out a way to incorporate her parents old engagement/wedding rings into my ring design, and until now couldn't come up with a method of doing so. Because the end of the kites that will be closest to the center stone have an angled cut on them, I decided to see what it'd look like in sketch world if I put a 0.05 Ct round from the parents 'rings on each angled face of the kite between the kite and the center stone. That would give me 0.62 ctw of side stones and put me right above the elusive 4:1 ratio.
My question to all you more experienced PSers - What is your opinion of my concept sketch? Do you think that the side stones do a good enough job of complementing the center stone? Or are they just too small to add any real value to the stone? Should I look into finding larger sides?
Thanks in advance for the help!
Nick
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