evergreen
Brilliant_Rock
- Joined
- Jan 18, 2012
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I don’t consider this to be an overly obstructed stone at all! It looks great.
Aww thanks -- still, I do find it behaves better under the table with a bit of tilt and it is mostly "blue" under the table on ASET; I think it meets criteria for being obstructed (whatever those criteria are ). I think that may be the case for many old cuts as people were figuring out how to get two diamonds into one octahedron - just a different standard. It's got a lower crown and larger table than typical for old cuts. My tranny is like that, too, though doesn't darken as much under the table. Some "obstruction" is necessary for contrast, of course; the transitional happens to spread out that contrast better, when viewed up close. When I look at the cushion up close (18" or less, say), i can tell it's a little dark & benefits from a tiny tilt. It's just a personality thing, not a dealbreaker, obviously. I love it and wear it constantly and get to marvel at its performance IRL! It just performs, in a VERY general way, similarly to the close up video of the Ouros OECs.
I'm not as experienced as you in evaluating old cuts, though, @Dreamer_D -- anything I said that doesn't ring true? This is kinda how I interpret obstruction but I'm not sure it's a sophisticated take.