His work here shows the exquisite beauty of handmade art 👌

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тёма мишкин Thank You

You were very lucky indeed, to have had 25 of the best years in the business, you must have earned a Fortune:)

I started without glasses or microscope. But now I love the microscope so much I’ll never go back.

He used carbide engraver cr max

Phant{}m Hi 1.6 mm

Giovanna Falco a brass

TheToxicFPS i do use 3 for 70% of work but sometimes i prefer number 4

The size of the whole has to be cut perfectly to match the stone, then the corners are tucked in to hold the stone in place, he does this at 8:12

@@sethredmond3421 cool itd be fun to learn how to to this but looks like you have to be a natural at something like this like not just anyone can be a gold smith

@@bluewidow9151 a natural talent will get you pretty far in this trade, but you never know how good you are till you try it and stick with it awhile. I had no idea is be good at stone setting but now in just 1 month I'm the best student of the greatest jewler on the east coast. You really don't know where your talent is unless you go out of your comfort zone and try stuff.

Jackson Aholt Any Jewellery Tool shop

@Ian Sacks yea, breathe! Expansion,contraction

When's the last time you saw a piece of real diamond jewelry that didn't have a hole drilled through behind every stone? Using that technique to determine the stones authenticity is common practice in the absence of a tester.

@Ian Sacks there's a difference between jewelry designed for stones and adding stones to any given piece of jewelry someone wants to dress up which is obviously what you're referring to. I design and cast custom pieces. My bulk comes from scrap and i can tell you I've NEVER pulled a fake diamond using that method. You did answer my question, if you're setting stones without drilling than I'm assuming they haven't been bringing you pieces with stones popping out.

Not to breathe- for cleaning. And it is the wearer’s choice, and smith catering to multiple options for the customers. For tiny micro pave setting it is impossible to allow a pilot hole underneath for cleaning.

@Ian Sacks lol- we set many stones in all pave and side by side settings. Definitely NOT a credible “method” for testing if a Diamond is real without a Diamond/moissanite tester.

C-max graver no.4 from GRS

@@diamondsettingstudio1472 I'm looking into getting started with stone setting what are the tools I should be looking for? There isnt very much info around for some reason lol

@Role model , there is a website callled Ganoksin that offers stone setting articles step by step, as well as several other jewelry techniques, also too look into this book called the diamond setting manual by Robert r wooding , at the back it explains what tools you need and how to sharpen them