Recut Big Mama??? (my 7.65 carat sapphire)

[RNgemlover]

Just thought I''d see what you guys thought about me getting "Big Mama" recut. I really like the Portuegese a great deal... Any suggestions on good gem cutters???

 

[RNgemlover]

I love her as she is, but she''s showing some rubbing, and the original cut wasn''t too hot... Think I could get a bit more color out of her if I get her a face lift.

 

[platinumrock]

Date: 1/19/2009 11:15:13 PM
Author: shaunrice
I love her as she is, but she''s showing some rubbing, and the original cut wasn''t too hot... Think I could get a bit more color out of her if I get her a face lift.

I think Big Mama (I love it) has nice color saturation, and she''s a pretty navy shade of blue. But if you''re not happy with her, then a recut would be a nice make-over. I''ve heard a lot of great things about Richard Homer. He does a lot of work with colored stones. You can get more information about him from winkjones.com.

 

[movie zombie]

would a repolish help any? i''d hate to see you cut that one.

movie zombie

 

[Imdanny]

I say why not. It seems to me you''d have enough to work with. I think it''s a great idea!

 

[lasscreative]

send her to Jeff white! Stat!!!!

 

[Pandora II]

I maybe wrong, but I''m pretty sure that neither Richard or Jeff do recuts anymore?

 

[neatfreak]

Date: 1/20/2009 2:35:13 AM
Author: movie zombie
would a repolish help any? i''d hate to see you cut that one.


movie zombie

Ditto...I''d explore this first.

 

[chrono]

The best way is to have a cutter look at it. If there''s nothing "wrong" with it, why a recut? If there''s just some wear and tear, a polishing should do the trick.

 

[RNgemlover]

I just saw a Portuguese cut sapphire on The Natural Sapphire Comany''s webpage. It was extraordinary. So that is why I thought about recutting.

 

[PrecisionGem]

I wouldn''t think that a Portuguese cut would be the best for that stone. It''s too dark. Dark stones do better with fewer larger facets than many smaller ones. I would think the stone is cut shallow, and that too wouldn''t work out for recutting as a Portuguese as this is a very deep cut.

 

[Harriet]

Date: 1/20/2009 6:50:53 AM
Author: Pandora II
I maybe wrong, but I''m pretty sure that neither Richard or Jeff do recuts anymore?

Jeff did say that.

 

[uggthuggin]

Love the name Big Mama, can''t wait to see it in a setting

Question - is it possible to cut an oval sapphire into two half moon sapphires.. i have no idea if it is even possible.. i am just having a hard time finding half moon sapphires and i have a oval cut sapphire.. just wondering if i could do anything with it

 

[chrono]

Date: 1/21/2009 12:03:17 AM
Author: uggthuggin
Love the name Big Mama, can''t wait to see it in a setting

Question - is it possible to cut an oval sapphire into two half moon sapphires.. i have no idea if it is even possible.. i am just having a hard time finding half moon sapphires and i have a oval cut sapphire.. just wondering if i could do anything with it

It is possible but the monetary loss is great. After all, a 2 ct sapphire is worth a lot more than after it''s cut into two 1 ct sapphires. Not only that, it will most likely cut into less than 1 ct each, more like 0.5 to 0.6 ct each.