Amateur Gemstone Faceting Volume 1: The Essentials Paperback – November 23, 2014

Good book. Wish the pages were in color

Excelente libro completo en lectura aún.

A fantastic primer to the world of faceting. Takes a lot of the mystery out of the whole process. The book is an absolute bargain compared to about everything else needed to get into faceting stones. Its very well written - very informative, but best of all - its not a dry textbook - its candid and entertaining.Highest recommendation for beginners (like me). Buy/read this book before you spend money buying a faceting machine or any of the other items which you need to get started.

I just finished reading this book and it's fantastic! Being new to faceting (but not new to the lapidary arts), this book answered my questions and made the patch clear and precise with regards to my journey into the field of faceting. I am just starting on the second volume (a continuation of this volume) and know that it will be just as great! Just about every quality site on faceting I've run across has recommended this book, and I can clearly see why. Definitely one that I'll be referring to for a long time! Thank you!

the book was cut to small by the publisher as a result it is missing 3/4 of every page so no way to read it. I am returning it for a better copy i hope. if not i will have to get a refund.update : received a perfect copy this time.....A must read for anyone wanting to learn to cut gems.

Very good book. Goes pretty much in depth about gems and gem faceting. No matter where you are on the hobby this will have some useful new information in it for you. There are no real down sides unless you just hate reading.

A nice thick book appears to have the 411 Im looking for

My experience level before reading this was a beginner faceting class and 2 stones. I found it highly helpful in expanding my skill set and filling in concepts that the class didn't cover thoroughly. I'll be buying Volume 2 soon. The cost was higher than some of the old faceting books, but I found out that Amazon prints the book on demand. The author details how it was published which is a neat read in the book. For now Amazon is the source so there is no need to shop around.The only negative I see is that there is only one faceting pattern in the book, but that's in Volume 2 so I won't take any stars off!