Mastercutter!
This is possibly the most famous image of a diamond being cut in the world. In 1905 the largest rough diamond ever found, the Cullinan diamond, was discovered.

Here, Joseph Asscher re-enacts the moment the Cullinan diamond was cut. Special tools had to be made to cleave the diamond as it was too large. The first attempt broke his blade but not the stone…! Using larger and stronger tools, with one perfect blow in the right place the diamond was cleanly split into two pieces.








