Show me your recycled pieces!

nala · Dec 6, 2020

I don’t know if there is a thread on this but I thought this would be fun! Here are a couple of mine. The before pics are on top. I sold the omc to a good friend so I popped in the heart bc I never wore it as a solitaire. The setting has actually been recycled a few times. The sapphire was set in a super heavy 3 stone and I didn’t care for the sidestones but I had a plain semi Mount and a wrap, so It worked perfectly!View attachment 797338

Then I took my white halo setting and had it dipped in yellow. So yellow gold is after. White gold before.

Daisys and Diamonds · Dec 7, 2020

I love this kind of pretty

some of my favourite threads are repurposing
keep them coming

Lisa Loves Shiny · Dec 9, 2020

It never occurred to me to dip a setting in yellow gold. How pretty! I really like the blue sapphire ring with wrap. Very pretty ring and such a nice sized sapphire.

The first two rings on my second and third fingers are recycled. "Big pink" on my second finger used to hold a 5 carat Andalusite. David Klass switched out that stone for the pink spinel for me. The red spinel on my third finger was made using diamonds from other rings.

ringbling17 · Dec 9, 2020

I’ve had David Klass repurpose a few things for me.
First is a diamond heart pendant I purchased from LT. It was in a pendant and I had him make a rose gold bezel ring for me instead.

ringbling17 · Dec 9, 2020

I had to find the pictures but here is another repurposed project that DK did for me.
It’s my first diamond set. The original diamond is an OEC and I had it set in this princess cut setting with matching band.
He repurposed the center diamond into a rose gold bezel pendant and then took all the princess cut diamonds from both rings and made me a rose gold eternity band.
He even bought the old gold from me.

MamaBee · Dec 9, 2020

kayla17 said:
I had to find the pictures but here is another repurposed project that DK did for me.
It’s my first diamond set. The original diamond is an OEC and I had it set in this princess cut setting with matching band.
He repurposed the center diamond into a rose gold bezel pendant and then took all the princess cut diamonds from both rings and made me a rose gold eternity band.
He even bought the old gold from me.

What a perfectly beautiful redo @kayla17!

ringbling17 · Dec 9, 2020

MamaBee said:
What a perfectly beautiful redo @kayla17!

Thank you! I was extremely happy with both. I feel like the faceting on the OEC is so much more noticeable now in the bezel pendant. I never noticed it before that.

MamaBee · Dec 9, 2020

kayla17 said:
Thank you! I was extremely happy with both. I feel like the faceting on the OEC is so much more noticeable now in the bezel pendant. I never noticed it before that.

You’re making me look into my jewelry box to see what I can make over! Haha

MamaBee · Dec 9, 2020

@kayla17 I wrote this long question and I deleted it by mistake..ugh..Is your band comfortable? I have a BG dream three quarter eternity in fourteen .15 diamonds. It really hurts between the fingers. I hardly wear it because of how uncomfortable it is. I’m wondering if it’s the prongs. It could also be the width..Any suggestions or thoughts from anyone would be appreciated.

ringbling17 · Dec 9, 2020

MamaBee said:
@kayla17 I wrote this long question and I deleted it by mistake..ugh..Is your band comfortable? I have a BG dream three quarter eternity in fourteen .15 diamonds. It really hurts between the fingers. I hardly wear it because of how uncomfortable it is. I’m wondering if it’s the prongs. It could also be the width..Any suggestions or thoughts from anyone would be appreciated.

It’s comfortable on the outside against my other fingers. I only feel smooth metal and the milgrain when I wear it.
The inside is a little sharp but still comfortable. I’ve always meant to have the inside buffed out a little bit but I just haven’t gotten around to it. It’s not so bad that it’s something I feel needs to be fixed. And it’s also something I only noticed when I put the ring on and off. Once it’s on I don’t even notice it.

I would see if you could have the prongs on your ring buffed out a little to smooth them down. I’m thinking it’s probably the metal prongs that make it’s uncomfortable and not the diamonds. The width should be okay. I have a pear solitaire that has sharp prongs and when I wear it and it turns on my finger, it hurts my other fingers. I know it’s the prongs BC I can feel them scraping my skin.
Post a picture of your ring.

MamaBee · Dec 9, 2020

@kayla17

Mamajemmy · Dec 9, 2020

kayla17 said:
I had to find the pictures but here is another repurposed project that DK did for me.
It’s my first diamond set. The original diamond is an OEC and I had it set in this princess cut setting with matching band.
He repurposed the center diamond into a rose gold bezel pendant and then took all the princess cut diamonds from both rings and made me a rose gold eternity band.
He even bought the old gold from me.

Beautiful!! Can you tell me about the band under the diamond band??

ringbling17 · Dec 9, 2020

MamaBee said:
@kayla17

Hmmm, looking at the pictures it’s hard to say. The prongs don’t look like they protrude too much passed the diamonds. Maybe the diamonds are making you uncomfortable bc they are “open” and scratching your other fingers.
I think the width looks fine but the height looks high. But I don’t think you can make the height much lower though bc the diamond depths can’t be changed. Maybe a ring with lower set diamonds would be more comfortable.
Is your Tiffany 7 diamond band comfortable? I have the same exact ring and it is very comfortable on me. It’s also a very low set band.

Cerulean · Dec 9, 2020

kayla17 said:
I had to find the pictures but here is another repurposed project that DK did for me.
It’s my first diamond set. The original diamond is an OEC and I had it set in this princess cut setting with matching band.
He repurposed the center diamond into a rose gold bezel pendant and then took all the princess cut diamonds from both rings and made me a rose gold eternity band.
He even bought the old gold from me.

