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Help… choosing between two amazing OMCs

Rfisher said:
Would you be open to 8 prongs?
feeding off of prior suggestion of also having a different prong orientation
With 8 prongs you could have prongs at 3 o’clock and 9 o’clock.
then your shoulders could attach to those prongs. Which might give it a less ‘peg head stock assembly’ ish look that the gap there gives.
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I’m not sure 8 prongs would add anything for me but am open to it. I think we moved the 3 and 9 o clock prongs so that they weren’t covering the side stones. Can you explain what you mean by peg head stock assembly? Not sure I know what you mean.
 
lindsaylove said:
I’m not sure 8 prongs would add anything for me but am open to it. I think we moved the 3 and 9 o clock prongs so that they weren’t covering the side stones. Can you explain what you mean by peg head stock assembly? Not sure I know what you mean.
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Peg head is where the head looks like it’s been plunked into the gap rather than being inherently part of the design. It’s called that because a lot of the cheaper settings have heads that you can swap in and out depending on the size of your stone. They attach to the shank by a peg that’s inserted into a hole in the shank.
They’re not bad in themselves but as a design element, they can look a bit unintegrated which isn’t the look you want if you’re working with a designer for something custom.
 
lindsaylove said:
I’m not sure 8 prongs would add anything for me but am open to it. I think we moved the 3 and 9 o clock prongs so that they weren’t covering the side stones. Can you explain what you mean by peg head stock assembly? Not sure I know what you mean.
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I absolutely missed it that you already had changed prong orientation for a reason. I’m sorry!
In looking at your latest CAD, the 6 prongs in their current orientation do leave the cushion stone corners unprotected enough that a klutz like me would be concerned. This is where the thought of 8 prongs came in.

@foxinsox explained it much better than I. Peg head is not ‘bad’, just not typically a look you see with a made to custom setting.

Less taper in the basket towards the donut might help in that aspect. The inspo pic you posted for the bezel set shoulders - the basket seems much less tapered than your CAD.
 
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foxinsox said:
Peg head is where the head looks like it’s been plunked into the gap rather than being inherently part of the design. It’s called that because a lot of the cheaper settings have heads that you can swap in and out depending on the size of your stone. They attach to the shank by a peg that’s inserted into a hole in the shank.
They’re not bad in themselves but as a design element, they can look a bit unintegrated which isn’t the look you want if you’re working with a designer for something custom.
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This is very helpful, thank you!!
 
Rfisher said:
I absolutely missed it that you already had changed prong orientation for a reason. I’m sorry!
In looking at your latest CAD, the 6 prongs in their current orientation do leave the cushion stone corners unprotected enough that a klutz like me would be concerned. This is where the thought of 8 prongs came in.

@foxinsox explained it much better than I. Peg head is not ‘bad’, just not typically a look you see with a made to custom setting.

Less taper in the basket towards the donut might help in that aspect. The inspo pic you posted for the bezel set shoulders - the basket seems much less tapered than your CAD.
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Ahh yes totally understand now. Thank you so much!
 
Same, I’m also hopefully getting a 4-5 carat OMC for my engagement and planning a similar vibe for mine (tho all yellow gold including prongs).

I read this thread and am loving what you chose. Can’t wait to see the finished ring!!!
 
lioness88 said:
Same, I’m also hopefully getting a 4-5 carat OMC for my engagement and planning a similar vibe for mine (tho all yellow gold including prongs).

I read this thread and am loving what you chose. Can’t wait to see the finished ring!!!
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Can’t wait to see yours too @lioness88 !!! Just a heads up from my recent experience…I had my omc set in a gold collet setting and I will say that the gold prongs were actually reflecting into the stone. I ended up having them swapped out to white metal and the transition between white and gold is very subtle. It totally got rid of any reflection from the gold. I also had the entire interior of this setting fabricated in platinum to avoid any yellow reflection, but the prongs alone were enough to do it! It looks amazing now.

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twosanguinehearts said:
Can’t wait to see yours too @lioness88 !!! Just a heads up from my recent experience…I had my omc set in a gold collet setting and I will say that the gold prongs were actually reflecting into the stone. I ended up having them swapped out to white metal and the transition between white and gold is very subtle. It totally got rid of any reflection from the gold. I also had the entire interior of this setting fabricated in platinum to avoid any yellow reflection, but the prongs alone were enough to do it! It looks amazing now.

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Looks beautiful! The color and what I can see of the crown are lovely.
 
twosanguinehearts said:
Can’t wait to see yours too @lioness88 !!! Just a heads up from my recent experience…I had my omc set in a gold collet setting and I will say that the gold prongs were actually reflecting into the stone. I ended up having them swapped out to white metal and the transition between white and gold is very subtle. It totally got rid of any reflection from the gold. I also had the entire interior of this setting fabricated in platinum to avoid any yellow reflection, but the prongs alone were enough to do it! It looks amazing now.

