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  2. Diamond cutting - Wikipedia

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    Cutting diamonds requires specialized knowledge, tools, equipment, and techniques because of its extreme difficulty. The first guild of diamond cutters and polishers (Diamantaire) was formed in 1375 in Nuremberg, Germany, [1] and led to the development of various types of "cut". This has two meanings in relation to diamonds.

  3. Diamond cut - Wikipedia

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    These diamond saws and good jewelry lathes enabled the development of modern diamond cutting and diamond cuts, chief among them the round brilliant cut. In 1919, Marcel Tolkowsky analyzed this cut: his calculations took both brilliance (the amount of white light reflected) and fire into consideration, creating a delicate balance between the two ...

  4. Backes & Strauss - Wikipedia

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    Founded in 1789, by German immigrant businessmen Georg Carl Backes and (later on) Max Strauss, the company is the oldest diamond company in the world. [1] By the early 19th century, Georg Carl Backes was a successful goldsmith in the city of Hanau, Germany. During this time, his company (originally named Backes & Co.) had done so well that he ...

  5. Royal Asscher Diamond Company - Wikipedia

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    The Asscher Diamond Factory former headquarters on the Tolstraat 127 in Amsterdam. The Royal Asscher Diamond Company (Dutch: Koninklijke Asscher Diamant Maatschappij) was founded in 1854 by the Asscher family of gemcutters. The company is responsible for cutting some of the most famous diamonds in the world including the 2nd largest diamond ...

  6. Marcel Tolkowsky - Wikipedia

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    Marcel Tolkowsky (25 December 1899 – 10 February 1991), [1] an engineer by education, was a Belgian member of a Jewish family of diamond cutters from Poland.He is generally acknowledged as the father of the modern round brilliant diamond cut. [2]

  7. Gabi Tolkowsky - Wikipedia

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    Gabriel S. Tolkowsky (15 September 1939 – 28 May 2023) was a Belgian-Israeli diamond cutter, best known for cutting the Centenary Diamond. [1] He was the great nephew of Marcel Tolkowsky, father of the modern round brilliant diamond cut. [2] He is the sixth generation in his family to become well-known in the diamond cutting trade. [3] [4]

  8. Brücken, Kusel - Wikipedia

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    All together, the Western Palatinate had 108 diamond-cutting shops with 679 employees. In this same year, of course, came the onset of the Great Depression, and along with it came the beginning of the end for the diamond-cutting industry. Brücken was the economic hub of Palatine diamond crafting up until the Second World War. However, the ...

  9. List of tool manufacturers - Wikipedia

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    Pliers, screwdrivers, nut drivers, wire pulling and stripping tools, crimping tools, scissors, snips, shears, cable and bolt cutters, conduit benders, personal protective equipment, tool bags for the electrical trade

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