Gemstone Faceting - French Cut Diamonds
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- Опубліковано 22 чер 2019
- Welcome to my channel. I'm an Australian gem cutter. Watch me facet a gem from beginning to end in the style of The French Cut Diamond. The French Cut Diamond is named in reference to the style of the cut: A French cut diamond might now be cut in any country! The cut was named simply because French cut diamonds were a popular style in France and possibly originated there. Thank you for watching.
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This is an incredible art, it boggles my mind to see how even tiny stones are faceted and polished. Kudos to you! 👌👌👌
Sir, I'm learning about faceting (still don't have my machine) but your tutorial on the steps are just the best I've found so far. Thank you! Amazing work.
Superb final reveal this time. The background color was nearly perfect and the turntable was moving slowly enough that I could focus on the new gem. Bravo, Cliff!
In all my years of selling fine jewelry, I'd never heard of that cut before! Lovely! And Jaws is adorable! ❤
Thanks Mary Lou.
I love love love this cut!!!
So excited to see this as I have been fortunate enough to purchase an ancient 1.12 carat french cut diamond and have been floored at the very few available on the market. It did come with a damaged corner, but had a master cutter repair and polish with beautiful results! Now to the ring design to complement the glorious chunky stone. Beautiful work!
Hi cliff, thnak you for your videos it helps me a lot. Today we have started this french star cut in our gems and gemology institute of pakistan. I have preform 4 pieces of glass for this cut. Your videos are very much helpful.
I am also starting online Gemstones selling as we have Asia biggest Gemstones market in my city peshawar pakistan. Thank you once again
Master cutter no doubt!
Your skills are very well developed! Amazing result!
I would love see you faceting a dodecahedron one day :)
love your videos they make my day wen i see a new one more relaxing learning gem cuttings
Thanks....I'm glad you enjoyed this video. Regards Cliff
Great job Cliff. You are a master of your craft. Love this design.
Thanks Ian. Cheers Cliff
Another stunner Cliff. Looks like a precursor to today's princess cut style. I just love how you bring out the brilliance in any stone you cut. Beautiful work as always :-)
Thank you. I enjoyed faceting this style of cut. I may have to try a rectangle one day.
So beautiful Cliff, so nicely done and fun to watch!
Glad you enjoyed it
Beautiful, as usual.
Thanks Craig
@@VintageTimeGems I love watching you take something that looks like it was kicked to the side of the road and turn it into an irreplaceable masterpiece.
Amazing ❤
Very impressed
Thanks
That looks amazing im gonna try that french cut my friend
I was just reading a book that mentioned this cut of diamond so I had to have a look, which is how I found you. What an absolutely beautiful cut. I love it. I applaud your skills, I wish I was talented at something so lovely. All that and I manage to be the 100th comment!💍💍💎💠
Very nice. I wonder why this cut isn't used more often, it'd deserve it! Thanks for bringing it back.
Certain designs come in and out of fashion.
Ever since Jaws has come back the video quality has gone through the roof lol
Lol....Jaws will want a pay rise....
Clearly it was a videography boot camp
I'd love to sit in your workshop so I could watch and listen to you as you create these master pieces.
Have you ever taught anybody to facet??
Yes. I Currently teaching a member of my gem club to facet.
@@VintageTimeGems Do you have any videos of you teaching them??
Very nice I like to tell you that you are the perfect French Damon thank you very much
Thank you too!
Welcome back Jaws
Thanks Kody....
Hi Cliff, Have you ever thought of faceting a piece of iron pyrite (fools gold)? I love your channel and watch very often and love all the tips and clues you give. Cheers!!
I enjoy watching your videos well explained when cutting. I have a question got a goshenite what would you polish it with.
oo lala!
Hi Cliff
Excellent cut. Please could you feature some more 64 index cuts as I have an old lee lapidary mast with a 64 index wheel. There are not many designs in 64 index.
Thanks
Great video cliff! Can you certify them just for fun
Very lingual these topáazes parabens!
The music is a crime against humanity.
Very nice video and description of the faceting process. What is the material you cut, i must have missed that part, I was thinking Topaz. I have been cutting for 10 yrs and it is nice to watch your videos and compare your techniques with mine.
Gorgeous! I could just imagine french amethyst in a french cut diamond haha! Id love to try my hand at this! 4 main facet edges with 4 more exactly in between... it seems more achievable than some of the other shapes, but also, I love it more than some of the others if Im honest.
Do you think this cut would translate well to a rectangle? Would it reflect light in a similar way or would it be too broad a facet and make it dead?
You think I could gerry rig a square shaped brass pipe to act as all 4 of the main facets, and then use the flat edges and then the corners to align the facets? (I have next to no money or experience and am curious to try my hand at this to see if I like it before I spend $$$$
Linda demais amigo essas gemas perfeitas.
Thank you
Great video, Cliff, once again! Jaws did an amazing job with the editing! Does that design in the book that you have come from the MDR machine? I have the same design in a book that goes with my old MDR machine from the 40s.
