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.

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

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! ❤

@VintageTimeGems

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mary Lou.

I love love love this cut!!!

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

@VintageTimeGems

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks....I'm glad you enjoyed this video. Regards Cliff

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!

Great job Cliff. You are a master of your craft. Love this design.

@VintageTimeGems

5 жыл бұрын

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 :-)

@VintageTimeGems

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I enjoyed faceting this style of cut. I may have to try a rectangle one day.

Master cutter no doubt!

Very impressed

@VintageTimeGems

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

So beautiful Cliff, so nicely done and fun to watch!

@VintageTimeGems

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Ever since Jaws has come back the video quality has gone through the roof lol

@VintageTimeGems

5 жыл бұрын

Lol....Jaws will want a pay rise....

@alicewithwings6750

5 жыл бұрын

Clearly it was a videography boot camp

Amazing ❤

That looks amazing im gonna try that french cut my friend

Beautiful, as usual.

@VintageTimeGems

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Craig

@CraigConnors

5 жыл бұрын

@@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.

Very nice. I wonder why this cut isn't used more often, it'd deserve it! Thanks for bringing it back.

@VintageTimeGems

5 жыл бұрын

Certain designs come in and out of fashion.

Very nice I like to tell you that you are the perfect French Damon thank you very much

@VintageTimeGems

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you too!

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!💍💍💎💠

Welcome back Jaws

@VintageTimeGems

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Kody....

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??

@VintageTimeGems

3 жыл бұрын

Yes. I Currently teaching a member of my gem club to facet.

@skister82

3 жыл бұрын

@@VintageTimeGems Do you have any videos of you teaching them??

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!!

The music is a crime against humanity.

Great video cliff! Can you certify them just for fun

oo lala!

Very lingual these topáazes parabens!

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

Linda demais amigo essas gemas perfeitas.

@VintageTimeGems

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you

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I enjoy watching your videos well explained when cutting. I have a question got a goshenite what would you polish it with.

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 $$$$

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.

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

Dear Cliff , intereste !

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.

@VintageTimeGems

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you. No this design came out of a book I own, not with the machine.

Thanks for the video what a beautiful stone what material did you cut is it clear sunstone?

@VintageTimeGems

5 жыл бұрын

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.

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!!

@VintageTimeGems

5 жыл бұрын

The shape of the rough often determines the type of cut. Watch "how to cut gemstones -quartz" I show how the glue is removed.

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.

Hocam yine çok eğitici bir vidyo olmuş ..ellerinize sağlik.. bir gün TÜRKİYE den ZULTANİT taşı videosuda cekersiniz... Saygılarimla 🤗

@VintageTimeGems

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Hakan.

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.

@VintageTimeGems

5 жыл бұрын

Hello Jo. Yes the height adjuster on the metal pole limits the depth of each facet. Also, you can over polish a facet....

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.

@VintageTimeGems

4 жыл бұрын

Tends to happen when you use the cheater.

Ficou perfeita essa lapidação.😍😍Qual é o nome do diagram faceting?Saudações aqui do Brasil

I find it strange that with so few of cuts it seams to have thousands of cuts

@VintageTimeGems

5 жыл бұрын

It's the refraction of light via the step cuts on the pavilion that creates that effect.

I’m assuming that is alluvial topaz? From ancient river channels deep underground? True?

@ 12:38 😊

you mentioned Diamonds and Jaws went on high alert

@VintageTimeGems

5 жыл бұрын

I think my wife also went into a frenzy also Ray....

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.

@VintageTimeGems

4 жыл бұрын

Cutting to depth is all about practice. When winding down it will always hit a hard stop.

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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!

@VintageTimeGems

5 жыл бұрын

It called - "THE BOOK OF GEM CUTS" Vol 1 By Jack Alger (1971 edition)

@tamwolf20

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Cliff!

Hello Sr. That transparent disc is methacrylate ?

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

@nigelf8436

5 жыл бұрын

Quartz is popular and inexpensive

@VintageTimeGems

5 жыл бұрын

A "round brilliant" is a good beginners cut.

What sort of rough stone are you doing the French Cut on?

@jerseyjoe2684

5 жыл бұрын

I was wondering the same thing until I saw "angles for quartz" on the diagram.

@JLards

5 жыл бұрын

that is topaz

@VintageTimeGems

5 жыл бұрын

@@JLards Yep spot on.

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?

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?

@VintageTimeGems

5 жыл бұрын

It's not quartz.

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

@VintageTimeGems

5 жыл бұрын

From what I've seen older gems faceted in the 18th century have more collectors value, particularly in it's original setting.

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.

@VintageTimeGems

5 жыл бұрын

I just facet for enjoyment...Too many things can go wrong with consignment gem cutting.

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

@VintageTimeGems

2 жыл бұрын

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

@nicof.228

2 жыл бұрын

@@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

Hi What kind of rough stone is it?

@scarekr0w1

5 жыл бұрын

Altandush Sagvaa I have the same question ha ha

Great vid. Music not so much.

Dear Cliff, where can I buy this book?

@VintageTimeGems

4 жыл бұрын

You may have to do a search. Not sure where it is available.

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Is that stone a real diamond?

@VintageTimeGems

4 жыл бұрын

No...It's topaz.

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