ʻO nā mea a pau e pono ai ʻoe e ʻike e pili ana i ka mea hoʻonaninani

E kūʻai anei ʻoe i kahi mea nani a i ʻole kekahi pōhaku makamae me ke kaupaona ʻole? ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole, no ka mea, pili ka waiwai o kahi mea waiwai i kona kaumaha. ʻO ia ke kumu i kūʻai ʻole ai nā mea kūʻai aku ma hea a me ka nui o nā mea nani a lākou e kūʻai ai, mai kūʻai i kēia mau mea makamae me ka ʻike ʻole i ka nui o nā carats a lākou e kaupaona nei. Ma muli o kēia, ʻo kahi waiwai i ʻike ʻia e ka poʻe jewelers he mea hiki ʻole ke hoʻokō i kahi ʻoihana holo kūleʻa ʻo ia ka pālākiō.

Aia i loko o ke au o ka ʻenehana he mea ʻakaʻaka ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā unahi lima lima e like me kēia mau unahi manual ʻaʻole wale he manawa liʻiliʻi akā ʻaʻole hāʻawi i nā hopena pololei. No laila, ua hoʻololi maikaʻi ʻia kēia mau ʻano unahi e nā mea unahi kikohoʻe hou. Hāʻawi kēia mau unahi i nā hualoaʻa pololei i loko o ka maka maka. Eia kekahi, loaʻa iā lākou i nā ʻano hoʻolālā a me nā ʻano like ʻole no laila e maʻalahi iā ʻoe ke koho i ka mea e hoʻokō i kāu mau koi. Eia naʻe, me ka nui o kēia mau unahi i loaʻa pinepine e paʻakikī ke koho i ka mea maikaʻi loa. ʻAe, ʻoiai aia kekahi mau mea e noʻonoʻo ai ʻoe i ke kūʻai ʻana i kahi pālākiō, akā ʻo ka pālākiō maikaʻi loa ka mea e like me kāu mau koi.

Pono e loiloi i kāu mau pono, ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana e kūʻai i kahi mea hoʻonaninani. Inā he mea kūʻai aku ʻoe, e kūʻai ana i nā pōhaku makamae, pono paha ʻoe e kūʻai i kahi unahi hoʻonaninani i loaʻa nā carats e like me nā ʻāpana kaupaona; akā naʻe, inā e hana pū ʻoe i nā metala makamae a laila e loaʻa ana i kāu unahi ka dwt (Troy Ounces) pūʻulu kaupaona pū kekahi. No laila, ʻo ka mea nui o ka mea he nui nā ʻāpana kaupaona like ʻole a pono ʻoe e ʻike, inā loaʻa i ka unahi nā ʻāpana kaupaona e pono ai kāu ʻoihana a ʻaʻole paha.

A laila, ʻo kekahi mea nui e nānā pono ai, ʻo ia ka mea pono e loaʻa i ka pālākiō nani ka mana a me ka pololei e like me kāu mau koi. Hāʻawi nā unahi like ʻole i nā mana like ʻole a me nā heluhelu no laila pono ʻoe e loiloi inā ʻo ka unahi āu e kūʻai nei e hoʻokō i kāu pono ʻoihana a ʻaʻole. Eia kekahi, inā e hele mau ana ʻoe a makemake i kahi unahi e hiki ke hele pū me ʻoe a laila ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka nānā ʻana i kahi unahi kikohoʻe portable a i ʻole ka unahi ʻeke. E nānā mau i ka ʻoihana āu e kūʻai ai i kāu unahi mai ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka palapala hoʻokō. Eia naʻe, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole ia he manaʻo e hoʻomaka ʻoe e hoʻohana me ka noʻonoʻo ʻole no ka mea e hoʻopilikia maikaʻi ʻia kona pololei. E hōʻoia mau i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe pono a uhi ʻia ke hoʻohana ʻole ʻia. Eia kekahi, no ka ʻimi ʻana i kahi hui unahi mea kūʻai maikaʻi a maikaʻi, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohālikelike i nā kumukūʻai a me nā hāʻawi ʻana o kekahi mau hui ma ke komo ʻana i ka pūnaewele.