Thank you. No this design came out of a book I own, not with the machine.
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From the look of the rough pieces I guessed it was topaz and noticed you didn’t mention what the material you were faceting was. I wonder if older stones in that cut had problems with the square corners chipping while the jewelry was being worn.
are these rough gem diamonds? i did not expect diamonds to be tumble smoothed so much.
Hello Sr. That transparent disc is methacrylate ?
Thanks for the video what a beautiful stone what material did you cut is it clear sunstone?
No it's not Sunstone....I deliberately left out the description of gem...I was hoping that the viewers may have been able to guess by the striations on the gem I faceted. A few guessed in the comments.
I don't know how to speak French, but I can say, "Tres magnifique!" Just beautiful! And you even had a French atmosphere with Jaws!!!
Does the faceting machine limit the depth of each facet? It seems that if one weren't paying attention, one would "polish" the facet all the way through the gemstone. Hope you understand this question.
Hello Jo. Yes the height adjuster on the metal pole limits the depth of each facet. Also, you can over polish a facet....
I want to see a french cut parti sapphire of blue teal and green. I also want to see a mixed cut of French cut pavilion and sugarloaf crown/table
I’m assuming that is alluvial topaz? From ancient river channels deep underground? True?
A few newbie subscriber questions:
1. How do you decide on the type of style you are going to cut? Does it have anything to do with the shape of the rough stone, or the quality?
2. Do you have a video where you show how you get the stone out of the compound?
Great video!!
The shape of the rough often determines the type of cut.
Watch "how to cut gemstones -quartz" I show how the glue is removed.
So how much would a rough diamond like this cost?
It is unclear from the video what kind of gem you use for faceting - is it quartz?
Dear Cliff , intereste !
Ficou perfeita essa lapidação.😍😍Qual é o nome do diagram faceting?Saudações aqui do Brasil
So the angles basically 'tether' the rest of the gem's dimensions/proportions? If so, i'd think that the mast should never move forward or backwards once the cutting began? I'm stuttering a little over how you know, other than constantly looking, when the depth of cut is correct...of course the facets have to meet too, but...if there are 'stop' and 'depth' gauges that can be used...from whence do you set and use those if you're not just 'feeling' and 'hearing' for proper cut? I guess i'd need to destroy a few stones to 'get it' I suppose.
Cutting to depth is all about practice. When winding down it will always hit a hard stop.
I really like this cut. What was the name of the book you are cutting from as I would like to try it. Thank you Cliff and Jaws for another wonderful video!
It called - "THE BOOK OF GEM CUTS" Vol 1 By Jack Alger (1971 edition)
Thank you Cliff!
Hocam yine çok eğitici bir vidyo olmuş ..ellerinize sağlik.. bir gün TÜRKİYE den ZULTANİT taşı videosuda cekersiniz... Saygılarimla 🤗
Thank you Hakan.
@ 12:38 😊
Oddly enough, I've never had a problem with ghost facets while polishing. I use a DarkSide lap from Gearloose with either cerium oxide or 60k diamond battstik. Pre-polish, on the other hand, has been terrible for ghost facets, especially when doing tables.
Tends to happen when you use the cheater.
you mentioned Diamonds and Jaws went on high alert
I think my wife also went into a frenzy also Ray....
This seems like a fairly simple cut. Would you recommend this for beginners? Also what stone would you recommend beginners to use as a practice stone
Quartz is popular and inexpensive
A "round brilliant" is a good beginners cut.
I find it strange that with so few of cuts it seams to have thousands of cuts
It's the refraction of light via the step cuts on the pavilion that creates that effect.
What sort of rough stone are you doing the French Cut on?
I was wondering the same thing until I saw "angles for quartz" on the diagram.
that is topaz
@@JLards Yep spot on.
Dear Cliff, where can I buy this book?
You may have to do a search. Not sure where it is available.
That’s looked like clear quartz, but you didn’t use cerium oxide, but diamonds dust instead. So can you cut and polish quartz this way?
It's not quartz.
Do you ever cut stones for people? I have some stones im looking to have faceted but need to find someone that knows what they are doing.
I just facet for enjoyment...Too many things can go wrong with consignment gem cutting.
How would this diamond be rated in the gem world? I know you started the video by saying that these diamonds were procured on a recycled market. Does that effect the value of the final product
From what I've seen older gems faceted in the 18th century have more collectors value, particularly in it's original setting.
Hi
What kind of rough stone is it?
Altandush Sagvaa I have the same question ha ha
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Hello Cliff. My name is Nicolas, a french trainee gem cutter. I am following your channel since a year.
I am looking for "the book of gem cut". Is there a solution to get a copy of it?
Best regards from south of France
Hello, some of these old books are hard to find. I'd keep searching on the net for a copy. All the best. Regards Cliff
@@VintageTimeGems I like old books and may be one day find this one. I keep searching.
And thank you for your videos, very inspiring. I understand all your explanations.
Amitiés
Great vid. Music not so much.
Is that stone a real diamond?
No...It's topaz.
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