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Should I be looking to save weight and £s by going down the Ti route or go for gold (which can be sized).


 
Posted : 27/04/2010 12:48 pm
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platinum.


 
Posted : 27/04/2010 12:48 pm
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i have titanium, the wife has platinum

mine cost about 30 quid off ebay
cheap as chips, then again i seldom wear it


 
Posted : 27/04/2010 12:50 pm
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platinum is the only way to go


 
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Mine's Ti. It breaks the old adage, cheap light strong - choose two, because it is actually all three (in the context of wedding rings) 🙂


 
Posted : 27/04/2010 12:51 pm
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platinum +2


 
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Gold. Do it properly ffs.

Platinum looks boring, and Titanium is a funny colour.

Titanium with gold and platinum inlaid would be nice!


 
Posted : 27/04/2010 12:52 pm
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wedding rings aren't supposed to look flash...


 
Posted : 27/04/2010 12:52 pm
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Odd isn't it that Titanium is the cheap option.

Platinum if you want to break your bank balance but I prefer my Ti wedding band and it is pretty indestructable too.

Don't realy like the look of gold and white gold is waaay too fragile needing plating etc regularly.


 
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Gold - not white gold - proper gold.


 
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another shout for platinum here


 
Posted : 27/04/2010 12:53 pm
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mines thin gold


 
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it is pretty indestructable too.

if you destroy any wedding ring your hand isn't gonna in much of a shape to wear one again anyway...

buy online for better pricing, we saved over £700 on ours.


 
Posted : 27/04/2010 12:55 pm
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Mine's Ti and Platinum, looks nice without being flash and will last.


 
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Ive been warned off Titanium by a jeweller who reckons your fingers can change and Ti is too hard to be changed. But they probably just wanted to sell me a more expensive ring.


 
Posted : 27/04/2010 12:56 pm
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Or for something different - I've got a paladium wedding ring. Very hard wearing too if you're not planning on taking it off whilst riding etc.


 
Posted : 27/04/2010 12:56 pm
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platinum.
Sorry, but I think titanium's a bit naff/geeky.


 
Posted : 27/04/2010 12:57 pm
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Posted : 27/04/2010 12:58 pm
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mines tungsten inlaid with a gold strip


 
Posted : 27/04/2010 1:01 pm
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Whatever she wants. Only jewellery a bloke should wear is a watch.

If you must have one, I suggest you also buy an upright piano. You then have a convenient and safe location in which to "lose" it.


 
Posted : 27/04/2010 1:01 pm
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I'm lost. What is that picture of Jimmy Tarbuck supposed to show?


 
Posted : 27/04/2010 1:06 pm
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I went paladium. Was warned off Titanium as it's difficult to alter and buff up. Platinum would have been the best but is too much money for me. Some like Gold but I personnally don't and it's quite soft and white gold requires a lot of up keep.
Saying that, it's a personal choice so go with what makes you happy.


 
Posted : 27/04/2010 1:06 pm
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platinum and white gold here - don't like regular bling gold, I'm not p-diddy for f**cks sake


 
Posted : 27/04/2010 1:07 pm
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be a man! buy Steel!!!
well, it's what i've got anyway. 8mm width steel band with a 1mm silver band running through it. brought it from a bespoke jewellers in Bath but can't remember the name, sorry


 
Posted : 27/04/2010 1:25 pm
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Palladium + 1


 
Posted : 27/04/2010 1:28 pm
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I went palladium, very hard wearing, but fairly heavy, not as heavy as platinum, its like the poor man's platinum basically.


 
Posted : 27/04/2010 1:29 pm
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Welsh Gold

Some like Gold but I personnally don't and it's quite soft

Yes it is quite soft and this is a good thing as I got mine caught last week, nearly ripped my finger off. Fortunately the ring snapped and came away and all I was left with was a broken finger.

Had it been steel, titanium etc it may have been bye bye finger 😐


 
Posted : 27/04/2010 1:30 pm
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What Tron said plus they can be a real liability for some sports / working with tools etc.

