Royal Asscher Eye Candy

[strmrdr]

The steps are there but there is a couple things going on:

1: focus and focal lenth. the camera is just bluring them all together.
2. ra''s due to the extra facets each step is a lot smaller so they dont stand out as much.
3. by the looks of it the crown height is likely in the 18%+ range which can mask the pattern except in the best lighting.

I think the ra really starts to slightly pull ahead of more classic cut asschers at the 3-4 ct size point.
In the under 2ct range they atleast to me appear too busy and the steps dont stand out enough.
But to each there own because I know there are people who love their 1ct RA''s who totaly disagree with me.

 

[strmrdr]

Date: 7/26/2005 2:59:28 PM
Author: valeria101

Date: 7/26/2005 1:52:35 PM

Author: Mara



i thought all RA''s would have a real mile deep look to them? or maybe it''s just the pix, hard to tell?

Hm... can''t be sure (of anything), but the ''mile deep'' look might well be an artifact of diffuse lighting (like the sellers around here use to show the arrows og H&As). The RAs are cut rather different - the extra steps get rid of contrast brilliance (no black under the IdealScope) . Besides, these pictures are relatively small.


STRM, where does the ''mile deep'' wording comes from anyway ?

From a random website when I was studying asschers.
It described what I was seeing to a T so I borrowed it.
I dont know the history of the term when it comes to asschers havent cared enough to hunt it down because it fits what I see in the best of the asschers Iv seen.

The look does show up best under difused and indirect lighting with the small steps and very high crown the RA''s are cut with it shows up in a rather narrow range of lighting due to the lack of contrast.

With asschers there is always a trade off of white light return vs patterns but the cutting that makes for nice patterns increases colored light return or fire.
I will take good patterns and fire in asschers over white light return anyday.

 

[Mara]

Got it ...hmm more food for thought.

 

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