fishermenrock
having dreams about rocks
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Post by fishermenrock on Jan 24, 2018 20:31:46 GMT -5
So I am working on prong settins for my faceted smokey quartz. The first is Sterling silver and the prongs are a little too long for my liking.  This one is a gold colored brass wire, which I think plays really nicely with the dark stone.and I got the prongs shorter toy liking.  Thanks for checking them out. |
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Post by rockjunquie on Jan 24, 2018 21:31:33 GMT -5
Wow, you definitely have the prong thing down. Looks great. Yeah, the smaller do look better, but the first one is still nice.
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Post by fernwood on Jan 24, 2018 22:40:26 GMT -5
To me, the longer ones are fine, but is based on the stone. Longer ones on the second stone would have not been right JMHO.
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Wooferhound
Cave Dweller 
Lortone QT66 and 3A
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Post by Wooferhound on Jan 24, 2018 23:39:38 GMT -5
I think that since the stone is fairly featureless, that the longer prongs add interest.
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Jan 25, 2018 9:48:02 GMT -5
I like the shorter prongs myself, but it could just be that the round stone with only three prongs kind of threw my eyes off.
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fishermenrock
having dreams about rocks
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Post by fishermenrock on Jan 26, 2018 7:17:48 GMT -5
I like the shorter prongs myself, but it could just be that the round stone with only three prongs kind of threw my eyes off. The top two prongs were supposed to be a little higher on the stone making a triangle |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Jan 26, 2018 9:21:24 GMT -5
That makes sense. Would have balanced it out a bit.
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Post by Rockoonz on Jan 26, 2018 11:51:30 GMT -5
I think with the prongs a little higher the round stone would be my favorite.
The sterling wire works best with the SQ IMO.
They are both very nice.
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Post by rockjunquie on Jan 26, 2018 12:39:42 GMT -5
The more I look at it, the more I like the first one. 3 prongs is a good number and then the bail kinda makes it more balanced. I don't mind the larger prongs against the dark stone- adds interest esp when the prongs are so neat.
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fishermenrock
having dreams about rocks
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Post by fishermenrock on Jan 28, 2018 0:25:10 GMT -5
The more I look at it, the more I like the first one. 3 prongs is a good number and then the bail kinda makes it more balanced. I don't mind the larger prongs against the dark stone- adds interest esp when the prongs are so neat. Thank you |
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Post by pghram on Feb 12, 2018 16:32:41 GMT -5
They are both very nice. I think I prefer the shorter prongs.
Peace,
Rich
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