Tallowing the Table : The ASMR Gemcutter in England (with Ken Harrington)
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- 🎧 Headphones On! The ASMR Gemcutter series returns. This time, we're in Ipswich, England, watching master lapidary Ken Harrington as he quietly shows us how to recut a curved emerald table to hide the flaws.
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I have rough emerald from swat
This is the second video you've posted from Harrington tallowing a table, the first was a stone you brought him that needed help reflecting light through the crown. It's amazing to watch his technique. He recut the mains without the jampeg or even a loupe. Serious skills!
Totally agreed. More on the way as well 😁
What is the lap that he is using? Grit? Dry? Abrasive?
Thanks
400 grit loose natural diamond on copper.
I watched the video, but am still confused about what "tallowing" is/means. Could you define it?
The description says "recutting the table to hide the flaws," but, like, how does that work? The end table looks nearly identical to what he started with. Are the flaws mentioned in the stone itself or the cut?
Tallowing means curving the table like a very shallow cabochon. It's not super clear but check out the final image and notice that the table is rounded. Also watch his handwork at the beginning of the video how he subtle hand curves the table with the dop straight up and down. When he goes to polish the table, the curved table makes the light bend in different directions than normal so that when he intentionally windows the pavilion to prevent the flaws from reflecting, the tallowed table curves the light path and partially obscures the window. He tells me this is an old victorian lapidary trick. Very cool. Check out another video to see this in action: ruclips.net/video/32REtlwwNtA/видео.html
Very interesting. Im not really a faceter, but i like the idea that maybe, someday i could be. If nothing else, it gives me much more and better appreciation of gems in this field. Im not sure i thoroughly understood what was going on here in this video, but it was interesting.