Moko
Shiny_Rock
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- Aug 23, 2007
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Some of you may have remembered, in my previous post I was seeking your advice because my stone was set much lower than I preferred. Also the prongs looked really heavy so I was going to ask the jeweler to lighten the prongs a little. However after a week, I got used to the heavy prong and I was getting love the way it was, plus I did not want to have any further problem so I just left it as it was.
However, recently I found one of my prongs was upright and there was a big gap between the stone. Other prongs also had little space, so I went to my jeweler to tighten them. I asked them to examine all the prongs very carefully for any future potential danger by catching fiber and sweaters. I kind of mentioned that I wanted them to make sure even thin paper would not slide into easily.
They reset my stone. They bent the claws more over the stone to ensure its security. And they changed the tip shape from square to round by shaving them so that they won’t catch things. None of them were my intention, but they did it for me for security reason, and I guess it went too far.. Maybe the way I communicated with them made them feel that they should to redo the setting work to make me feel better. Now the stone is 1mm even lower than before. And my center stone looks much smaller compare to “before”. It looks lost in the ring
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I am not blaming my jeweler because I know they did all their best for me, and they were always trying to respond any of my requests. Their polish work is much nicer than before and I can tell they made a big effort for me. But I am little sad about the outcome .
I think I learned a lesson. There is a reason for the certain shape of prong tips and pong thickness for the entire design of the ring. Now I am looking at Scott Kay catalog, the way they set their prongs is kind of upright and the tips are square. So, I believe the setter follows exactly the way Scott Kay’s would set at the first place. Then they changed it because I was worried about catching things. Maybe my obsession made things worse? All I wanted was tighten the prongs and make sure all other prongs were secure enough. As many people suggested in this forum, probably sending the ring to the designer to set a stone or repair the ring is a wise idea. The people who designed the ring know what change may effects on its entire design of the ring, so that they may have different approach when the ring had any issues including customers preference issues.
In my previous post, I said I missed delicate look prongs. I was not sure if I liked the look that my stone was sitting in the “heavy cupcake cup.” But I guess “heavy cup” was needed to keep the center stone distinct from the pave setting. Now my ring has more delicate look, but my center stone is not standing out like it used to be.
I still love my ring. It is still beautiful and I know I cannot do too much now unless I change the entire thing. So, I am trying to get used to the new look. But I just wanted to let PS people know that thickness of prongs and shape really effect the entire look. So we should be super careful when we request things to the jewelers. We need a very good communication with the person who is doing the job. I should have asked what the “side effect” from what they were going to do. In my case my stone looked bigger with heavy square shaped prongs. And maybe 1mm height made a difference too.. I was thinking about getting a matching wedding ring, but my center stone look lost already, so I am not sure if I will get it or not.
Thank you for reading this long post and as always, your thoughts will be appreciated.
However, recently I found one of my prongs was upright and there was a big gap between the stone. Other prongs also had little space, so I went to my jeweler to tighten them. I asked them to examine all the prongs very carefully for any future potential danger by catching fiber and sweaters. I kind of mentioned that I wanted them to make sure even thin paper would not slide into easily.
They reset my stone. They bent the claws more over the stone to ensure its security. And they changed the tip shape from square to round by shaving them so that they won’t catch things. None of them were my intention, but they did it for me for security reason, and I guess it went too far.. Maybe the way I communicated with them made them feel that they should to redo the setting work to make me feel better. Now the stone is 1mm even lower than before. And my center stone looks much smaller compare to “before”. It looks lost in the ring
I am not blaming my jeweler because I know they did all their best for me, and they were always trying to respond any of my requests. Their polish work is much nicer than before and I can tell they made a big effort for me. But I am little sad about the outcome .
I think I learned a lesson. There is a reason for the certain shape of prong tips and pong thickness for the entire design of the ring. Now I am looking at Scott Kay catalog, the way they set their prongs is kind of upright and the tips are square. So, I believe the setter follows exactly the way Scott Kay’s would set at the first place. Then they changed it because I was worried about catching things. Maybe my obsession made things worse? All I wanted was tighten the prongs and make sure all other prongs were secure enough. As many people suggested in this forum, probably sending the ring to the designer to set a stone or repair the ring is a wise idea. The people who designed the ring know what change may effects on its entire design of the ring, so that they may have different approach when the ring had any issues including customers preference issues.
In my previous post, I said I missed delicate look prongs. I was not sure if I liked the look that my stone was sitting in the “heavy cupcake cup.” But I guess “heavy cup” was needed to keep the center stone distinct from the pave setting. Now my ring has more delicate look, but my center stone is not standing out like it used to be.
I still love my ring. It is still beautiful and I know I cannot do too much now unless I change the entire thing. So, I am trying to get used to the new look. But I just wanted to let PS people know that thickness of prongs and shape really effect the entire look. So we should be super careful when we request things to the jewelers. We need a very good communication with the person who is doing the job. I should have asked what the “side effect” from what they were going to do. In my case my stone looked bigger with heavy square shaped prongs. And maybe 1mm height made a difference too.. I was thinking about getting a matching wedding ring, but my center stone look lost already, so I am not sure if I will get it or not.
Thank you for reading this long post and as always, your thoughts will be appreciated.
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