It's because of The Abyss
That's why I got mine 🙂
I take mine off every night before bed as I never got on with sleeping in it...
it's a good reason not to wear any ring when riding
fairly definitive statement that, how is it 'for the hard of thinking' to suggest that some types are OK - which you then agreed with 😉
Anyway...Re getting a Si to fit- there are cheap suppliers on ebay, Amazon, etc., but t'wife and I got our 'outdoor' rings from Enso in the US. And when mine went all baggy after inadvertently soaking it in white spirit they happily replaced under their lifetime warranty. Subsequently when it dried out it then shrunk back again so now I have two (but don't tell them.....)
I don’t wear a ring at all so maybe I’m missing something. Why if I take my ring off would there be a need to wear a rubber ring in its place?
I got a titanium ring because we'd spunked all our money on platinum and diamonds and a dress and a church and a reception and flowers.
My wedding ring was £40.
Why if I take my ring off would there be a need to wear a rubber ring in its place?
So you don't accidentally cheat on your S/O whilst cycling obvs
I don’t wear a ring at all so maybe I’m missing something. Why if I take my ring off would there be a need to wear a rubber ring in its place?
YOU don't have to. I choose to because as i said previously
i like wearing a ring as a symbol of my etc. etc. (some may scoff, but t'wife and I exchanged rings 17 years ago and I've worn 'it' every day since).
Scoff away, it's a free country and it's what we choose to do - to wear A ring which we chose together. The fact that we now have 'dress' rings and 'work' rings is practicality, it's the symbol that is important to us.
People are asking why not being a dick.
Ah you’ve edited your post now.
I don’t get the symbolic thing at all that’s what the ceremony was for but then again I’d also not bother with that if my wife had agreed.
[quote=geetee1972 ]What I don't understand is the trend for titanium wedding rings in the first place. titanium is very abundant. Apart from the biking thing you might as well have a wedding ring made out of copper or iron.
well its a symbol so what it is made of is largely irrelevant
only tradition means we generally use precious/rare/expensive metals
Copper and iron would both rust/weather/oxidise
Yes i did edit - sometimes my thought doesn't need vocalising.
Hopefully I gave you a reason why -> I <- choose to wear a ring always. Whether you think it's good or not is your call. It's certainly not to remind me not to cheat - my capability of that doesn't depend on wearing a ring or not - and suggesting (even jokingly) that it does offends me slightly because it comes across as sneering at the purpose of our choice to wear rings we gave each other.
Ti ring with inlaid silver here. Wanted inlaid platinum but was told that it doesn't have enough of a contrasting colour the silver is a sharper silver than the slightly grey ti colour (platinum is a similair tone to the ti).
I'd forgotten all about the "can't be cut off" bollocks.
I like it as when I weight train it doesn't scratch or bend as easily as a softer metal would. It's also very light, which a similair size platinum one wouldn't be (9mm wide and about 3mm deep). I'd also have to pay about 2.5k for a platinum ring that size.
I wouldn't give it a second thought, get the one you like. I had trouble getting my head around how cheap mine was, but in the end came to the conclusion that it didn't matter, it was the event of my wife giving it me that gives it value. Because of this it is the most valuable material possession I have in my life.
it was the event of my wife giving it me {and me wearing it always} that gives it value. Because of this it is the most valuable material possession I have in my life.
^ thankyou, exactly what i mean.
Hopefully I gave you a reason why -> I <- choose to wear a ring always.
Yup each to their own I’m sure there’s a trait I have that you probably see as odd.
Whether you think it's good or not is your call. It's certainly not to remind me not to cheat - my capability of that doesn't depend on wearing a ring or not - and suggesting (even jokingly) that it does offends me slightly because it comes across as sneering at the purpose of our choice to wear rings we gave it other.
Camomile tea?
I'm pretty sure Ti rings can] be resized, just the usual suspects/sellers [i]say[/i] it can't be done because they generally don't have TIG welding gear in their shops 😆
Camomile tea?
counselling and medication actually, but you keep poking if it makes you feel funny.
Now I look like a ****. 😥
Sorry hope you get in a better place soon.
I broke my tungsten one dropping it now just use silicone ones. Can get them for about 20 quid and are fine for work and biking. Have snapped two now but still got all my digits. I use Amrap ones.
apologies too, some things I hold very precious yet are also the things I have come close to losing as a result of the flaws displayed here.
I'm now going to edit / delete my posts while I can, not edifying to leave them out there, and if you want to too I'll say no more on it.
bugger - too late - if you want to with your privileges i wouldn't moan
Ti ring here, cost circa £20 online. Does the job perfectly well.
It is too big so it'll be replaced with a suitably sized one in due course but very much I wanted inexpensive as i had no idea if I'd actually wear it so didn't want £££ left in a draw if i didn't.
I've got a silicone one for cycling in as once (if) I'm used to wearing it leaving it off will be like forgetting my watch or belt i imagine.
No, it’s fine trust me I understand why you reacted the way you did after explaining. Hope you get sorted.
yep I got my Ti one coz you never know when you might be trapped on the wrong side of a closing pressure door a few KM under the atlantic
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^^^how big is your ring that the ensuing gap would be helpful?
