This tutorial will teach you in precise detail and easy to follow steps and shows you:
- - Making a marquise collet
- - Making the end prongs
- - Forging knife edge shank and soldering
- This tutorial can be made in a standard smithing workshop. You will need:
- - Metal : silver or gold or other
- - Marquise gemstone
This is a classical marquise solitaire ring to make, with particular focus on the collet making for the times when you're dealing with a non-standardized size of a high-end marquise gemstone. The collet is then soldered into a knife edge shank. Setting a marquise gemstone does not fall within the scope of this tutorial.
Classical marquise diamond engagement ring