ginseng_girl
Rough_Rock
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- Jun 2, 2007
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Hi PS community,
I need some of your excellent advice.
My fiance purchased a platinum knife-edge Tiffany setting from a pretty well known vendor last year. My FI asked them to round out the knife-edge part from about 3 o''clock to 9 o''clock because I didn''t like the sharp look of the knife-edge inside my palm. My fiance proposed and it was beautiful! I noticed the bottom half of the ring was very thin and very narrow but I thought that''s how it was supposed to be. (It looks like the vendor just shaved the height down, thus using less metal than normal, instead of just reshaping the metal to be rounded).
Now, less than a year later, I noticed my band is warping (the same bottom half that is extremely narrow and thin). It''s not warping a lot, so I''m not sure if it''s cause to worry, but I have read here on pricescope that many vendors don''t make rings less than 1.5 mm wide because they are prone to bending. Well, my band is definitely less than 1.5 mm on the bottom half. (it looks closer to 1mm). I don''t do a lot of work with my hands as I am a full time graduate student, so I don''t believe this warping is being caused by anything out of the ordinary on my end.
I contacted the company to see if there was some way I could fix the ring or add more width to it. They said they would have to recast a setting and charge me near $500.
Sorry for the long story, here is my question:
Is it worth it for me to redo the setting? I don''t know if the ring will continue to bend, and like I said, it''s just slight warping - is that cause for worry? I think I''ll have more peace of mind if I fix it, but this would be a big expenditure on my student budget.
I guess I''m just upset because the whole point of going with this rather expensive setting from this particular vendor in the first place was for the quality and trust in name-value. I can''t believe I will have to pay $500 more than what the setting already cost in order to have a ring that won''t bend. What should I do?
Thanks for the advice
I need some of your excellent advice.
My fiance purchased a platinum knife-edge Tiffany setting from a pretty well known vendor last year. My FI asked them to round out the knife-edge part from about 3 o''clock to 9 o''clock because I didn''t like the sharp look of the knife-edge inside my palm. My fiance proposed and it was beautiful! I noticed the bottom half of the ring was very thin and very narrow but I thought that''s how it was supposed to be. (It looks like the vendor just shaved the height down, thus using less metal than normal, instead of just reshaping the metal to be rounded).
Now, less than a year later, I noticed my band is warping (the same bottom half that is extremely narrow and thin). It''s not warping a lot, so I''m not sure if it''s cause to worry, but I have read here on pricescope that many vendors don''t make rings less than 1.5 mm wide because they are prone to bending. Well, my band is definitely less than 1.5 mm on the bottom half. (it looks closer to 1mm). I don''t do a lot of work with my hands as I am a full time graduate student, so I don''t believe this warping is being caused by anything out of the ordinary on my end.
I contacted the company to see if there was some way I could fix the ring or add more width to it. They said they would have to recast a setting and charge me near $500.
Sorry for the long story, here is my question:
Is it worth it for me to redo the setting? I don''t know if the ring will continue to bend, and like I said, it''s just slight warping - is that cause for worry? I think I''ll have more peace of mind if I fix it, but this would be a big expenditure on my student budget.
I guess I''m just upset because the whole point of going with this rather expensive setting from this particular vendor in the first place was for the quality and trust in name-value. I can''t believe I will have to pay $500 more than what the setting already cost in order to have a ring that won''t bend. What should I do?
Thanks for the advice