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[Patstone]

I have never made a setting like that, presumably the shank must be quite deep to take the depth of stone.

[Dennis]

Its just a flush setting with the sides missing Pat. The problems come when the customer blames the maker for the stone chipping. They would be right, because it is only suitable for a very hard stone, as Sarah said near the beginning. Dennis.

[Gemsetterchris]

That's basically a rubover on two sides, similar to a channel setting which is basically the same thing.
Looks nice but not very hard wearing..bit difficult to make as you need to be extremely accurate.
Lots of different types of "man" these days so I'm sure It's ok for some, depending their lifestyle.