tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post4182284793104080463..comments2024-03-27T22:32:17.055-05:00Comments on Jeffs Gameblog: 12th century videoJeff Rientshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17493878980535235896noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-82038965998678616212011-07-11T09:30:04.706-05:002011-07-11T09:30:04.706-05:00I must be some kind of weirdo: I like smooth polis...<b>I must be some kind of weirdo: I like smooth polished stones a lot more than faceted ones, and dislike the brilliant cut more than any other.</b><br /><br />I can see that. I looked at a bazillion pics of gemstones when I did that series of sample pictures for each gem type in the DMG and a lot of cut stones just looked like crap. I think the brilliant cut works well with diamonds (I looked at a LOT of diamonds when shopping for an engagement ring.) but I'm not sure it serves any other stone, especially full on opaque stones. Those look really dumb when cut like diamonds.Jeff Rientshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17493878980535235896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-90486284669053565582011-07-11T09:21:23.305-05:002011-07-11T09:21:23.305-05:00I must be some kind of weirdo: I like smooth polis...I must be some kind of weirdo: I like smooth polished stones a lot more than faceted ones, and dislike the brilliant cut more than any other.<br /><br />...which is a roundabout way of saying, of course it's not for sure that the day faceting becomes available the value of stones will go up as they all get recut. That did happen with the invention of brilliant cut, but really it's in the lap of the fashion gods.<br /><br />Imagine if it went the other way, and faceted stones were suddenly all ground smooth.richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13517340075234811323noreply@blogger.com