Thoughts on this 0.9 E VS1 TrueHearts?

[ajoeschmo]

Guys, what do you think? Top performer or so so?

http://www.jamesallen.com/diamonds/E-VS1-Ideal-Cut-Round-Diamond-1253660.asp

 

[Karl_K]

lower girdles are on the short side but it qualifies for h&a.
IS looks good
Angles are good
It gets AGS0

With the short lowers if is going to tend more towards larger flashes than some ideal-cuts.
It also has a bit more dark zones then some.

It is a bit different look than a lot of ideal-cuts.

 

[Regular Guy]

Karl and Storm converge...

But who will win?

Stay tuned.

Sorry for threadjack!

 

[Lorelei]

Date: 10/9/2009 1:25:57 AM
Author: strmrdr
lower girdles are on the short side but it qualifies for h&a.
IS looks good
Angles are good
It gets AGS0

With the short lowers if is going to tend more towards larger flashes than some ideal-cuts.
It also has a bit more dark zones then some.

It is a bit different look than a lot of ideal-cuts.

Ditto strm or is it his alter ego Karl,

its looks to be a lovely diamond.

 

[stone-cold11]

yap, looks good.

Karl, identity crisis?

 

[ajoeschmo]

Date: 10/9/2009 1:27:22 AM
Author: Karl_K
lower girdles are on the short side but it qualifies for h&a.

IS looks good

Angles are good

It gets AGS0


With the short lowers if is going to tend more towards larger flashes than some ideal-cuts.

It also has a bit more dark zones then some.


It is a bit different look than a lot of ideal-cuts.

Thanks for the feedback! What does it mean that it will have larger flashes? How will that effect performance? Is that a good thing or bad thing?

Also, what are dark zones? If it''s ideal cut and H&A, it really shouldn''t have dark zones right?

 

[ajoeschmo]

Date: 10/9/2009 5:42:25 AM
Author: Stone-cold11
yap, looks good.


Karl, identity crisis?

Stone-cold, you usually provide good analysis. What do you think? How''s the performance going to be (fire/scintillation)?

 

[Karl_K]

Date: 10/10/2009 9:29:53 PM
Author: ajoeschmo

Date: 10/9/2009 1:27:22 AM

Author: Karl_K

lower girdles are on the short side but it qualifies for h&a.


IS looks good


Angles are good


It gets AGS0



With the short lowers if is going to tend more towards larger flashes than some ideal-cuts.


It also has a bit more dark zones then some.



It is a bit different look than a lot of ideal-cuts.

Thanks for the feedback! What does it mean that it will have larger flashes? How will that effect performance? Is that a good thing or bad thing?


Also, what are dark zones? If it's ideal cut and H&A, it really shouldn't have dark zones right?

its personal preference.
It will have bolder flashes than some and in some lighting where the arrows pop will look a bit darker.
Dark zones are areas that show obstruction or leakage or are less bright that provide contrast, in that diamond that would mainly be the arrows showing obstruction.
Some love the larger arrow look some don't.

 

[Karl_K]

Date: 10/9/2009 5:42:25 AM
Author: Stone-cold11
yap, looks good.


Karl, identity crisis?

force of habit to type strmrdr have been doing it for years now.
typing karl_K is strange.
It wont happen again I had Andrey lock my strmrdr account.
I feel like a noob with the post count on this account.

Sorry for the thread jack.

 

[ajoeschmo]

its personal preference.

It will have bolder flashes than some and in some lighting where the arrows pop will look a bit darker.

Dark zones are areas that show obstruction or leakage or are less bright that provide contrast, in that diamond that would mainly be the arrows showing obstruction.

Some love the larger arrow look some don''t.

Karl, thanks! So this stone does have some light leakage, am I understanding this correctly? Would you buy a stone like this or pass it up for something better?

 

[jet2ks]

Date: 10/10/2009 11:00:11 PM
Author: ajoeschmo

Karl, thanks! So this stone does have some light leakage, am I understanding this correctly? Would you buy a stone like this or pass it up for something better?

Nope, obstruction is where light is blocked from reaching the diamond by the viewer''s head and never enters the stone. Leakage is where the light enters the diamond, but is not reflected back to the viewer. Obstruction occurs at certain focal distances and angles, dependent on a variety of cutting factors.

What it means for this stone is that the flashes of fire and scintillation will be slightly larger than a diamond with longer lower halves, but will also be slightly fewer in frequency. Some people, including myself, like this look, others prefer a more splintered look from long lowers. No wrong answer, and truth be told, you probably would not notice unless viewing side by side or having looked at a lot of diamonds.

It is a well cut diamond and should be a high performing stone.

 

[ajoeschmo]

Date: 10/10/2009 11:40:49 PM
Author: jet2ks

Date: 10/10/2009 11:00:11 PM

Author: ajoeschmo


Karl, thanks! So this stone does have some light leakage, am I understanding this correctly? Would you buy a stone like this or pass it up for something better?

Nope, obstruction is where light is blocked from reaching the diamond by the viewer''s head and never enters the stone. Leakage is where the light enters the diamond, but is not reflected back to the viewer. Obstruction occurs at certain focal distances and angles, dependent on a variety of cutting factors.


What it means for this stone is that the flashes of fire and scintillation will be slightly larger than a diamond with longer lower halves, but will also be slightly fewer in frequency. Some people, including myself, like this look, others prefer a more splintered look from long lowers. No wrong answer, and truth be told, you probably would not notice unless viewing side by side or having looked at a lot of diamonds.


It is a well cut diamond and should be a high performing stone.

I understand now, thank you for the explanation! Is this stone was is known as AGS000? Any other comments about it?

 

[WinkHPD]

Date: 10/10/2009 11:00:11 PM
Author: ajoeschmo

its personal preference.

It will have bolder flashes than some and in some lighting where the arrows pop will look a bit darker.

Dark zones are areas that show obstruction or leakage or are less bright that provide contrast, in that diamond that would mainly be the arrows showing obstruction.

Some love the larger arrow look some don''t.

Karl, thanks! So this stone does have some light leakage, am I understanding this correctly? Would you buy a stone like this or pass it up for something better?

I believe that as a professional Karl can no longer state his personal preference in a go/no go manner. He has correctly given you much information above as to how it is different, but it is now up to you decide if you like this look or another. Other non professionals can give you their preferences, but the rules of the forum prevent us from giving our personal up or down votes.

(I will bet that many of them can even tell you what the previous incarnation of Karl would have told you when he was not a professional in the diamond trade.)

I know that I am not alone in wishing him much success now that he has joined our ranks, he has worked long and hard to get where he is, and it is time that he profit from his work.

Wink