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Crylos

My very first cut (pxlmo.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/faceting

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I just received my v5 last week and I've been working on my very first stone. Technically this is my second, but I FUBARed the first one beyond salvation so this one is my first "completed" stone.

It's a very included garnet, gifted to me by my teacher for practice. The design is Andrew Brown's Little Princess cut.

I'm experimenting with linking videos hosted on Pixelfed because in all honesty my gemstone photo skills suck and don't do this pretty little stone justice quite like the video does.

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[–] Dyntrall 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fantastic work! It took me at least 6 months before I could get a finish like that!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I think I got lucky when I chose to buy the Gearloose starter kit because it is REALLY top notch and easy to use. I'm not going to lie, I get weirdly excited to prepolish on that zinc+ with 8k pandimonium in particular. It's so fine it's actually hard for me to confirm my final polish is complete on the smaller facets because the prepolish is so smooth. 😂

[–] Crylos 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Great job for a first stone! Better and prettier than my first. Congrats on your new machine and welcome to club of expensive hobbies!

Plus, you are the third poster in the community!!

[–] pennomi 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m learning now too, so maybe someday there will be four posters!

[–] Crylos 3 points 1 year ago

The more the merrier! Feel free to post questions and such. You don't have to post a finished stone. 😀

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Thank you!!! I am so excited to start doing this, and will try to share on here as I make more stones. It's been great seeing you two share yours and that really helped me get hyped about my machine coming in hahaha.