What Young Men Should Know About Princess Cut Engagement Rings

Back in 1960 jewelers began marketing a popular gemstone with a new type of cut. They set that stone in the prongs of a ring. Following introduction of that new item, the popularity of princess cut engagement rings grew rapidly.

Women liked the brilliant and fiery appearance of this new piece of jewelry. It drew the attention of others better than the round cut of the traditional item worn on the ring finger of an engaged female. Today the bands worn by most engaged females contain prongs that can hold either a rounded or a sharp cut gemstone.

Naturally, as more and more women began showing off their rings with the sharp cut gem, they encouraged others to yearn for something that was even more stunning. That yearning created a demand, and jewelers were more than willing to answer that demand. It was not long before the market for the item that precedes the wedding band included a line of princess cut engagement rings with side stones.

Some of the items in this full line offered more than just a few stones next to the large center piece. Some of them had what is called “pave.” That is a jeweler’s term for the channel of shining pieces that can be embedded into a silver, gold or platinum band.

Today, a young man can go online and order one of the princess cut engagement rings. If he happens to be living with the girl he intends to marry, then he can ask that the ordered item be shipped to a different, a specified address. At the same time, he can inquire about the each stone’s important characteristics, such as color, clarity and weight.

A gentleman who is shopping for the thing that he will put on his bride to be should know that one carat is equal to 200 milligrams or one fifth of a gram. He should also know that a designation of “D” indicates a stone with an “icy white” color.