Stone setting

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Hi everybody! Does anyone knows what’s the name of this kind of stone setting? I was looking for some English tutorial but I can’t find. I just find gipsy or flush setting example but the one I’m searching for seems does not exist a part of Italy on internet. In Italy it’s called “a baffetto” which means “little moustache” referring to his shape. It’s similar to flush setting but instead of pushing metal all around the girdle, stone is secured thanks to 3 or 4 little flakes engraved in the metal around the stone (as I marked with red pen in the following photos).

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I know that as a type of graver setting. It’s like a bead setting, but without the bead. I’m curious if it has a specific name too. Let’s see what others say.

Thanks!

Jeff

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Only thing I’ve ever heard it called was Sliver set. That is how I still refer to them. See it in round setting like the picture and also in straight setting that mimic channel set. Kind of a lazy way to set a stone. From a repair perspective. I hate these. Stones always loosen easy and are hard to get tightened back in without making the sliver of metal bigger and more obvious.

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thanks for answering, I agree with you. I still wonder why in Italy seems to be more used and popular (it has also a specific name and it is one of the teached techniques in setting schools while if you search on google and YouTube in English you don’t find anything about it…like a part of Italy no one uses it. I wrote this topic for that reason, seems very strange to me. also if you search for “sliver stone setting“ nothing appears…

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Hello,

I believe it is sometimes called a “whisker” setting technique..

i thought it was in one of my many books, but i cannot find it…

here is a youtube video

julie

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yes this is the short video I use to take screenshots, it’s made by goldsmithing school in Rome, but still if you search in google or YouTube “whisker stone setting” like they say you won’t find anything a part of this.. is it used only in Italy? :thinking: thanks for answering

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Hi,

it is sort of like “raising a bead” in “bead and bright” stone setting…except you are going along the side, instead of straight inward toward the stone

you are basically “cutting/ shaving” metal from the side that curls sideways over the crown, and captivates the stone, while still preserving the bright cut around the stone

in bead and bright, you push toward the stone hole, creating a bulge of metal over the edge of the stone hole and therefore crown of the stone.

julie

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I have seen it used when there is not enough metal or not a tight enough fit to burnish for flush setting. Another application is when a bead is accidentally sheared off. The “whiskers” are not the most secure or aesthetic look. My master considered them a stopgap/rescue to be avoided if possible.

Donna

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