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I finally have a wedding band to wear with my solitaire! I tried so many different styles and none felt right, and then I envisioned a ruby eternity band (in platinum) that would complement the shade of my diamond. I reached out to three jewelers for quotes and went with Steven Kirsch, because his reputation was stellar, his craftsmanship is superb and he said he'd use "top of the line pigeon blood red Burma rubies". As it turned out, that wasn't really possible. The first ring I received had pink sapphires in it. Though Steven was always polite and never rude, he didn't ever accept my assertion that the stones were not what he had promised, thought he offered to remake the ring. The process of getting to the current ring was less than lovely. I had a thread in Rocky Talky about it.
https://www.pricescope.com/communit...with-a-pricescope-vendor-about-stones.207422/
I felt ignored (sparse communication) and talked down to through most of the process, which was unexpected and disappointing. Again, he was never rude and was always polite, but he lost my trust. I am surprised and pleased with the second ring. It's not quite as red as the initial color I was envisioning, but it's like night and day in comparison to the first ring. Had I received this ring first, I would have been happy with it, and the unpleasantness wouldn't have happened. In any case, I am letting myself love the ring even though the experience was less than wonderful.
I've taken eleventy billion pictures, to show it in various lighting. I know Kenny will probably cringe when he sees the lack of white balance, hee hee, but here's what I have.
First, I have a comparison of the first ring (left) and the second ring (right). The rest of the pictures are of the second ring.
https://www.pricescope.com/communit...with-a-pricescope-vendor-about-stones.207422/
I felt ignored (sparse communication) and talked down to through most of the process, which was unexpected and disappointing. Again, he was never rude and was always polite, but he lost my trust. I am surprised and pleased with the second ring. It's not quite as red as the initial color I was envisioning, but it's like night and day in comparison to the first ring. Had I received this ring first, I would have been happy with it, and the unpleasantness wouldn't have happened. In any case, I am letting myself love the ring even though the experience was less than wonderful.
I've taken eleventy billion pictures, to show it in various lighting. I know Kenny will probably cringe when he sees the lack of white balance, hee hee, but here's what I have.
First, I have a comparison of the first ring (left) and the second ring (right). The rest of the pictures are of the second ring.
but at least the end result was beautiful! 
I'm sorry the experience was difficult but glad things worked out. Enjoy it, it's fabulous!
I think your end result is just lovely, though. Rubies are gorgeous, mysterious, and timeless, and I think the band really goes well with your solitaire! Is it a full eternity? 
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