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@twosanguinehearts you’re such a tease as we need to see this ring you have now! I hope you will make a thread! Did you end up buying the OMC that you had showed us before?
 
Thanks for checking in on me!! The ring is in production. There was a bit of a mixup in communication and was made in all yellow gold first go around, so being reset in platinum basket/prongs currently.

Honestly I’m still second guessing the setting
There’s something about the prong orientation that I don’t love. I’m toying with the idea of 4 double claw prongs instead of 6. … but I change my mind constantly!
 
Can’t wait to see-the 6 prong is going to look so good!
 
Looking forward to seeing this ring! Going to be gorgeous. I think the 6 prongs look good.
 
lindsaylove said:
Thanks for checking in on me!! The ring is in production. There was a bit of a mixup in communication and was made in all yellow gold first go around, so being reset in platinum basket/prongs currently.

Honestly I’m still second guessing the setting
There’s something about the prong orientation that I don’t love. I’m toying with the idea of 4 double claw prongs instead of 6. … but I change my mind constantly!
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Ok I loooove it with yellow prongs too LOL

I’m insane and love yellow gold prongs though….
lindsaylove said:
Thanks for checking in on me!! The ring is in production. There was a bit of a mixup in communication and was made in all yellow gold first go around, so being reset in platinum basket/prongs currently.

Honestly I’m still second guessing the setting
There’s something about the prong orientation that I don’t love. I’m toying with the idea of 4 double claw prongs instead of 6. … but I change my mind constantly!
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wow gorgeous with the yellow gold 6 prongs!!!

I love it with the yellow gold prongs too…will you do a before and after when you get it set in plat prongs?

I ended up going with a K in similar size OMC, yellow gold prongs with 4 double claws but gah I love yours with the 6 now as well

There’s something about all yellow gold I love and thought with a K color there was a risk that white metal prongs would make the stone look yellower by contrast??
 
lindsaylove said:
This is how it looked in all 18k yg

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Is that what “collet” means? If so I’m getting a somewhat similar setting as well , I promise I didn’t copy you though
 
lioness88 said:
Is that what “collet” means? If so I’m getting a somewhat similar setting as well , I promise I didn’t copy you though
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No I believe a collet setting is different, I’m definitely not qualified to describe it with the appropriate terms but to me the collet setting is similar to a bezel set with prongs.
 
lioness88 said:
Ok I loooove it with yellow prongs too LOL

I’m insane and love yellow gold prongs though….


wow gorgeous with the yellow gold 6 prongs!!!

I love it with the yellow gold prongs too…will you do a before and after when you get it set in plat prongs?

I ended up going with a K in similar size OMC, yellow gold prongs with 4 double claws but gah I love yours with the 6 now as well

There’s something about all yellow gold I love and thought with a K color there was a risk that white metal prongs would make the stone look yellower by contrast??
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Your ring sounds gorgeous! I hope you post when you receive it, can’t wait to see it! I definitely love yellow gold too. I’m sure it will be beautiful.
 
Does anyone have any feelings on whether 8 prongs would be better than 6? I want less of an elongated/rectangular look and more of a softer, oval look. I’m wondering if 8 would help achieve that.
 
lindsaylove said:
Your ring sounds gorgeous! I hope you post when you receive it, can’t wait to see it! I definitely love yellow gold too. I’m sure it will be beautiful.
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Omg I will I hope you do too :)
 
lindsaylove said:
Does anyone have any feelings on whether 8 prongs would be better than 6? I want less of an elongated/rectangular look and more of a softer, oval look. I’m wondering if 8 would help achieve that.
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I like fewer prongs so I’d do 6 or 4 double claw. I love the pic you posted though (think it was 6 prongs?) with the setting that you’re changing to plat prongs
 
lioness88 said:
Hi @lindsaylove do you know when you get your ring? Is it an engagement ring, will you have to wait??
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It’s my 10 year anniversary upgrade (which was actually almost a year ago now), so I won’t have to wait!

How’s it going with yours? Are you having it set?
 
lindsaylove said:
It’s my 10 year anniversary upgrade (which was actually almost a year ago now), so I won’t have to wait!

How’s it going with yours? Are you having it set?
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@lindsaylove what did you decide on the setting-6 or 8 prongs?
 
lindsaylove said:
It’s my 10 year anniversary upgrade (which was actually almost a year ago now), so I won’t have to wait!

How’s it going with yours? Are you having it set?
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Wow hope you see it soon. 6 prongs look amazing.

Having it set ready by mid to late June. hopefully my bf doesn’t take too long to propose
 
lioness88 said:
Wow hope you see it soon. 6 prongs look amazing.

Having it set ready by mid to late June. hopefully my bf doesn’t take too long to propose
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Very exciting!! Early congratulations!!
 
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