WF Re-cut

[sarahb]

Charmy, swingirl, TC1987, AprilBaby, Pregcurious: The transformation is incredible, quite stunning actually--the was & now is a drastic improvement IMHO.

Thanks for checking in on the thread, it was an interesting transaction, & I LOVE my three stone setting!

 

[teobdl]

Clarity aside, steep deeps with slightly bigger tables and good girdles (nothing too thin) are easiest for re-cut. The cutter will shallow out the crown and pavilion angles, and hardly touch the girdle so the diameter will pretty much stay the same, or close to it.

A shallow-shallow will require taking in the girdle to make the angles steeper, so the end diamond will have a smaller diameter.

 

[sarahb]

Clarity aside, steep deeps with slightly bigger tables and good girdles (nothing too thin) are easiest for re-cut. The cutter will shallow out the crown and pavilion angles, and hardly touch the girdle so the diameter will pretty much stay the same, or close to it.

A shallow-shallow will require taking in the girdle to make the angles steeper, so the end diamond will have a smaller diameter.

Thank you Teobdl for your succinct explanation! Completely 'get it' now, although I'm sure it's a difficult thing to do & not as easy as it seems!

 

[two_little_birds]

Beautiful, and kudos to WF on a stunning recut.

 

[OoohShiny]

I may have missed it, but are there any pictures of before and after 'on the hand'?

 

[sarahb]

Beautiful, and kudos to WF on a stunning recut.

Oh thank you TLB, your project will be interesting to follow!! I'll watch for your SMTB thread!!

 

[sarahb]

I may have missed it, but are there any pictures of before and after 'on the hand'?

OooShiny, that would've been a great idea, but I never thought to do that. I was absolutely convinced we were on the path to buying a new stone, so I never thought to take pictures! Now I wished I had.

I have pictures on my old ering with the uncut stone in it, but nothing that would give you a glimpse of what the stone looked like. When we originally bought it, we bought on color & clarity, not realizing just how critically important cut was!

 

[Lookinagain]

OP
I don't currently have a stone that I want recut but often see good sized OECs that don't appear to have the best cuts and I wondered if I purchased one if it could be given a better cut.

 

[sarahb]

You would be better served by discussing this with someone who does recuts and can speak to your question specifically. Personally, I am not that person! But I have read on this board, that reverse engineering a recut is not the best path--ie buying a stone with the intent to recut.