Omg beautiful! May I ask what the specs are on the center stone? Size in particular!

ringbling17 · Dec 9, 2020

Mamajemmy said:
Beautiful!! Can you tell me about the band under the diamond band??

Thanks! It’s the Van Cleef small perlee band in rose gold.

ringbling17 · Dec 9, 2020

Cerulean said:
Omg beautiful! May I ask what the specs are on the center stone? Size in particular!

Thank you! It’s not certified but I had DK appraise it when it was loose. He said it was .90 carats and I color VS clarity.

MamaBee · Dec 9, 2020

kayla17 said:
Hmmm, looking at the pictures it’s hard to say. The prongs don’t look like they protrude too much passed the diamonds. Maybe the diamonds are making you uncomfortable bc they are “open” and scratching your other fingers.
I think the width looks fine but the height looks high. But I don’t think you can make the height much lower though bc the diamond depths can’t be changed. Maybe a ring with lower set diamonds would be more comfortable.
Is your Tiffany 7 diamond band comfortable? I have the same exact ring and it is very comfortable on me. It’s also a very low set band.

@kayla17 Thanks...Yes my Embrace band is very comfortable.
I was wondering if there was room to lower the stones...but I can’t see the culets to see if there’s room to lower them. I had a band with fifteen pointers that was low set. It wasn’t a uprong setting though...I was surprised how high and wide this one came out. The thing sparkles like crazy so maybe I can develop a callus..ouch haha

stc715 · Dec 9, 2020

Ooh love a good reset!! I took two pairs of solitaire studs and cvb made me a five stone norah that I wear every day. I neverrrrr wore those stud earrings lol

ringbling17 · Dec 9, 2020

MamaBee said:
@kayla17 Thanks...Yes my Embrace band is very comfortable.
I was wondering if there was room to lower the stones...but I can’t see the culets to see if there’s room to lower them. I had a band with fifteen pointers that was low set. It wasn’t a uprong setting though...I was surprised how high and wide this one came out. The thing sparkles like crazy so maybe I can develop a callus..ouch haha

I would still try to see if prongs can be smoothed down. At least that would be an easy fix if that’s all it is.
I have a BGD five diamond band but it’s very comfortable on me. The diamonds are over 30 points each and in a Trellis design.

Cina_s · Dec 10, 2020

Not my ring, my MIL's, it was an old Victorian from her grandmother. Not high quality diamonds, sadlyby the time she inherited it, a few diamonds had gone missing. She had it reset with an idea I gave her. So she could at least wear it for sentimental value, rather than sitting in the bottom of her jewelry box!

SimoneDi · Dec 11, 2020

Cina_s said:
Not my ring, my MIL's, it was an old Victorian from her grandmother. Not high quality diamonds, sadlyby the time she inherited it, a few diamonds had gone missing. She had it reset with an idea I gave her. So she could at least wear it for sentimental value, rather than sitting in the bottom of her jewelry box!

Oh that’s such a a pretty reset! Who created the new ring?

dkata · Dec 11, 2020

kayla17 said:
I’ve had David Klass repurpose a few things for me.
First is a diamond heart pendant I purchased from LT. It was in a pendant and I had him make a rose gold bezel ring for me instead.

I know your ring from Pinterest! I love it, and pinned it in my jewelry inspiration order!

Acinom · Dec 12, 2020

Great idea for a thread!

Loved these wired bands, but did not wear them...

...so I opted for three organic bands. Two are shown here. The diamonds are also recycled.

Ally T · Dec 12, 2020

Acinom said:
Great idea for a thread!

Loved these wired bands, but did not wear them...

...so I opted for three organic bands. Two are shown here. The diamonds are also recycled.

Ooh, close ups & hand shots of these please!

Acinom · Dec 12, 2020

Alex T said:
Ooh, close ups & hand shots of these please!

Will make pics tomorrow in daylight

Wrkbrk · Dec 12, 2020

Reset a white gold bezel ring I never wore into a rose gold bezel necklace! Grace Lavarro did it! Haven’t taken it off since I got it a month ago. Got the heart diamond for my 30th bday 7 years ago!

Wrkbrk · Dec 12, 2020

Here it is as a ring pretty - but never worn!

Cina_s · Dec 12, 2020

SimoneDi said:
Oh that’s such a a pretty reset! Who created the new ring?

A Canadian (Toronto) mom and pop place

But they did a good job. I'm sad I'm not in the states! Some of those that keep getting name dropped here in PS seem to have wonderful designs and benches!

stonehunter20 · Dec 14, 2020

nala said:
I don’t know if there is a thread on this but I thought this would be fun! Here are a couple of mine. The before pics are on top. I sold the omc to a good friend so I popped in the heart bc I never wore it as a solitaire. The setting has actually been recycled a few times. The sapphire was set in a super heavy 3 stone and I didn’t care for the sidestones but I had a plain semi Mount and a wrap, so It worked perfectly!View attachment 797338

Then I took my white halo setting and had it dipped in yellow. So yellow gold is after. White gold before.

the first one and the red one are so pretty! I would want them!!

Bron357 · Dec 14, 2020

I have a few recycled pieces. Some are out of necessity, others to rejuvenate something not current / wearable.
Two watch conversions, two brooches to bracelet conversions and a few necklaces revamped after damage.