Originally Posted by
User211
I'd bought the cartridge when it was 4 months old with receipt to prove it for £1250 so it was a massive bargain in the first place. Retail at the time was £3K .../QUOTE]
No idea when this was, but guess it might be (or have been) a Red K Sig, or possibly a Urushi. If quite a few years ago, then the latter, and if so, which one?
Apropos your post above, there be diamonds and diamonds. After that comes the cutting, then the polishing, not to mention the positioning on the cantilever, which usually is boron in the upper echelons (Miyajima excepted).