Kite Shape Salt and Pepper Diamond Ring
Love from every angle: kite cut salt and pepper diamond ring
This One Started With a Simple Idea
We got tired of setting that cover over the stone.
Prongs sit over corners. Claws cross edges. You're always looking at the diamond through something. So we asked ourselves — what if we just... didn't do that? What if the whole perimeter of the stone was protected without anything sitting on top of it?
That's the bezel. And on a kite diamond, it changed everything.
The Kite Shape — Our Favourite Part
Not enough people talk about kite diamonds, and we genuinely don't understand why.
Four sides. Two long, two short. A point at the top and a point at the bottom. On the finger, it looks sharp, geometric, a little unexpected — nothing like a round or an oval, nothing soft about it. It has attitude. The elongated shape draws the eye up and down the finger in a way that feels modern without trying to be trendy.
This particular stone is 2.02 carats, measuring 12 x 8.3mm. It has a grey-black matrix inside — natural inclusions scattered through the body of the diamond — with step-cut faceting across the surface. Step cuts don't throw light around.
They sit with it, turn it over slowly. In morning light, this stone reads silvery and cool. By evening, it darkens. We noticed that the first time we held it, and we haven't stopped thinking about it since.
The Bezel — Why We Went This Way
A kite diamond has four points, and points chip. That's just the reality of sharp-cornered stones.
Prongs can protect two or three corners, but they can't wrap an entire outline. A bezel can. The rim of white gold we built around this stone runs the full perimeter — every edge, every corner, every point — in one continuous band of metal. Neither is it exposed, nor is it left unprotected.
And beyond protection, the bezel does something visually that we keep coming back to. It frames the stone like a picture frame frames a photograph. Clean line of metal, then diamond, then nothing else. From above, the stone fills your entire view. No prong heads, no claws, no interruptions, but just the grey-black matrix sitting inside a white gold outline, completely open to the light.
We've set a lot of kite diamonds over the years. This is our favourite way to do it.
The Band
1.6mm, white gold, smooth and polished all the way around.
We kept it plain because nothing on this band should compete with what's happening above it. The width is right for a 2.02 carat stone — substantial enough to feel balanced, slim enough to sit comfortably through a full day of wear. The polish picks up light as it catches different angles. Simple, but it does its job well.
The Work Behind It
A bezel on a kite shape isn't straightforward to make. The rim has to follow four straight sides and four sharp corners precisely — any deviation and the stone either sits loose or gets squeezed. Our craftsmen shape each bezel individually to the stone in front of them because no two kite diamonds come out of the ground at exactly the same dimensions.
It takes longer this way. That's fine with us.
Our Sourcing
Natural diamond, ethically sourced. Recycled gold. Every time, no exceptions. We've never felt the need to make a big deal out of this, but it's how we work.
Specifications
- Center — Kite shape salt and pepper, 2.02 CT, 12x8.3mm, step-cut
- Setting — 14k white gold bezel, handcrafted
- Band — Smooth polished white gold, 1.6mm
- Sourcing — Ethically sourced natural diamond, recycled gold
Want Something Different?
We offer a wide range of exclusive, hand-selected gold options and also designs for you to choose from. Yellow gold, rose gold, different stone sizes, wider bands, different matrix patterns — whatever direction you want to take this, reach out and we'll figure it out together. So, get this customized exclusively at Rustic and Gold.