What do you think about this pear?

[cgd]

Hi,

I'm trying to decide on a pear for an engagement ring. At the moment I was thinking about the one linked below. It's just over 1ct, and a longer pear with a 1.68 ratio. However, from the pears I've viewed online it seems to have decent light performance for such an elongated shape.

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I'm not concerned about the clarity or color since it's highly rated, but I am curious to hear some other opinions about the light performance and overall shape. I'm new to the world of pears, so I was hoping someone with more experience might be able to better judge the performance of the stone in the videos.

Thank you!

 

[cgd]

Here are a couple of others I was looking at too. They're both roughly 0.2ct smaller with more traditional looking shapes (closer to a 1.6 ratio), but from what I can tell they seem to perform well in the videos.

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[caolsen]

For a 1 carat I would not go too long, ratio wise. I’d stay below 1:6. I own a pear that’s larger and 1.7 and the point is POINTY! I find in 1-1.5 carat pears long ratios create a more splintered facet pattern in the tip, and the narrower and longer that tip, the more noticeable.

You look like your staying with a pretty high color range, which helps with pears as they concentrate color in the tip. I think the thing to be on the look out for is any bow tie.

There are a lot of posts here on bow ties you can search, but I like this page as an intro to the concept, if it’s new to you. If you’re going to buy a pear, read up on bow ties.

Pears & bow ties - Most pears with the exception of the most accurate and most precision cut international fine, elite stones will have some degree of bow tI’d. To me, it is about how the perform with them and vendor lights & videos are always minimize the appearance as the BT is caused by a blockage of light between the source and the viewer. that isn’t the vendor being sneaky, it’s because there is nothing between the light source no the camera.

I just wanted to bring it up as it’s not something most new pear buyers stumble upon. The darkest of dark bow ties are an optional illusion, not an inclusion. and cut quality rankings (symmetry for an example);can’t predict them.

Think bright summer sun over head at noon, you bending over at the waste, looking at your hand = bow tie will be visible. If possible, ask for a photo of the stones you settle on as final candidates in a real world setting, like on a hand with someone bending over a bit, light sourced above, like you’d do in real life. That’s assuming you can’t see these stones in person. In person, seeing a BT is very simple, of the effect is pronounced.

Do not ask for that photo for every stone you’re looking at - vendor will be hopping mad at you.

All that said, my pear (2.6 carat 1:7) ratio has a BT, it’s minimal but there.

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Trying to see the stones rotating close together for evaluation.

Edit...I feel like the first stone has more "flashing" going on however, I like the shape of the second one a little better.

 

[cgd]

For a 1 carat I would not go too long, ratio wise. I’d stay below 1:6. I own a pear that’s larger and 1.7 and the point is POINTY! I find in 1-1.5 carat pears long ratios create a more splintered facet pattern in the tip, and the narrower and longer that tip, the more noticeable.

You look like your staying with a pretty high color range, which helps with pears as they concentrate color in the tip. I think the thing to be on the look out for is any bow tie.

There are a lot of posts here on bow ties you can search, but I like this page as an intro to the concept, if it’s new to you. If you’re going to buy a pear, read up on bow ties.

Pears & bow ties - Most pears with the exception of the most accurate and most precision cut international fine, elite stones will have some degree of bow tI’d. To me, it is about how the perform with them and vendor lights & videos are always minimize the appearance as the BT is caused by a blockage of light between the source and the viewer. that isn’t the vendor being sneaky, it’s because there is nothing between the light source no the camera.

I just wanted to bring it up as it’s not something most new pear buyers stumble upon. The darkest of dark bow ties are an optional illusion, not an inclusion. and cut quality rankings (symmetry for an example);can’t predict them.

Think bright summer sun over head at noon, you bending over at the waste, looking at your hand = bow tie will be visible. If possible, ask for a photo of the stones you settle on as final candidates in a real world setting, like on a hand with someone bending over a bit, light sourced above, like you’d do in real life. That’s assuming you can’t see these stones in person. In person, seeing a BT is very simple, of the effect is pronounced.

Do not ask for that photo for every stone you’re looking at - vendor will be hopping mad at you.

All that said, my pear (2.6 carat 1:7) ratio has a BT, it’s minimal but there.

Here’s How to Avoid Diamond Bow Ties | With Clarity

The bow tie effect can leave a large black spot in the middle of your diamond. And since that's no good for sparkle, here's how to minimize the shadow. Explore the With Clarity to know more.

www.withclarity.com

Thanks for the information. I don't believe any of the 3 pears I posted have strong bow ties, but I'm still on the fence about which to choose. The diamond will be mounted as a solitaire with a solid band and 5 prongs.

Here's a bad Photoshop with two of the diamonds I posted.

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The stone on the left is the 1.68 ratio pear seen in these two videos...

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The stone on the right is the smaller 1.6 ratio pear seen in this video...

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[caolsen]

Assume you can’t see these in person? Without specs it’s hard to say if this is true or an affect of the insanely bright light the vendor used for those gifs but I think the crown angle on the 1:68 looks a bit tall to me & that the stone may be a but deeper cut. I like the proportions on the 1:6, but no idea if you GF would really notice the size difference.

Just know that I suspect in real life unlike the photoshopped, you won’t notice much size difference On the hand, looking down. A larger stone doesn’t wear all that ’extra’ size compared to a slightly smaller one on its face, it’s distributed over the stone and .08 is a pretty small difference.

That said, in just the gifs they both look like nice stones.