Lost my wedding ring first time I tried surfing 20 odd years ago and never got a new one. Never got on with rings. Also, I'm the cheapest and most easily replaceable thing in this scenario.
Not married, so any rings I wear are purely for the fact I like wearing them. I have a Ti ring I bought from John’s Bikes years ago, they had a couple, imported by some bike dealer or other, and it just took my fancy, it would only fit my right thumb, so there it’s stayed for the last fifteen or so years.
It’s now quite scratched, though not deeply, unlike the two silver ones I wear, the one on my left thumb is pretty huge, 13mm across and 3mm thick, it took some effort by my goldsmith mate to make it slightly smaller when it kept flying off when my hands got a bit cold or wet. Makes a hell of a loud ringing noise when it hits anything hard, though.
The Ti one has about the same amount of patina that a 9ct red gold ring I wear, that was my great-granddads, it’s dated 3.1.16 inside, so Ti is just as susceptible to scratches as gold is.
I like the grey colour that Ti has, it sets it apart from silver, white gold or platinum.
Should I ever find someone who’ll put up with me, then I’ll get the gold ring made slightly smaller to fit my ring finger, it’s on my left middle finger now, just to keep the family continuity going; it passed to my dad, but he already had a wedding ring, so it passed to me, it’s one of the very few things I have that’s come down through the family on my dad’s side, and means a lot because of that.
The heavy silver one has deep scratches, dents, lots of wear and tear from using tools and such, which gives it lots of character, and would be quite a cool wedding ring, but re-sizing it would be out of the question!
I’ve a palladium ring with a brushed finish. It wears smooth in only a few weeks but can be easily re-brushed using a simple nylon scouring of (NOT steel) so it’s really pretty soft.
I assume each re-brush is just moving metal around not removing it otherwise it will be pretty thin very soon.
When it was both bought palladium was a cheap alternative to platinum but current metal prices seem almost identical?
What I don't understand is the trend for titanium wedding rings in the first place.
Got mine when not long after I got my 456ti. Gold one was too large so the titanium one replaced it.
Didn't know it was a trend. It wasn't then, I paid £34 for it too. You're all being ripped off these days.
Just get the ring tattooed on. Great weight saving.
Anything but Slavery gold and conflict diamonds
No ring is the lightest solution.
No ring can't be lost.
No ring can't cause de-gloving or finger loss.
No ring doesn't get scratched.
Yew and palladium.
Not work compatible, so spends a lot of time on the bedside table. Cutable was a factor in the design. Yew is shared with wifes ring, although hers is encased in gold and has a diamond stud. Hers is mostly on bedside table too for fear of losing it during sampling or fishing season at work.
Where are people getting their silicon rings? I'd like to wear a wedding ring as I like the idea but find mine (Ti natch) fairly uncomfortable and it sits on my desk because of it.
I've found lots of suppliers in the States but not a huge amount here - anyone got any sources?
I used Enso in the states, takes a bit longer but they are nice as Si goes, imho (had a cheaper one in the UK previously)
Loads on Amazon, packs of 4 four a tenner(ish) some even look metallic (ish)
Invincibility of Ti myth shattered at an early age when the LBS cropped the excess thread off the end of my Ringle seatpost QR.
My Ti ring rarely comes off and is shiny inside and has a nice patina on the outside. Ti means more to us as I'm not a jewellery person.
I have a Ti wedding ring. I've never really been one for gold or other precious metals, but as a lifelong cyclist titanium is probably the metal I covet above all others, so it seemed the perfect choice for me. Also as a tradesman, I don't wear a ring for work, so I didn't want to spend a lot.
I wear a silicone ring most of the time, which is incredibly comfortable even during a weeks alpine mtbing. The Ti now comes out on special occasions.
Re being unable to cut them off, perhaps the sails person wanted you to spend far more on a gold one!
Got a Tungsten Carbide with Carbon Fibre inlay wedding ring. Its a replacement for the pure Tungsten Carbide one which i dropped on a tiled floor and shattered.
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our marketing lady at our other office is getting married next year and her fiancee doesn't particularly want a ring as he is very outdoorsy and worries about all the stuff above. She saw my Si one while I was up there yesterday and thought it was great and will be seeing if that meets his needs.
You may now add something about having my ring fingered by a 23 year old if you wish, but i wouldn't dare. It was quite loose on her slim hand though, I think she'd have got two in with a bit of stretching.