Diamond Cutters

There are several processes in cutting a diamond. The most important factor when cutting a diamond is the actual marking of the rough stone. If you link over you will see a picture of Joe Gaddie marking the diamond with a fine felt tip marker. The black line you see around the stone is where the diamond saw will cut the stone. This is the very most important part of the whole process. If the stone is not marked properly you will not be able to get the maximum value for the diamond. An example is if the stone has inclusions on one side of the diamond and is clean on the other you want to saw the stone in half as close as you can to the inclusions so you can have half the stone eye clean while the other may have several inclusions.

Diamond Saw

Once the diamond is marked we than take the diamond to the saw. The diamond saw will cut the diamond in half. It is very important for the saw to be cut directly where the diamond is marked. This step can take several days for some of the larger stones and a few hours for smaller diamonds. Not every diamond get marked and sawed in half. Many stones will skip the marking and the sawing process and go to the actual cutting process.

Diamond Wheel

After the stone is sawed we begin to make the diamond round. As you can see in this link one is being done by hand while the other in this link is being done by a machine. It than goes to the cutting wheel where a master diamond cutter cuts all of our diamonds. The process of cutting a diamond is a very skilled profession and should only be attempted by one who does this full time and has been is located in the heart of the diamond profession. Naturally the only place we would cut our diamonds would be Johannesburg, South Africa, where the foundation of the worlds diamonds begun.

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