Princess Cut Diamond Wedding Bands
The princess cut wedding band is one of the newer wedding band cuts, blending the best traits of other cuts to create a stunning new cut. The square shape, similar to the rectangular shape that shows off the emerald cut stone, combined with the many facets that bring out the sparkle of the round cut stone, together make the stone on a princess cut wedding band. A princess cut band houses a square stone that is usually held with four prongs in each of the stone’s corners to protect the corners from being chipped
There are other settings that may be chosen on the princess cut wedding band, however, such as those that don’t require prongs at all. The channel setting has channels that are set over the edges of the stone, housing the stone in the princess cut band instead of above it. With this arrangement, the square shape of the stones mean that many can be set together without gaps. This creates a line of shimmering square stones that is popular for both men’s and women’s princess cut wedding bands. Another way to set a stone on a princess cut band is to set the stone at an angle, so that it makes a diamond-shaped setting rather than a square shape.
The princess cut band was based largely on the Barion cut, begun around 30 years ago. The Barion cut was a very similar cut used most often on square stones. However, its use was restricted until very recently by patents on the specific cut. The cut is now used more freely as the princess cut, though there are slight variations in the cut that are still considered to be princess cuts.
Stones that end up in princess cut wedding bands are usually ones that start out deep in shape. Deep stones make the best princess cut stones, and look the best in princess cut bands. The cut then makes these stones more brilliant by making any flaws in the stone less visible. In addition to clarity, the cut and depth of stones in a princess cut wedding band makes diamonds with a brownish or yellowish color look clearer. This means that less expensive stones can be made to look much like top quality stones by being fashioned into a princess cut wedding band. This has greatly added to the popularity of the princes cut band in recent years, as more stone can be bought for the same price and still result in a high-quality look to the stone in a princess cut band.
