Why is a "RIGHT-SIDED", ONGLETTE GRAVER important? => 20 photos

 Of all the intricate setting tools that we use daily in our diamond setting are the engraving tools. The modified Onglette graver is supreme and high on the list. It has a 'surgical style' technique, and it's often better than a rudimentary Flat graver. 

 BTW, there have been no computer-designed patterns being used to create these photos.

 You can very easily see the channel wall that has been cut with the Onglette graver. This metal cutting was cut before any stone was set.

 All of this designing in metal was accomplished by repetitive metal carving

 This particular pattern was created long before any stone was set. 

  Originally, these setting holes & metal carvings were just a flat piece of metal. I used a 'Milgrain' tool to obtain a 'finished look'.  On the side of each metal cutting is a reflection of the new beads. Again, the Flat graver was never used in any of the patterns.

  I was more interested in displaying the reflection created from the  "Right-Sided Onglette" blade.

  

 This photo demonstrates the cutting done with the Onglette graver. You can easily see the uplifted piece of metal from the graver tip.

 This is the shape of the 'Right-Sided, Onglette graver'. As I am Right-Handed, my preference was to shape the blade to cut only on the right side.

 If I were 'left-handed', then the graver would be shaped to cut only on the left side.

 This photo displays the 'before and after' views of the blade modification on the bench grinder.

  There is no possibility that any Flat graver can successfully cut in a circle. The metal cutting must be circular with no facetting around the Tube Bezel.

 I contoured the blade to accentuate the metal cutting, thus ignoring the left side of the blade. In my eyes, the left side of the blade doesn't even exist.

 These 4 lines of cutting show how 'deep & wide' the Onglette can cut.

The four blades are designed to cut only on the 'Right Side'. You can see just how highly polished these blades can get.

 Supposing that you have a "Gypsy-Flush Setting" that needs to be finished. Are you going to use a Flat graver? My answer would be a definite, NO! Don't even attempt it!!!

 As seen in my many previous essays about 'polishing papers', I'll rub my soft core pencil with the lead and increase the soft texture of the selected paper.

 This 'pencil rubbing' will increase the grit by 2 or 3 times that of one paper.

  These two blades display the 'High Polishing' on the cutting right side. There is no comparison of the finished steel blades. I always say the blade on the left is comparable to a mirror of a telescope.

   There is no 'contoured shape' to the left side of this blade.

  In my previous essays, I displayed the metal carvings. All of this engraving was done with Onglette blades and a gentle touch with a few Flat gravers.

  Can you see if any Flat graver has been used in the metal cutting?

 The Bright Cutting on the bezel was created with ONLY the Onglette graver. The Bezel trimming was also done with the graver blade, GREAT?