Are all Hearts and Arrows cut diamonds the same?
“It probably will not surprise you to know that I’m shopping for a diamond engagement ring on all of the popular web sites, including Brian Gavin; the goal is obviously to buy the most spectacular looking diamond, at the best price possible. With that in mind, I’d like to ask whether all Hearts and Arrows cut diamonds are the same? I read a post on a popular diamond forum that implied that all Hearts and Arrows diamonds are cut in the same factory, and then simply inscribed with various brand names; in which case, I suppose that it all comes down to price, and whatever add-ons each vendor provides. Can you shed some light on this, and any actual differences between the popular brands of hearts and arrows diamonds?”
Getting to the heart of the matter:
I’m going to openly admit that my initial response to your inquiry was “Wow! Where do people get this stuff?” because the concept that all hearts and arrows diamonds are being produced in the same diamond cutting factory; and then simply being inscribed with a brand name; and that they are therefore all essentially the same, is patently absurd; because that’s maybe only half true, in some instances; but even if it were more than a half truth, that wouldn’t explain why the hearts pattern for the diamond you referenced in your email from “that other vendor” looks like this…
While the pattern of hearts exhibited by this 2.013 carat, H-color, VS-2 clarity, Brian Gavin Signature round diamond appear to be more uniform and crisper in appearance. Look at the size of the gaps that are present between the heart and pavilion main facets positioned in the 12 o’clock region on their diamond, then notice how the size of the gaps varies dramatically as you allow your eyes to move around the diamond from heart to heart; and notice how the tips of the hearts on their diamond are twisting; and how the hearts vary ever so slightly in size from one heart to the other; and then look closely at ours…
See the Brian Gavin Signature difference:
Once you look past the mere fact that both of these “Hearts and Arrows diamonds” exhibit a pattern of hearts and arrows, you will see that the degree of precision exhibited by Brian Gavin Signature round diamonds is clearly superior.
Clearly these two hearts and arrows diamonds could not have been cut in the same diamond factory, because they are cut to different degrees of perfection, which is why the Signature of Brian Gavin appears on one diamond and not the other.
You are to be commended on your decision to buy the very best, to reach beyond the initial requirements of the AGS Ideal cut classification, and enter the realm of hearts and arrows diamonds, which require a degree of optical precision that goes well beyond the basic characteristics of an entry level AGS Ideal-0 cut diamond.
The question now is, what level of light performance and visual perfection is good enough? Do you want an ideal cut diamond that exhibits a pattern of hearts and arrows that is better than most? Or do you want a Hearts and Arrows Diamond cut by the standards set forth by the man who sets the standard for the diamond industry to follow? In which case, you’ll be wanting the Brian Gavin Signature Hearts & Arrows diamond, because everything else is not worthy of Brian’s Signature.
