We hope that you are all doing well.  We are happily meeting with and serving customers – filling orders, showing diamonds and colored stones, creating custom rings and so on.
 
At this time we need to accept and deal with the explosive numbers that we see here with the coronavirus.  We would like to extend sincere condolences to any of you who have experienced a loss of a family member or a friend to COVID-19.
 
With the current situation with the virus, this is a time to take more protective measures to keep all of us safe. We value our friendships with you. We value you as people. We value our kupuna (elders) customers and we also value our kupuna employees --- which is all of us! Some of us are also at higher risk because of pre-existing conditions.
 
With all these considerations we at The Diamond Specialists, Inc. have decided to comply with the Safe Access Oahu guidelines. These are the same guidelines we all now must deal with when dining in at a restaurant on Oahu.  We will need to see a photo I.D. along with proof of vaccination or proof of negative results of an FDA approved COVID-19 test executed within 48 hours before our meeting. 
 
In addition, if you travel or attend a large gathering, we ask that you either provide proof of negative results of an FDA approved COVID-19 test executed within 48 hours before our meeting or schedule your appointment with us at least 10 days after the day of your gathering or your last day of travel. 
 
We appreciate your understanding and cooperation. We need to take care of and protect everyone in our ohana and our community.
 
Mask-up. Wash your hands. Social distance. Avoid closed spaces. STAY SAFE!
 
Life is good.  Live fully.  Love as much as you possibly can.

 BECOME A BETTER DIAMOND AND ENGAGEMENT RING BUYER IN HAWAII - Seeing Through The Honesty Gaps

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Welcome to our website.  As our client, pleasing you is the most important priority of our business.  We have focused on giving you the highest value and satisfaction for your jewelry purchases since we began our business in 1986. Avoiding expensive media advertising and relying instead on the Internet and a positive word-of-mouth reputation have allowed us to keep expenses to a minimum. The savings are passed on to you.  Our prices for beautiful and extremely well cut diamonds that are strictly graded and with GIA and AGS Grading Reports are often less than half of other retailers in Hawaii.  And our prices for comparable diamonds are less than those of companies that mislead the public and pose as "wholesalers" while offering bogus grading certificates.

Our success in serving you is based on our recognition that each individual is unique. YOU are unique and so are the desires, needs and priorities for the jewelry you purchase. Our approach has been to fully share all of the knowledge that we have of the product you are interested in to allow you to determine what would be best solution for your situation then to provide you with a high quality and great looking product at the lowest possible cost.  We can help whether you are in the market for a 5 ct GIA certified D color and Internally Flawless clarity Round Super Ideal Cut diamond or a 0.30 ct GIA certified J color and SI2 clarity Round Super Ideal Cut diamond.  Or for any diamond of any size, shape, color and clarity all with legitimate GIA or AGS grading.

Please feel free to read the pages in the "Diamond Education" section of this site. If you are in Hawaii we invite you to arrange a free, comprehensive and hands-on diamond education session using our diamond grading equipment. You will learn about diamonds and what makes a diamond beautiful and valuable and be able to see what the different color and clarity grades really look like.  And we share with you which diamond grading certificates (GIA and AGS) can be trusted for stricter color and clarity grading and why they can be trusted.  However, just because a diamond comes with a GIA grading certificate does not make it a "good" diamond and one that you would want to own.  We also let you know which diamond grading certificates you should avoid.  This knowledge will save you money and will enable you to purchase a diamond and ring that you will be pleased with.

We also share with you the full information of the "Honesty Gaps" or deceptive practices that are found in the diamond and jewelry industry in Hawaii.   Some companies or sellers will give you some information but not all the information that you need to make good and informed decision.  Some sellers will actually deceive you.  The information that we share will allow you to better choose among the companies that are competing - fairly or unfairly and to your benefit or not, for your retail dollar.

As Hawaii's premier custom jewelry designer and manufacturer we can help you to wear the engagement ring that you dream of.  The design aspects of the ring, the metal content and the sizes, total carat weight and quality of diamond melee used can all be adjusted to your desires and needs.  Our engagement rings, wedding bands and other jewelry pieces are of the highest quality.

For the men we carry an extensive line of wedding bands in many different types of materials, widths, thicknesses, sizes, designs and prices.  We are confident that we have bands that will work well for you.

Please look through our website.  We welcome your contact, inquiries and feedback through email or phone.  Or visit us at our office at the Rooftop of The Kahala Mall.  For your best experience appointments are suggested.
​Wishing you the best,
​Russell Oshita and Staff,
The Diamond Specialists, Inc.
SHOPPING FOR A DIAMOND?  BEWARE OF ​OVER-GRADED DIAMONDS!

​​Is it ethically alright to sell a diamond as a G color when the color is really an N?  What if the G was really an I color?   Is it alright to sell a diamond as a VS2 clarity when the clarity is really an SI2? 

Shockingly, many people in the diamond and jewelry industries feel that it is fine to use third-party diamond grading reports to overstate the color and clarity of the diamonds they sell. They accomplish this this by simply offering you diamonds with EGL International or other over-graded diamond laboratory reports.

​We recommend that consumers avoid diamonds with EGL- I reports and only trust diamond grading certificates issued by GIA and AGS.  

​Do not be fooled. -  read this.