I got a titanium ring because we'd spunked all our money on platinum and diamonds and a dress and a church and a reception and flowers.
My wedding ring was £40.
Plus one. I'm not marrried to prawny though. I think.
I like the way it's scuffed and scratched after 13 years, looking slightly shagged. A bit like me.
I don't like the way it scratches ceramic sinks when I forgte to take it off to wash up (every time).
dangeourbrain - Member
^^^how big is your ring that the ensuing gap would be helpful?
in the film it buys him enough time to cut a teh hydraulic hose to the door
I have a ti wedding ring, worn every day for nearly 10 years. No problems here. I have an allergy to gold and Mrs G didn't want me to have a silver one.
The inside is still shiny like it was when it was new, the surface has now got a really nice satin sheen on it.
But but but, you'd use the hydraulics to [b]lift[/b] the door
I've got a silicone one for cycling in as once (if) I'm used to wearing it leaving it off will be like forgetting my watch or belt i imagine.
You wear a watch and belt while cycling?
Simple terms:
Strong - ability to withstand load
Hard - resistance to impact/damage
Tough - ability to absorb energy
Density - mass per unit volume
Reactivity - chemical changablity
Platinum is dense, moderately tough and non reactive, but will mark easily, it's also heavy and will feel so on your fingers/hand.
Titanium (alloy - usually Ti grade 5 AKA Ti64) is similarly tough and non reactive but is also strong and will work harden when subjected to cutting forces hence why they're difficult to remove. It's not particularly hard and will easily mark and marr if, for example your fingers are regularly in contact with other, harder metals such as steel. BUT there's lots of different grades of Ti so dependent upon what you buy, you can have different properties.
Tungsten (pure/almost pure) is strong hard, tough, dense and non-reactive, and should be proof against most things, but can still be scratched by diamonds.
Tungsten carbide is essentially a metal matrix composite alloy which is to say that it's almost a ceramic in its qualities. Very very hard (almost to diamond levels) very strong, non-reactive but not particularly tough. You can shatter it with a good concentrated force.
GrahamS - Member
I've got a silicone one for cycling in as once (if) I'm used to wearing it leaving it off will be like forgetting my watch or belt i imagine.You wear a watch and belt while cycling?
How else would i stop my jeans falling down, and like, don't you even strava, dude?
But in seriousness, yes though it's a nylon clip thingy for the belt but does help keep my shorts at a publicly decent height, and a very cheap silicone band sports thing for the watch (useful for gauging how much trouble I'll be in when if i [s]do a few more miles[/s] stay for another beer.)
Mine's, er, metal. It's a silver colour if that helps narrow it down. Maybe it's silver? No idea how much it cost, I didn't buy it.
We thought about Ti wedding rings when we got married a couple of years ago. What put us of was none of the above but the fact that according to the jewlers we spoke with Ti rings cant be resized. Given that most peoples fingers change size during their adult life as they age we didnt like the idea of not being able to wear them in the future as they no longer fitted.
Amazed how few people have mentioned the key benefit - weight, it must save, ooo, a few grams over, say, gold! 🙂
I'd have liked a Ti ring but but that's what my brothers is and I didn't want to copy. Happy with palladium - if you're a MotoGP fan, its atomic number is 46. 🙂
It looks mangled now but apparently you can just get them polished back up quite easily.
Yep, they come up like new. 🙂 I presume they take the skinniest layer off each time though, so it's only for special occasions.
Was going to go for Ti, ended up going for Tungsten Carbide as I really dislike gold / silver and I'm more than happy with the aged / worn in look its getting. That and every time someone asks about it I slip into the Monty Python Tungsten Carbide sketch.
We didn't really think too much about this and went for cheapish gold. Budget was tight at that point. I wouldn't have wanted too much overspend in any particular area and iirc ti was more expensive then. Suffice to say, mine looks battered now. Mrs Yak's looks alright.
Not a bad idea, they could be designed with the same lifespan of the average marriage.Copper and iron would both rust/weather/oxidise
I'm not married yet but we are planning it.
I'll probably wear a silicon ring almost exclusively unless I'm out somewhere posh and then I'll wear whatever the Mrs picks to match her wedding ring. I have the ability to injure myself anywhere so the less chance of hospital visits from a wedding ring the better.
Daffy
Tungsten carbide is essentially a metal matrix composite alloy which is to say that it's almost a ceramic in its qualities. Very very hard (almost to diamond levels) very strong, non-reactive but not particularly tough. You can shatter it with a good concentrated force.
I was tempted to get a tungsten carbide ring (at least I think it was) because I thought the black would be cool. I heard about them shattering when dropped which put me off.
I went for titanium because I didn't want to worry about losing or ruining something precious. A lot of guys who ask about it end up getting a ti ring or similar and plenty who are already married are pissed off because they just ended up with whatever was in their random high street jewellers and they would have rather had something more durable / less precious (and cheaper) than what they ended up with.
Mine has a sort of dull satin outer finish and high polish inner. It was pretty marred and battered and I've got some weddings coming up so I gave it a spin on the polishing wheel on the bench grinder. Came up like new and even gained a very subtle heat ano/damascus pattern. Tempted to go the whole hog and blow torch it but that might get old pretty quickly.
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)
