Cutting my own gemstone design in Blue Topaz
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- čas přidán 21. 06. 2023
- I go through the process of cutting a blue topaz using a design that I created myself. I based my design to resemble Link's blue shield from the Legend of Zelda games. Some of the facets on the crown of my shield design create the Triforce. I used GemCad to create my design.
My design
drive.google.com/file/d/1RQ5U...
Pages that I use for free faceting diagrams
facetdiagrams.org/
www.gemologyproject.com/wiki/...
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That was a fun stone!
My brother what would you do if the precious stone has a defect or it broke? If that broke on me I dont know what I would do. Probably have an aneurism+heart attack and then find the person that sold it to me and send him to jesus.
I would likely accept a return on a stone that broke due to defect or fracture plane in the stone. I haven't had anyone tell me that they have broken one of my stones yet.@@Nw-zh1uq
@@MattsCornerofGemCutting Sorry I was not clear enough. I meant what would you do if the uncut stone the one you bought broke while you where trying to refine it. Not the ones you already refined.
@@Nw-zh1uq I try to purchase most of my rough in person to evaluate it myself and avoid buying rough that I think will fall apart.
Sometimes I have to change up the cut mid cut if something happens. Recently I was cutting a sapphire in a hexagon cut that had a bad fractural flaw near one of the points that I worried would cause the point to break off easily. I had cut in some of the pavilion facets and the girdle at that point. I stopped and redesigned the cut to cut out that point and the opposite one. The finished cut was a slightly cushioned rectangle instead.
Let's say I was cutting this design in the topaz and I dropped it while cutting it and and one of the sharp tips broke off. I would have to change the design into a cut cornered triangle to accommodate for the breakage. If it happened to break in half, I would determine if the pieces were big enough to be cut into individual stones. If not, I would set them aside and move on with a different stone and not think too much about it.
Most of the time, a stone can still be salvaged from a break during the cut. I really don't have much issue with stones unless they already had some bad fractures in the rough before cutting.
@@MattsCornerofGemCutting That is very good to hear. The fact that they are salvagable most of the time is great.
Thank you for the sincere answer and the valuable information. May you keep prospering both in wealth and in health.
You know that the Nintendo generation is all grown up when professionals start integrating it into their work!
I did a double take when I heard "legend of Zelda"... That is some POWERFUL alpha nerd stuff right there and I am here for it.
No clue why CZcams recommended this, but holy.... it's beautiful! I guess I'm now into gem cutting 🤷♂️
Thank you! Gem cutting isn't a well known art. If is a fun thing to be into.
Yep, I'm in the same boat. Didn't know that gems had to be cut yesterday... now I know where to buy the equipment. All that's left is to convince the wife.
The final cut is beautiful. Its an impressive design, especially for how simple it seems to be. The light really pops in a way that only the good ones do.
Thanks!
Love the Triforce symbol! This would look great in yellow topaz too!
Seriously, this is awesome! I am speechless. I want one of those.
Shield of the Tri-Force! In Blue Topaz!!
This design is something else.. I love the way this one turned out
Grad you like it!
one of societies milestones, gem cutting inspired by video games.
As a huge Zela fan. I love the combo of the shield and the triforce design especially!
That turned out gorgeous!
Thanks!
Beautiful design and wonderful result! And I liked the explanations you gave, too. About thecstone, and the contrast of Topas. It is realy a beautiful thing!
I enjoy your videos as a jeweler with over 40 years experience you do very good work.
I really love this gem. It came out perfect. Great job
another gorgeous stone and a really cool cut! thanks as always for sharing
Thank You!
That looks incredible! It's so crazy that you do this all by hand and just eyeing it!
Always love seeing people use their skills to make something of their own design!
I cut a sapphire in a very similar trilium design and color. Mounted in a white gold pendant design it is quite stunning as well. If i remember it was 3.4 ct.
Beautiful and a big improvement over the original. Thanks for adding some of the steps other gem cutters edit out of their videos.
i love the design, and i really like the idea of salvaging old gems to turn into new things. that's pretty clever
As a november kid who insisted on blue topaz over citrine and loves Zelda... I'm obsessed!
Stunning cut! Very inspirational man, what a beautiful stone that has ended up.
excellent craftmanship and voiceover
getting recommened this video and just seeing the thumbnail immediately made me think of "legend of zelda" vibes, and to hear you say that in the video made me absolutely want one of these things one day, being able to make your own designs must be so much fun to do, especially for themed pieces such as this!
It looks like a bougainvillea! So pretty!
If you sell that some gamer will be ecstatic with that. Well done!
Dazzling. A really gorgeous cut
Beautiful cut, amazing that a game gave you the inspiration for this.
I like this design. From the bottom it looks like a cube, viewing from it's corner. From the top it almost looks like an an infinite number of smaller and smaller triangles, disappearing into the horizon at the edge.
