Author Archives: Brian Gavin

Brian Gavin, “Brian The Cutter”, is an internationally recognized diamond expert and the designer/creator of A CUT ABOVE diamonds – the first branded hearts and arrows diamonds to be sold on the internet in 1999. He co-founded Whiteflash in 2000, and was employed as Executive Vice-President from June 2001 – December 2008. He is also well known for his creativity in jewelry design and photographic techniques, and is sought after for his deep knowledge of all aspects of e-commerce in the diamond and jewelry industry.

Nov
25
2009

Happy Thanksgiving from Brian Gavin Diamonds…

Tweet Lesley and the BGD team join me in thanking all of you, our wonderful customers and prospective customers, for the genuine interest and  great support that you have given us over this past year. Without you all, we would not be the successful, growing company that we are today. We look forward to continuing [...]
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Nov
16
2009

Brian Gavin Diamond's Jewelry Workshop Rocks!…

Tweet Our jewelers are working around the clock to make sure that we deliver all the beautiful pieces we are working on in a timely fashion. As things heat up for the season, many of our customers have been asking for a sneak peek of what is going on behind the scenes in the jewelry [...]
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Aug
18
2009

Brian Gavin's Son Jumps Off the Bloukrans Bridge – the Highest Bridge in the World – 709 feet high

Tweet My youngest son, Avraham, who is 16 and who we affectionately call Avrami, spent his summer in South Africa participating in an incredible learning and outdoors experience. He called one day to ask me to give him permission to go bungee jumping off the world's highestest commercial bungee bridge at Bloukrans in the Cape [...]
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Aug
03
2009

Brian Gavin Diamonds Creates Signature Diamond Engagement Ring for Hot Air Balloon Proposal…

Tweet At the beginning of July we were very pleased to receive a call from the boyfriend of a young lady who I had worked closely with in 2007 and most of 2008. They had been dating for a while and he knew that she would only be satisfied with a Brian Gavin Signature diamond. [...]
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Jul
26
2009

Brian Gavin Diamonds Creates Magnificent Aquamarine and Diamond Heirloom “Mother’s” Ring…

Tweet At the end of May we were e-mailed by a customer interested in having us create her heirloom “Mother’s” Ring. She had an 8mm asscher cut aquamarine and 6 round brilliant diamonds that she wanted to ship to us to use in the ring.   She had approached many different jewelers and companies and they [...]
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Jul
17
2009

Brian Gavin Creates the “Peggy” Platinum and Diamond Pave Trellis Solitaire Engagement Ring…

Tweet At the end of May I blogged about several projects that we had been working on and featured a ring that I labeled the N.L. ring, which were the customer’s initials. The customer essentially told us how he wanted the ring to look, and sent us several inspiration pictures for ideas. He was really [...]
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Jul
08
2009

Brian Gavin Diamonds Introduces “The Nightingale” Platinum Five stone U-prong Band with Fancy Vivid Yellow Diamond Melee Bezel Set into the Half Round Shank…

Tweet Just after Lesley and I started our new company a very dear customer contacted us about custom making a 5 stone u-prong knife edge diamond band for her mother, using 5 x .31 G SI1 Brian Gavin Signature Hearts and Arrows diamonds. You can read all about the “Sally” 5 stone diamond band here. [...]
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Jul
07
2009

Brian Gavin Signature Hearts and Arrows Diamonds Come in Pairs that are Perfect for Diamond Earrings…

Tweet We have received several e-mails and calls for matching pairs of our diamonds for earrings,  so I thought I would list a few pairs of Brian Gavin Signature Hearts and Arrows diamonds that we have in house. We keep a large inventory of smaller diamonds in the .30 – .49 ct range, and they [...]
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Jul
06
2009

Brian Gavin Creates Custom Made Diamond Pendant with Customer's Old Mine Cut Diamond…

Tweet A customer contacted me a few weeks ago inquiring about recutting a 1.25 carat Old Mine Cut that was set into a men’s yellow gold ring. In order for me to make an educated decision, she sent in the ring and I unmounted the diamond to examine it for a recut. It was a [...]
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