About 60% of the damaged stones I see come in from settings that looked good in the store window but weren't built for how people actually live. A 1.8 carat...
Let's start with what I see across the bench. Small hands - usually a ring size 4 to 5.5, or finger length under about two inches from base to knuckle - get...
Yes. But let's be specific about what "engraving style" means, because the word covers a lot of ground, and the execution depends on who's doing it and with...
About 100 to 150 percent over raw costs, depending on your jeweler and where they're working. That sounds high. It is high, until you see where the money...
Start with the lab report. That's the single honest answer. For any stone over about half a carat - diamond, sapphire, ruby, emerald, anything you're paying...
Yes, with caveats. I get asked this about once a month, usually by someone holding a cell phone photo of a grandmother's ring that's been taken apart or...
The first thing I'd ask is what birthstone you're using, and where it came from. A lot of people walk in with a birthday-gift stone from a relative - maybe...
I get asked about trends a lot. Usually by clients who don't want to look dated in photos, which I respect. But here's the thing about 2025: the trends I'm...
Yes, you can. And I do it more often than not. About 70% of the clients who walk through my door already have a stone or a piece of scrap they want...
Yes, absolutely. The short answer is: if you can draw it, or describe it clearly enough for me to draw, I can have it cut. The longer answer involves some...
One essay, one object, one quiet recommendation — delivered slowly, the way these things ought to be.