Good vs Bad cutting

[Azard_faza]

Hello everyone,

Today I have these 2 tourmalines that I received from one of my clients for recutting into artistic-cuts and I wanted to make a quick post showing everyone the importance of good cutting.

Maintained very poorly evident by the scuffs, scratches and chipped off facets on the surface of the stones and lack of brilliance.
 
So, our customer has requested them to be re-cut into Artistic cuts to improve the brilliance and value of these stones.

We have chosen cuts called “Red Rose” and “Double Cross Square”. Both created by master gem cutter Mr. Jeff R. Graham

Now of course It’s hard to see the difference with pictures so I have also made a video and uploaded it to YouTube. Please click this link and watch how it looks on YouTube https://youtu.be/AVd3KTgbU08

The difference is massive compared to how the Tourmalines looked before. Many of you already know that "cut" is one of the 4Cs used for grading gemstones, and this example highlights the importance of a high-quality cut.

I hope this post was beneficial for you and thank you for your interest!
Thanks,
Best Regards

Azard Fazahir

[Alaskan]

Impressive... how do you dop to a perfect centerline and is your cheater different than standard?

Beautiful restoration of material & excellent design improvements.

[Alaskan]

Why did Azard Fazahir's post disappear from the recent activities column when I replied?

[Faceting Frank]

Because you are now the most recently active on this thread and your name is on it and when I post this, I will be the most recent.

[Alaskan]

Thanks, Frank... are you aware of how a faceted stone is dopped and aligned for repair or is there significant loss expected?

Beautiful work there!

[Faceting Frank]

Never tried recutting old stones Alaskan. I think that round stones should be the easiest to cut without loosing much material. The stone could be put in a transfer jig, which would align and centre the stone in the cone dop and the crown glued to the other dop.
As for those people in the video, I would imagine they have made some jigs or dops to suit other shapes.

[Alaskan]

Been out of sorts with an unexpected (partial) left eye retinal detachment - two treatments with injections.

Better but perfect is gone - notice a small bump in what you know is a straight edge... don't hesitate - see a retinal specialist asap.

[mehoose]

this could be where a few of the recutters are using the Mag dop?
Pretty sure that's the name. It has rings made into the dop so they can center things.
okay.. there's 3 you could look at, mainly looking at rough but if you affixed a cut stone to a dop via the table and then introduced it to a Mag dop  that could aid with getting things fairly in the middle or just start out with the Target dop to center it. I'll also list the GUIU dop, meant to be great for starting with the rough.
Mag Dop
Target Dop
GUIU Dopper