⭐ Show Us Your Cut Stones - Before And After Photos

[Martyz]

And I gather they were both ring stones.
Maybe a bit too soft for rings.

 

[Dihusky]

I actually offered to do a complete re-cut on the Tanzanite for the same money but the client wouldn't take the offer, it would have produced a superb stone with the right pavilion angles,and even though the finished stone would have been around the 3.5 - 4ct mark, the value would have increased significantly as the stone was eye clean and a good colour. The 4Cs would have been the best.

 

[Dihusky]

And I gather they were both ring stones.
Maybe a bit too soft for rings.

Yes, this is the Morganite mounting

Very little room to move with the finished size after re-cutting

 

[Pat Hogen]

Good recovery Sir! Cheers!

 

[Wally69]

:inlove: nice work DiHuSky

Mind bending but well worth the transformation efforts - it must be a relief once the last facet is done

 

[Dihusky]

:inlove: nice work DiHuSky

Mind bending but well worth the transformation efforts - it must be a relief once the last facet is done

Yes it is, tweaking indexes gets a bit mind bending, like some stars at 20 then 16 on one side but 76 +5/6 cheat and 80 + 5/6 cheat on the other to get rid of grinds but the breaks are 20 & 16 then 78 + 4.8/6 and 80 but still meet just trust the eyes

 

[Wally69]

Got to make the most of the northern beaches lockdown.

Just finished off a 2.1ct of central Queensland Christmas Pudding

 

[Manpa]

Love your work Wally. :clap: :clap:

 

[Heatho]

Fantasic stone mate. :Y: :inlove:

 

[triabannana]

Before: 142ct o'brien's creek topaz from rare exotic timbers on ebay

After: 54ct step cut

 

[Manpa]

How big is the stone, just to get a sense of scale?

 

[triabannana]

It's just under 22mm diameter

 

[Manpa]

It's just under 22mm diameter

Thankyou

 

[silver]

Can we see a side on shot next to say a plum or some such thing... looks nice hey

 

[triabannana]

No problem it Just so happens I've gotta couple varieties of plums and apricots. Photos are taken with my tablet so they don't really do it justice.

 

[Wally69]

Nice crown jewel tryabannana :inlove:

 

[triabannana]

Cheers wally. I've got no idea what to do with it. Just add it to my collection I guess

 

[Moth]

A Sri Lankan Blue - was given to me at 1.95 ct - terrible polish and looked like at least two goes had been tried to re-cut it. It had 2 different girdle lines (one dissected by several half facets) and varying over cut facets and seemingly attempts at covering poor facets.
Managed to retrieve a 1.2 ct Standard Round Brilliant which, when polished at 100,000, came up very nicely.

 

[Wally69]

Another garnet has been given a chance to shine

 

[Heatho]

Beautiful gem mate, well done. Your cutting skills are really taking off, nearly time to turn pro.