who does good custom ering work?

[luckychick]

my boyfriend and i have been looking for engagement rings for a while and i can''t seem to settle on one. i think we are going to have one custom made. does anyone have any suggestions on where to go? he lives in philadelphia, i live in the washington dc area. and we are open to heading up to NY if there''s someone really great up there.

i love leon mege''s work, but its a little pricey. we''ve received a couple quotes and really a bit more than we''d like to spend. is there someone who can do custom work for less than 6K?

 

[diamondseeker2006]

Leon is not really that high for the kind of work he does. I''d be wary of someone who charged a lot less. Quest Jewelers is in a VA suburb if DC, and many PS people have had custom rings made there. I also love Maytal Hannah''s work.

http://www.maytalhannah.com/

 

[mrssalvo]

i was thinking of Quest when you said where you guys are located. they do great work and their prices are very good. definitely give them a call. you can see pics of some of the work they have done for pricescopers in this thread..

https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/show-me-your-quest-jewelers-masterpieces.35129/

 

[beebrisk]

My ring was made by ERD (Mark Turnowski,Inc)
I''m sure you''ve seen all the raves about him on this site!
Start to finish, they were GREAT and my ring was under $6K.

My ERD pretty (but they will do WHATEVER you want!)

 

[strmrdr]

Do you want a designer or someone to make your design?
That makes a huge difference on who you get too do it.

 

[pauly1]

Greenlake !

I just started my ring with them and will be posting updates as things progress.

GLJW.com

 

[aljdewey]

Date: 10/1/2007 9:08:07 PM
Author: strmrdr
Do you want a designer or someone to make your design?
That makes a huge difference on who you get too do it.

What Storm said.

There''s a difference, and it''s an important one.

One (someone to make your design) will make the product of your imagination; the other (design-ER) will make the product of his, and you''re paying for his imagination.

 

[luckychick]

i pretty much have an idea of what i want. a split shank micro pave w/ a halo or a micropave w/ halo. im just kind of picky about the profile of the ring which is what i would want to have my own input in.

thank you all for your input! ill def. look into all of these...im new to this site, and everyone is so great!

 

[fullojoy]

I live in the DC area, too. Go see Pete, at quest jewelers, near Tysons. The # is 703-204- 0111. He recently made an amazing ring for me. I wish I could figure out how to post the pictures. I have a 3 carat radiant, with trapezoids on either side. He was very patient in helping me to select the trapezoids. I have 3 sided micropave, and micropave on the basket. We worked from pictures I had, and he created the ring for me. He spent a lot of time discussing all the details with me- width of band, etc. The workmanship is just beautiful. I assume the pave diamonds must be a very good quality, as they really sparkle. He was so pleasant to work with. I met with a bunch of stores in NW DC and Montgomrey County, and went to quest based on recommendations from this website. They were lovely to work with, and I thought their prices were very fair. Good luck.

 

[kev1234]

Maytal is making a custom ering for me right now. she does beautiful custom work, and a great example of a split shank pave halo is on her website. and her quote was significantly lower than LM. I believe she works out of LA, but she works with people from basically anywhere.

 

[luckychick]

We are heading to Quest this wknd w/ many pictures. I''m excited...hopefully I''ll be able to get exactly what I want. Thanks for all ur help! I appreciate it!!