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Solitaire Diamond Ring with Princess Cut Diamond Shoulders
Solitaire Diamond Ring with Princess Cut Diamond Shoulders
Recycling Old for New Jewellery
We are often asked can we make a new piece of jewellery from an old one. The answer is yes, but...

Recycling is Good
We are firm believers in recycling old things, including scrap gold, wedding rings, diamond ring, and other jewellery. Some old jewellery is worth repairing or refurbishing. other items are only fit to be scrapped, and the answer often depends on personal factors such as sentimental value. We dislike waste, and believe everything should be repaired or recycled providing it can be done economically. There are many occasions however where it is uneconomic or undesirable to do so.

Inadvisable
If you read our page about how we create diamond rings, you will see that we never reuse scrap gold, instead providing our caster with newly refined fine gold (.9999 purity). Our casters also insist on using their own alloys, or at least specially ones prepared with proper quality control, and with which they have experience. They quite rightly tell us that to do otherwise would risk and compromise the quality of the products. We could use cheaper "backstreet" casters, but we have seen more than enough jewellery of poor quality, so we avoid such companies. Actually, we are probably being unfair to the backstreet guys, because some of them might be quite good, and also there are many of the best known and biggest names in jewellery casting who produce variable quality, and sometimes atrocious quality (we once had long running quality problems with Hean Studios).

Best Practice is to Scrap and Remake New
Almost always the best solution is to sell or part-exchange the old items, and use the proceeds to purchase new items. This means we can make excellent quality goods economically.
In the following paragraphs when we refer to recycling, we mean by using the same actual precious metal from the original items as opposed to selling for scrap and then purchasing new.

Why Recycle Old Jewellery Items?
There are two basic reasons people cite when we ask why they wish to recycle their specific jewellery items.

Two Other Possibilities

Conclusion
We would strongly recommend against getting any jewellery made using recycled actual gold from old items whatever your reason for it.
If you do quite rightly believe in recycling, and wish to sell your scrap or second-hand jewellery, we will be happy to buy or take it in part exchange at fair and competitive prices.

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