Very nice work! I love star gems too but, that stamp work is sooooo great! Loving the styling combo 
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Beautiful work as always. You have to remember with my following comment that I’m partial to gold with gems: a lovely ring, the stone appears subdued in the sterling setting in the last photos. Has a nice organic look in the first photos. Rubies, especially stars are tough to photograph.
My personal preference is yellow gold with ruby. I have a nice one set in white gold that has to go to GIA for grading. I’m thinking of just popping it out and remounting in yellow. Just my personal opinion.
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Your new ring is soooo pretty! And its purple color is magical. Star sapphire is such a unique gemstone. The band is really cool looking. Ya knocked it outta the park again with your creativity & craftsmanship.
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Lovely clean flawless work, Stracci! Looks great on your finger.
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Thanks! The angled edge was an afterthought, really. When I was filing on it, the sapphire held up perfectly, Mohs hardness 9!
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Its my birthstone, too.
I confess, I have a fistfull of sapphires kicking around the house!
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Thanks! I was just experimenting, clearly I don’t have real stamps!
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I love that ruby, Steve. The color is divine. And I agree about yellow gold with red stones. Of course gold is, and always has been, cost prohibitive for me. So it’s silver for me!
Here is a nice ruby wave band I found on eBay several years ago. Shown stacked here with other bands. Set in rose gold. My jeweler friend felt confident that it is Burmese.
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Thank you Patina! I had fun with it.
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Thanks Mike! I usually prefer the high polish which gives a fresh look, but thought I’d try something different this time.
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In my opinion, the only thing one needs is real passion, and you certainly have that, @Stracci. 
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@Ravenscry I love working with my hands, and really love creating.
You know I actually prefer repurposing things I have around the house as opposed to buying anything new. I’m weird like that😂
I was hunting around in the garage and when I found hubby’s assortment of nail sets, I thought they might be useful.
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For me silver beats gold every day, so keep it up 
Beautiful ring! I always prefer turquoise (even though sapphire is also my birthstone), but that is a lovely stone.
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Thanks Zia!
It’s looks much better in person! I struggled with those pictures
The camera can’t really capture the translucency and star effect like the human eye does.
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Very lovely! Where did you use the twisted wire?
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Oooooooo! Nice ring and stone.
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Thanks! That bit of twisted wire is still sitting on my workbench.
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Nice 
@Stracci It’s really gorgeous. Your ring reminded me of a ring I’m pondering on at my jeweler. Looking to treat myself for Christmas and this is just mesmerizing. I couldn’t add the video but this is a screenshot of the ring.
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Wow, that’s gorgeous! You can’t go wrong with a star sapphire! As long as the legs are straight. I have a few nice ones and a few wonky ones. But when the star is crisp and the body has translucency, its everything!
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@Stracci this is beautiful!! I really do love the tactile bands you make, they are just so cool.
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