Mjay
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She’s finally here and I’m obsessed!!!! My 2.02 old mine from sako set in an 18k gold evergreen setting by Megan Thorne. I’ll post my story below if anyone cares to read it.
I purchased the stone about a year ago from Sako. I saw it featured it on his IG and I fell in love. It was everything I was looking for: wonky, deep, warm, crisp facet pattern and major Kozibe effect. The stone was originally 2.05 ct VS2 but he was kind enough to polish out some wear near the girdle that made me a bit nervous, so the resulting weight was 2.02 and possibly increased clarity to VS1. The stone is not certed. I thought about sending it to GIA out of curiosity but ultimately decided I didn’t care. He estimated the stone as an N. I was originally looking for a warmer stone but fell in love with the cut. I compared it to an O/P and a Q/R that I own and honestly it looked warmer than my O/P, but I’m not an expert and Sako is so I’m claiming the N. Sako was awesome to purchase from. He has a great since of humor and is super responsive. I highly recommend him. I was originally thinking of having him create the setting but I wanted to spend some time with the diamond first because I couldn’t decide how to set it. I ended up sitting on it for much much longer than anticipated due to suffering from an HG pregnancy. Once I started feeling better, I knew I wanted to set the diamond ASAP. I opened up my Instagram and Megan Thorne had just posted. It felt like fate. Her evergreen setting was perfect. I sent my diamond directly to her because the closest retailer is about an hour away- not to far but with a newborn and toddler I felt it was easier to deal direct. The setting is gorgeous. It is a bit more dainty than expected but it looks great. I had noticed that some of her pieces had realy long prongs and others didn’t so I meant to email her asking for shorter prongs but forgot. She did make the ring with long prongs but I absolutely love them. It looks amazing and I wouldn’t change it. The only negative things I have to say are 1- there is a small spot that she missed when applying the finish. It’s not very noticeable but my eagle eyes found it right away. I’m sure if I reached out she would fix it but I don’t care enough to be without the ring and I need to learn to tone down my OCD. 2- Her 18k gold is much lighter than my other 18k gold pieces. This is the only thing that is a slight bummer to me. The ring is gorgeous but the gold is not as rich as I am used to. I plan to wear it alone but if I did want to pair it with a band I’d have to get one from her because it doesn’t match my other 18k pieces. Overall I absolutely adore the setting. It’s a perfect whimsical setting for my perfectly wonky stone! I’m absolutely thrilled with the results.
I purchased the stone about a year ago from Sako. I saw it featured it on his IG and I fell in love. It was everything I was looking for: wonky, deep, warm, crisp facet pattern and major Kozibe effect. The stone was originally 2.05 ct VS2 but he was kind enough to polish out some wear near the girdle that made me a bit nervous, so the resulting weight was 2.02 and possibly increased clarity to VS1. The stone is not certed. I thought about sending it to GIA out of curiosity but ultimately decided I didn’t care. He estimated the stone as an N. I was originally looking for a warmer stone but fell in love with the cut. I compared it to an O/P and a Q/R that I own and honestly it looked warmer than my O/P, but I’m not an expert and Sako is so I’m claiming the N. Sako was awesome to purchase from. He has a great since of humor and is super responsive. I highly recommend him. I was originally thinking of having him create the setting but I wanted to spend some time with the diamond first because I couldn’t decide how to set it. I ended up sitting on it for much much longer than anticipated due to suffering from an HG pregnancy. Once I started feeling better, I knew I wanted to set the diamond ASAP. I opened up my Instagram and Megan Thorne had just posted. It felt like fate. Her evergreen setting was perfect. I sent my diamond directly to her because the closest retailer is about an hour away- not to far but with a newborn and toddler I felt it was easier to deal direct. The setting is gorgeous. It is a bit more dainty than expected but it looks great. I had noticed that some of her pieces had realy long prongs and others didn’t so I meant to email her asking for shorter prongs but forgot. She did make the ring with long prongs but I absolutely love them. It looks amazing and I wouldn’t change it. The only negative things I have to say are 1- there is a small spot that she missed when applying the finish. It’s not very noticeable but my eagle eyes found it right away. I’m sure if I reached out she would fix it but I don’t care enough to be without the ring and I need to learn to tone down my OCD. 2- Her 18k gold is much lighter than my other 18k gold pieces. This is the only thing that is a slight bummer to me. The ring is gorgeous but the gold is not as rich as I am used to. I plan to wear it alone but if I did want to pair it with a band I’d have to get one from her because it doesn’t match my other 18k pieces. Overall I absolutely adore the setting. It’s a perfect whimsical setting for my perfectly wonky stone! I’m absolutely thrilled with the results.
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