Return of the Steep/Deep.....

[Lorelei]

Date: 12/2/2009 6:01:15 AM
Author: Mrs Mitchell
Hahaha! I think there''s something in what you say, Kenny. When I look at my ideal cut rounds, the arrows are the main thing I notice. Possibly because I *know* they are there, like if I''m looking at a stone I know to have an inclusion, once I''ve seen it, however long it took me to spot it, it''s the only thing I see thereafter. Yes, I''m arrow minded.

As for the ring of death, I''ve seen a few that are ugly. However, my current favourite diamond belongs to a classmate and it has something of a ring of death. Well, maybe more a ring of moderate illness, because it isn''t killing the stone by any means. I spend several hours a day looking at it (I will never graduate). It''s a beautiful stone with a big bold personality. I took it home with me last week to give it a good cleaning (had never been cleaned in 24 years and still caught my attention) and I''ve looked at it in a lot of different lighting conditions. I can''t say exactly why, but it''s one of if not the most attractive stone I''ve seen. I love it. It''s around 0.60ct, I wonder if the smaller size helps?

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[Mrs Mitchell]

Lorelei, not to threadjack at all, but I get a slight suspicion that this bothers you?

Horrible, isn't it? This lady is a keen gardener and keeps horses, never took the ring off. You would not want to see what came out of that setting. I know it's rude, but I had to confiscate it. It bothered me toooo much to leave it alone for another 24 years.

 

[Lorelei]

Date: 12/2/2009 6:41:06 AM
Author: Mrs Mitchell
Lorelei, not to threadjack at all, but I get a slight suspicion that this bothers you?

Horrible, isn''t it? This lady is a keen gardener and keeps horses, never took the ring off. You would not want to see what came out of that setting. I know it''s rude, but I had to confiscate it. It bothered me toooo much to leave it alone for another 24 years.

you would be correct in that assumption.....

 

[Mrs Mitchell]

ROFL!

It''s a gorgeous diamond, now that it''s clean. Which took some doing!

 

[Lorelei]

Date: 12/2/2009 6:46:33 AM
Author: Mrs Mitchell
ROFL!

It''s a gorgeous diamond, now that it''s clean. Which took some doing!

I''ll bet.

 

[Mrs Mitchell]

The same offender showed me an antique 2.5ct OMC 5 stone ring. Dirt alone was holding these stones in place. Apparently, her great grandmother, grandmother and mother before her never cleaned rings either.

Ok, I''m turning this thread into How Clean is Your House, so I''ll stop now...

Jen

 

[clgwli]

Date: 12/1/2009 3:48:37 PM
Author: kenny
Arrows are more a photography thing than a real life thing.

When I wear my ideal round I almost never notice the arrows, and they are never black.
They only stand out in photography and even then only when the photographer carefully positions the stone, on-axis, into the camera lens.
Next careful lighting can make the arrows stand out.

Yes in certain lighting I can place the stone precisely on axis and find the arrows but 99.99999% of the time in real life they are not visible.

They are only prominent here because we view zillions of well-taken pics of well-cut diamonds here on PS.
The arrows matter because are an indicator of good cut.

I surely hope people who have never seen a well cut diamond think they function like black arrows permanently painted onto the diamond, always present, and always black.

I will respectfully disagree with you on that statement. I see them often beyond pictures in real life and iit drives me batty. I intentionally choose even small RB to not have them because I see them too often. And yes, I have seen an ideal cut RB in person. I do not care for them in the least.

It is also a turn off for me to see the "X" in many rectangular/square cut diamonds. For that reason I stay away from those cuts as well.

Some people''s eyes are more in tune to things than others IMO.

I admit I prefer different cuts of rounds that do not create the arrows at all times. I would prefer a poorer cut RB or an older style that did not create arrows.

I do prefer either seeing an obvious culet or a smaller ring of death myself. I do know I am not the norm though.