Engagement ring setting - 4 or 6 prong?

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OP, sorry to hijack your thread with this discussion of odd numbers of prongs. What did you decide?

Asscher said:
Doreenjoy, can you pls share where you made that setting, so smooth like a Mark Morrell but not sure if he does custom. I like it. It's lovely.
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Thank you so much. You have a good eye -- yes, the original design is from Marc Morell. I'm having a jeweler make a new ring to hold a different-sized stone. Because the shanks form the prongs, the original ring can't be reset with a stone of a different size.

Swanky Mama Of Three said:
If I did 3 prongs I'd do a 12 o'clock, a 4 and an 8.
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It's not clear from the pic I posted, but the shank of the ring splits and comes around behind the stone to form the prongs on the right, so IMO it wouldn't look as good to position the prongs differently in this particular setting. I can see what you suggest for a Tiffany-style setting, though.

here's a pic that shows the style a bit better (this isn't my ring)
 

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#47
doreenjoy said:
OP, sorry to hijack your thread with this discussion of odd numbers of prongs. What did you decide?



Thank you so much. You have a good eye -- yes, the original design is from Marc Morell. I'm having a jeweler make a new ring to hold a different-sized stone. Because the shanks form the prongs, the original ring can't be reset with a stone of a different size.


Thanks. Now I know he has one style that isn't on his website. ;) I've always thought that he posted what he created on his website. So I've always have the mistaken notion that he only do Sunburst, etc.
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#49
A little late getting into this, but I think it is important to know your lifestyle. I am super hard on jewelry so I went with 6 prongs regardless of the aesthetics. I have bent the prongs a few times. If I had 4 (or three, which was stunning), I think I would have lost the stone. I adore 2 door sports cars, but I know my limitations - a 4 door is way more practical. Same with prongs - Analogous to doors, I needed 2 more prongs or I'd be miserable.
 
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doreenjoy said:
I love odd numbers of prongs. Here's one I might have re-made with a sapphire.

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i LOVE me some Mark Morrell.

If he wasn't so damn expensive I wanted him to make my setting. But it was too expensive in the end. (DOUBLE the Vatche!)
 
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ame said:
i LOVE me some Mark Morrell.

If he wasn't so damn expensive I wanted him to make my setting. But it was too expensive in the end. (DOUBLE the Vatche!)
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I have banned myself from his website!

I fell hard for his custom double prong petite torchiere that he has on his website right now. It's yum!

And the price for it was about the same as my Tacori! But I love the basket on my ring and wouldn't trade a thing! If mark morrell had more interesting profile I might have had some serious ring regret! I've got quite an attachment to my rings profile view.

But oh does that platinum solitaire tempt me! I even showed DF and he said he would have been okay with that setting too but that he thought it was too masculine for me and he wanted something delicate.
 
#53
I've never seen a Steven/Leon/mark in person that I know of and didn't want to risk it. But if I ever for any unforeseen reason have to be forced to reset or replace, Steven or mark is probably where I'll go.... And that's only under extreme circumstances because this baby is staying on my finger! Unless the shank deteriorates on me cause it's thin and from polishing, then I'd consider but maybe not.

I wish I could see some in person just to gawk and swoon!
 
#55
I'm glad MWM has so many followers on here.

I'm not hard on rings so I have no worries with the 3 prong setting. In general I don't get too paranoid about jewelry...if I lost a stone, it wouldn't devastate me.
 
#59
The problem is that all MWM pieces that I've swooned and fawned over are the 1.75-2 carat solitaires! The ones that I've seen of people purchasing them with a smaller center stone doesn't impress me the same way for some reason. Just like Leon or Steven's work to me is most impressive at about that size. The settings are so lovely that it almost steals attention from the stone.

I told DF that had i known that my sister ordered the nearly exact same Tacori as me, I would have backed out and changed my order to the MWM one and gotten a matching band as well from him. A las! Too late and i'm already in love with my ring... I need to get it sized and I'm unwilling to part with it again! I feel as if my finger shrunk on me!
 
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