Mercurius Custom Jewelry at Coolidge Avenue, Oakland, California.

I found Dave through Etsy and contacted him about an engagement ring I wanted to make. I met with him and showed him the rudimentary design I had made after a month tinkering with a CAD program I had downloaded. In 30 minutes, he remade everything I had done, and added the things I wanted to do but lacked the skills for. We iterated on the design a bit, and then he made a really nice wax model, which I used to propose. My now-fiance loved it, and Dave finalized the design and 3D printed the pieces. I wanted to be involved in the process as much as possible, and Dave let me pour the yellow gold into the case (which included a short tutorial and a practice run on an old piece he had). Dave then put all the metal pieces together, carved the red jade I had found, sourced and set he perimeter diamonds, and resized the ring twice. The result is a ring we will cherish for the rest of our lives.

Dave is super nice, down-to-earth, and extremely reasonable in his pricing. An amazing jeweler, and a more amazing human being.