Had to have mine surgically removed - dont wear one now.


 
Posted : 27/04/2010 1:31 pm
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Platinum here. Hard wearing, and even leave it on when spannering the bikes. Looks slightly roughed up but not battered, I really like it.


 
Posted : 27/04/2010 1:31 pm
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Posted : 27/04/2010 1:36 pm
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Ti for the active bloke, platinum for the passive bird. Sadly my passive bird became active & took up swimming in a big way and demonstrated its potential to get knocked about until she was banned (by me) from wearing it in the pool.

My ti ring looks about as good as it did the day we got married despite the usual rock climbing & biking scrapes. First ring was the wrong size and as it can't be resized had to go back and replaced. I don't plan on becoming any fatter so it shouldn't need to get made bigger and I'm told if you loose enough weight it falls off your finger you are free to live your life the way nature intended again so everyone's a winner.


 
Posted : 27/04/2010 1:39 pm
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White Gold too, but only the decent stuff otherwise the colour 'rubs off'!

Sticking with gold is better from a safety POV 'cos medics can cut through it more easily 🙂


 
Posted : 27/04/2010 1:40 pm
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I went for tungsten with a platinum inlay, tungsten stays shiny, and the platinum is a contrasting dull tone.

Missus has titanium for both her rings.

Cheers, Rich


 
Posted : 27/04/2010 1:40 pm
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I'm going for paladium. The missus unfortunately cannot be persuaded away from platinium.

Definetly buy online. Much cheaper

I went into a shop to see the metals, I had a paladium, platinium and white gold ring on the same finger and really couldn't tell the difference visually (there was a weight difference)

Now the question I'm fretting with is what size - 6mm or 7mm....


 
Posted : 27/04/2010 1:44 pm
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So, it looks like my stainless steel wedding ring is one of a kind, yes? :mrgreen:


 
Posted : 27/04/2010 1:47 pm
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DT78 Get you cash out and get your missus what she wants "scrooge" supposed to be her special day not yours.


 
Posted : 27/04/2010 1:50 pm
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+1 here for Ti

its just a "this blokes taken, owned, lifes over, etc etc" badge any how.
😆


 
Posted : 27/04/2010 1:50 pm
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Normal gold.

If you want to be "a bit different", just get married in a football mascot suit or something.


 
Posted : 27/04/2010 1:53 pm
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I have a plain platinum band which has burnished quite nicely to look understated. For cost savings also check out the jewelery quarter in Birmingham where a lot of rings that you see on the high street are made.


 
Posted : 27/04/2010 1:58 pm
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lol - there is being a scrooge and actually being able to afford the damn thing. £500 for platinum or £250 for paladium which look the same... anyway she will be getting what she wants.

Anyone have tips for finding £8k by July?


 
Posted : 27/04/2010 2:02 pm
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Let her choose...

Here, platinum for both of us.

She's happy, that is the most important thing.


 
Posted : 27/04/2010 2:05 pm
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cheapest white gold one you can find - mine was a £90 special its held up fine after 4 years. Its on and off when biking/sailing so i didnt want an expensive one in case i lost it.

I promised the wife if we get to 25yrs we can get new ones - romantic eh?


 
Posted : 27/04/2010 2:08 pm
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Pd for me. £160 instead of £400 for the same size Pt. Ti just seemed too cheap for something that's supposed to be symbolic, and I'd probably ruin an Au on very quickly


 
Posted : 27/04/2010 2:08 pm
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I've got Ti with a diamond inlaid from [url= http://www.johngreeddesign.co.uk/ ]here[/url] and I love it. I'm not the most bling of people but I really feel happy every time I look at it.

I was tempted by tungsten, but you can't cut it and so in the event of it being my finger or the ring e.g a crash or burn situation then it's bye bye pinky.


 
Posted : 27/04/2010 2:12 pm
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I promised the wife if we get to 25yrs we can get new ones

Although I hope you said to her 'WHEN we get to 25 years'.... 😉


 
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