Anyone else looking at this like, take my money. Huge oot fan, that is just stunning
beautiful work and very reminiscant of the Zelda shield.
It came out beautiful. 🙂
Even just looking at the thumbnail I was like oh nice a Triforce jewel, great work!
Very beautiful, stoned and cut idea You definitely a master in your craft.
Absolutely gorgeous. Tremendous craftsmanship!
What a great craft!
Wow, love the design and workmanship! Great Job!
That came out looking amazing! You are a gem artist for sure, and it is an art. A very skilled art especially when you are creating your own designs and not copying a basic cut. But I do gotta say, I did shed a tear for how much stone you lost in that cut. Seeing the end result was worth it, now if you could find a bigger stone and make a bigger one!😂
This overall shape is breathtaking. I very much liked it before the triforce pattern, but both ways, seriously beautiful! Well done!
Absolutely stunning result 👏 👌 👍 😮 stone has so much more glimmer and pizzazz 🤩
absolutely incredible design. well done!
gorgeous cut!
Truly a work of art! Gorgeous desing and finish!
Thank you very much!
Triforce! Beautiful!
crazy beautiful work !
Just gorgeous!
Awesome cut that really came out beautifully
Nice work! Beautiful finished stone! 👍🏻😎
I absolutely love the fact your inspiration was Zelda. Your gems are gorgeous and I thank the YT algorithm gods that brought your channel to my attention
Thanks! I had a lot of fun designing that one!
excellent work, lots of detail, learning, and enjoying the information.
Love the cut
Your design is gorgeous! My daughter is still huge into playing Zelda. 😂
Gorgeous! Well done! ❤❤❤
Thats awesome! Loved zelda oot, best game ever 🔥 the triforce design turned out great
It looks good I was a little worried 10:26 cause it didn’t look the greatest but I guess that’s cause it was on that stick. The final stone looks awesome. Good job
That looks beautiful
Spectacular cut, congrat!
What a beautiful stone sutch a cool cut awsome you created it yourself
Lovely gem and great vid m8 :D would love to see that design cut again sometime
Thank You!
So gorgeous 😍
Gorgeous stone!
That came out awesome! Great work!!!
This was a great video, enjoyed it from start to finish 😊
Your design is gorgeous! Also, I appreciate your informative and well done video
Awesome cut!
Very cool, love it
To find your own Cut's, very artistic and exiting indeed! Truly, I find that like the work of a sculptor! And Oh my Gosh, what a Beauty you created here! Hypnotizing cut! Fascinating to me is the fact that this stone (I might be wrong and probably am), has 10 facets on top, a turtle (also faceted?) but the 'Sparkleresult' is like it would have hundreds of facets.
I live in Quebec, but next summer will visit my son in Utah SLC, and I would love to bring you 2 Stones to be recut. A Golden coloured Topaz who shows signs of being worn, and another Stone I do not know what it is, only that it belonged to my Grandfather and has white, red and green colors opposite one of another (sorry it's a bit difficult to describe). Thank you so much for all your Videos!
So beautiful and i love the color 👋💎👍
Cool cut.
Wow.......its beautiful, and great craftsmanship.....
Thanks for sharing your videos...😊
Stunning
It really is!
Well I'm going through Zelda again and I'm 65 and my 64 plays just fine ❤love Zelda
That is an amazing piece. Well done.
This is so epic! ❤
outstanding work Sir!
Would be nice to make another of these but in yellow topaz for that golden Triforce look.
Beautiful 😮
Im a fan. love this one.
Insanely beautiful design 😍 and you are so sweet attaching the google sheet with the measures, wow
thank you for sharing the design! can't wait to give it a try
Good luck!
Beautiful!!!
That looks so dope!
Thanks!
thats really nice i love it
It is gorgeous
Beautiful work!
Thanks!
I was going -Kind of looks like a Hylian shield from Zelda with the triforce in the center before you said it. Excellent work!
As a Gem Cutter from Sri Lanka, I really appreciate your work. Great work 👍
Thanks!
Really cool
Very nice gemstone Matt! Great video!!!!
Thank You!
Both the gem and the video look great!
Thank You!
haha! gorgeous! i totally clicked this cause i was like “is that a triforce?” and yep! love it
Nice 4K camera quality!! Watching you on the big tv haha!
Thank you!
Super Cool design dude!! 👍🏻 Loved it! God Bless
What a wonderful design, and a great insight into the process. Glad this showed up on my feed, I thought it was a viral video, and it should be!
Thank you! I would like it if it went viral! :p
Bro wow hats off
That is a fucking awesome design! I love your work
Wow , I adore your work and creativity :)
I hope to order from your magnificent work of arts soon :)
Woooowww... that is nice
Beautiful Cut Design !
Thanks!