Antrobus Designs

The best. I had my fiancée’s ring custom made by Pete Antrobus, and he did an absolutely fantastic job. And if you think a small custom shop like this is going to be way more expensive, think again: Pricing was very fair. Just an awesome experience. Highly recommended.

I can’t review this place from a purchaser point of view, but I’ll do my best to relay what I’ve heard and experienced first hand.
In December, my boyfriend was frantically looking for a place to set his grandmother’s diamond after a mishap with another setting. He happened upon this nice little shop and was met with helpful and enthusiastic service. Though the setting he wanted and the diamond that he had wasn’t the ideal combination for the jeweler here, since they particularly do customization and their own designing, everything worked out perfectly.
Onto my dealings with the couple that own this shop. I had to come in to get the ring sized. This was also in December, so we had to account for cold hands and such, but I did end up going twice for sizing. The first time, I was told I «have no knuckles» and need to get the ring sized pretty small, so that’s what we did. It ended up so small that my finger was very uncomfortable and there was an immediate purple line where the ring was. Upon going back, I was discouraged from going up a portion of a size (I think we only ended up going up a half or quarter) due to my lack of knuckles again. This got a little frustrating, since I knew that where it was then was uncomfortable and not what I wanted. In the end, after a second sizing, we found the perfect size for me and I couldn’t be happier.
Despite some hangups and the whole process of getting the ring sized more than once (and fighting for it) being a little stressful, I’d definitely recommend coming here for customized jewelry needs. They do great work and are genuinely nice people.