Worried I will break my diamond off the shank!

[dirigogirl]

Hi everyone! I am new, having just been a lurker in the past. I have a question about the durability of my setting. Some background: when my wonderful husband and I got engaged, we were quite young and so he was not able to afford a diamond. I understood and was just happy to be marrying such a great man. I lived with a little citrine on my hand for quite a while. Recently we have been blessed with good jobs and he made it clear to me that he wanted me to have a diamond. It bothered him that he had not been able to afford one before. I let him take care of it. My only suggestion was that I wanted some color, saying that some side stones might be nice. I never expected him to get me what he did....a stunning blue diamond, 1.5 carats, round brilliant. Wow. Well, the stone is amazing. I can hardly take my eyes off of it. However, he had it set in one of the pin head settings where it is set into the shank with a pin and then soldered on. I have never owned a ring like this. All my other rings are cast in one solid piece. I am a pretty active woman and when I look at the setting, I worry that my lovely diamond could pop off the shank, never to be seen again. Not only would this be downright tramatic but it would also be hard to find a replacement stone. He said it took him some time to find my stone since most blue diamonds are treated and he was not interested in that. Am I worrying needlessly? How tough are the pin settings? I don''t know much about soldering so this is a real mystery to me.

 

[stone-cold11]

pictures of the setting?

 

[HVVS]

If it's a flimsy peg head, that could happen. If it's pretty hefty, I'd say that there is not much risk. But post a pic.

My ring with the lightweight prongs is the only one that I have managed to loosen or bend.

 

[AprilBaby]

We would LOVE to see a picture of such a large blue diamond!

 

[Dreamer_D]

A picture would help. Do you work with your hands?

 

[Maisie]

If you are concerned about your setting would your husband be open to a new setting? That way you would feel happier wearing that BIG Blue diamond!

 

[yssie]

Ohhhhh please post pics of your blue!!




Ditto - if you''re concerned about it, and the setting actually is flimsy (sometimes they''re made to feel delicate, but they aren''t necessarily)... would you consider a new one?