What is your favorite style of Pave and why?

[the_universe]

so many different styles of pave to choose from. What is your favorite style of pave and why?

 

[Niel]

Bright set. Im not sure why. I like how it frames the melee. Plus I like that you don't have to worry about wearing rings together sense it has that ribbon of metal around the outside. For whatever reason I think it just makes the whole ring look cleaner

 

[Gypsy]

Brightcut here too for the most part. Safer.

 

[the_universe]

what do you mean "safer?"

 

[Gypsy]

Please learn to use the search function. I posted about it in your other thread. All you have to do is search for "brightcut safer" and you'd get a ton of hits.

Also there is a helpful thread archive. This is a self serve website. [URL='https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/helpful-threads-archive.72078/page-3']https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/helpful-threads-archive.72078/page-3[/URL]

Why pave is fragile: [URL='https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/which-online-retailer-for-a-custom-setting.203660/']https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/which-online-retailer-for-a-custom-setting.203660/[/URL]


Also, bright cut is my favorite style of pave. But not for halos. For halos it would probably be a v-cut pave. That's what I have on my halo.

 

[Sunstorm]

Cool thread, I will also search your other threads on the subject Gypsy as I really like pave and halos. As I am not a goldsmith but well I have been learning that for a bit too, my jeweler generally does the handforging for me on pieces. Interestingly we normally use a crown setting that is similar to the V cut in shape from the side for the main stone that I often prefer raised a bit especially if they are nice stones which they usually are but for the halos we use bright cut pave. I think and also according to my jeweler who is probably one of the best craftsman in my country with over 50 years experience, it can be very difficult to do bright cut pave for tiny mele and make sure that the melee are secure but also there is as little metal showing from the top as possible. I am absolutely in love with the newest earrings he made for me; I have F VS2 ideal RBs in the center 30 points each raised and a bright cut halo with melee around 1 mm. Maybe for my next halo I will have him use the v cut technique to try it and see.

 

[Gypsy]

OV if you have ever had a chance to look at Daniel K's brightcut pave you will see what I consider some of the best brightcut I have ever seen. Bridget Durnell also gets high marks.

But for halos... most jewelers can't do great brightcut and that metal channel gets to big. So v-cut is my preference.

 

[Sunstorm]

Gypsy, I most definitely see what you mean. I looked at examples of brightcut pave online and noticed that many have a wider channel with quite a bit of metal showing, I prefer brightcut to not show much metal and look like a row of stones mostly with only a tiny bit it metal on the side.Looking at my earrings I only notice a very narrow outer metal rim, nothing on the inside (the bit that is on the inside is hidden by the crown setting of the center stone) but I too think brightcut can be a difficult technique to set the stones so tightly that there is almost no metal showing and yet be secure. I have to say I find it delish though.) V-cut is a good idea too, will look at some more examples of that also.Just find this topic very interesting as I have really been into halos recently, well, always to be honest but have not really seen great examples that much. Thanks so much for your input, it always very valuable, I will also definitely look into the work of the designers you suggested.

 

[SB621]

it depends on the setting and the diamond or CS I'm putting it it. I don't have one favorite as much as I like different pairings.

 

[kenny]

My favorite style of pave is one single larger well-cut diamond instead of many smaller ones you paid a zillion dollars in labor to set.

 

[Sunstorm]

Kenny, I definitely see your point. I used to focus on my stones, well, one larger one and was afraid a setting would overwhelm it, actually I often preferred to just have them lose and admiring them as much as I love wearing jewelry. Then I overcame it and started setting stones and realized how much a setting can emphasize a center stone. I guess that could also be a bit of a girlie thing though. Also, you have to realize costs of labor vary largely depending on where you live, where I live it is a very small fraction of what you would pay in the US, so in this sense customers are lucky here. I am even luckier with my jeweler being my friend and I get a really good deal. OTOH, customers here pay much higher prices for diamonds than what you have available in the US especially at online resources.