hand shots of my wife''s rings...GOG 3.34ct, Infinity recut 1.15ct, ACA 1.27 ctw..

[Mara]

DF did you ever post where you heard that ''basic rule''? I never heard of it before! Are you sure it''s not the DF rule?

 

[belle]

hehehe......that IS definitely a df rule. no doubt.

 

[Dancing Fire]

thanks guys for all the nice compliments.

researcher/mara.....i agree,the w-band looks best with teh 1.15ct.

patty...i know traditionally girls wear the band inside of the e-ring but, i think she prefers the w-band on the outside.

barbx....if i''m in the market for a mistress i''ll let you know.

 

[JohnQuixote]

DF, Wow.

What a terrific marriage of quality diamonds!
Brian, Paul and Jonathan all worn on one hand.

A girl could do worse.

Beautiful!

 

[Diamonds4Me]

Good night nurse! My grandmother''s 3ct doesn''t look anywhere NEAR as huge on my fingers as that!!!

I bet she can signal space craft with that rock

 

[valeria101]

Date: 5/9/2005 7:15:11 PM
Author: Dancing Fire

HERE''S THE BASIC RULE....(center stone only)
you can go up to a 2.5 rb if your ring size is 3.5 or....4ct if your ring size is 5; 5ct if size 6 etc,etc. and for fancy cuts you can go up to your ring size.

Sounds good to me.
It is easy to deduce a "finger coverage" function like that... one just needs to be obsessed eough to do it! And guess what...

To obtain the same "finger coverage" as that 3 carat on size 4 finger... the RULE is:

RBC ctw = 0.5 x US ring size + 1

... no joke

 

[Mara]

So Val according to your equation... I would need a 4c on my size 6 finger to have it look the same as DF''s wife?

DF''s wife has a size 4.75c finger and a 3.34c...is the equation still correct?

 

[valeria101]

Date: 5/10/2005 1:11:28 PM
Author: Mara
So Val according to your equation... I would need a 4c on my size 6 finger to have it look the same as DF's wife?

DF's wife has a size 4.75c finger and a 3.34c...is the equation still correct?

Well... that simple regression line is a darn good fit

'Guess so.

But... this is really not very realistic. The look might be there if yours is the only diamond on the continent and no one has seen any other. Otherwise, 4.75 would be allot larger in real, 3D life than 3.34. Nowhere but in a finger photo this "finger cover" ratio ever sounds important. Anywhere there are "standard" objects for refference - so it is easy and natural to distinguish a small finger with a small diamond on top of it from a large finger with a large diamond !

In hand-and-ring-only pictures it takes a skilled anatomist to guess the size of the hand.

So, really, even if correct, that chart is a joke

All it describes is a visual illusion - it measures right the wrong thing. Some time ago you told a story of buying some storm candles that looked huge in reality when you expected them to be small judging from online pictures. Same with the 4 carat bauble - that can only seem as large as 3 carat on a silly chart...

 

[Dancing Fire]

Date: 5/10/2005 1:11:28 PM
Author: Mara
So Val according to your equation... I would need a 4c on my size 6 finger to have it look the same as DF''s wife?

DF''s wife has a size 4.75c finger and a 3.34c...is the equation still correct?

Mara
it''s simple math,according to the basic rule.....you could go up to a 5ct rb or a 6ct fancy cut (center stone) for your size 6 finger.

 

[Lynn B]

OH. MY. WORD.

Gorgeous, blinding stones.

A girl could definitely get a little GREEN over here!!!

Lynn

 

[hoorray]

WOOOOWWWW DF! Great pics of those sparklers on her hand. I love how the 5 stone looks -- on her fingers everything looks huge! Thanks for posting.

 

[didiamond]

DF, what a great calculation! I''m going to get right on my DH and let him know that we''re not following the "basic rule". I''m kinda getting the feeling that he''s not going to be too happy about it though! hehehe

 

[Dancing Fire]

Date: 5/12/2005 11:13:18 AM
Author: didiamond
DF, what a great calculation! I''m going to get right on my DH and let him know that we''re not following the ''basic rule''. I''m kinda getting the feeling that he''s not going to be too happy about it though! hehehe

didiamond
yep....with your already GIANT size rocks

you might break rule.