[Closed] What to have my wedding ring made out of?

mine is palladium; looks and wears very much like platinum, is suitably dense too so nicely weighty, but costs rather less.

the wife's is platinum, but my oversized sausage fingers meant a platinum one for me would be too $$$.

happy with the result, and it's somewhat out of the ordinary

[url= http://www.johngreedjewellery.com/en/uk/mens/mens-rings/icat/ringsmens/ ]Linky[/url]

I got mine form the link here. Its a Ti ring and although im not a jewellery person i do quite like it.

The service from this place was top draw, they send you a return envelope and you can keep posting it back til you get the ring/size you want.

uwe-r, interesting, Tungsten or Ti for under £100. I am liking this a lot.

Mine was tungsten carbide - £37.50!

Also fills in as a washer/spacer if needed...

I never really wanted to wear one, but the wife wanted me to so had a good friend of my fathers make me a couple of different ones.

The inner is made of a turned shilling and then has carved ebony bonded to it, really nice different ring and as I don't wear it whilst riding, working on the bikes etc the fact that its wood isn't a big issue.

mine is platinum and white gold

My mate got a Ti ring, lost 2 or 3 stone in weight over a few years and now his ring is too big for him. He says it can't get it re-sized as its too hard!

I've got a simple 9ct gold ring, which got cut off in A &E last year and then fixed so as good as new after.

Mine is platinum, nice and tough which is good as it gets a hard life getting bashed around when Im working on stuff. Ive had it polished once and it looked nice, but TBH im so used to it being dull and scruffy anyway I prob wont bother again.

I shall follow this thread while I go through the same process. There's a few pointers here: http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/i-need-to-choose-a-wedding-ring

Aluminium is too soft for the long term. I'm assuming the other ring thread is the one about the ring I made so I won't repeat comments re. titanium ("wanna see my ring" is the thread I mean).

Given your specifications I would agree palladium is the way to go. Reasonable price, hard wearing, nice weight and it is classed as a precious metal so will be tested for content and hallmarked by the Assay Office.

carbon fibre

Surely as a cyclist it has to be Ti AND CF?

http://www.etsy.com/search/handmade?search_submit=&ref=auto&q=titanium+carbon+fiber+ring&view_type=gallery&ship_to=GB

Tungsten carbide here. Was about £60. I'm not scared to lose it and it does not scratch (well it does...other things!)
6 months wear and it looks exactly as it did when it came out of the box. Don't get a black one though, it's just a finish which comes off.
I like Ti too, it looks really nice.

If your getting married you will be getting shafted on cost for a whole lot of stuff, my ring was cheep and of all the £s spent getting married was definitely the best value for money. For that I like it even more + I have loads of mates who just got something gold or platinum from the same shop as the brides rings, just plain rings they don’t even like, when I say mine is Ti they think its ace and assume it cost even more (as most blokes no f all about jewellery).

What i’m saying is don’t get put of by the fact you can get a nice looking cheep ring just embrace it, plenty of other stuff where you will be paying top whack!

Boone Rings...

http://www.boonerings.com/carbon-fiber/carbonfiber.htm

Carbon and Ti loveliness. From a guy who used to make chainrings!

Commission a student at the local jewellery college, but be sure to give a clear explanation of what you want.

I would hope you are going to wear your wedding ring for many, many years. I have worked as a goldsmith all my adult life and a large proportion of the work is alterations on rings because for any of a variety of reasons peoples hands change. Worth bearing in mind I think.

Carbon, Ti, etc. will be either impossible or extremeley difficult to alter.

I'm in the exact same quandry, and thanks to ideas suggested here Ijust came across this: http://www.titaniumstyle.com/jewelry/5-601.html

Bingo! Black Zirconium for me!

Ceramic, [url= http://www.johngreedjewellery.com/en/uk/john-greed-design/jgd-brushed-black-ceramic-zirconia-8mm-ring/invt/p1935/ ]link[/url]

I'd go for Reynolds 853

Mine is titanium. I did have a gold one but lost loads of weight and it kept falling off!

I bought a replacement ti ring and it was only about £30 delivered, brilliant. That was a few years back though., they seem like they've gone up in price a bit. Popularity or economics?

From here, I think....

[url= http://www.weddingrings-direct.com/show_sub_cat/decorative_titanium_rings/76/1/939/ ]Clunk click every trip[/url]

Granite!
Gold and Ti are sol old skool.

I went for Palladium after a nerdy periodic table revelation when buying my wife's engagement ring. I didn't know they did Palladium but asked almost as a joke. I was delighted when it turned out to be cheaper.

Decided to avoid white gold as it's just Rhodium plated gold, which just doesn't sit well with me.

Also thought about Titanium, but decided against because it can't be resized.

I also really like the fact that our rings match.

You need one like this

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I had a Ti ring for a while, but it left grey/black marks on white bathroom pottery (not ideal for a bathroom fitter)

So I got rid of it and had a silver one made up instead.

White gold is an alloy containing gold and palladium, there is no fixed "recipe" but the gold content is strictly controlled for hallmarking.

It is true that white gold alloys are routinely rhodium plated as white gold alloys are not as reflective (shiny) when polished as other precious white metals also as the "recipe" is not fixed there can be some variation between the colour of different items. White gold [b]IS NOT[/b] "just rhodium plated gold"

Stop being a tart just get a nice silver ring well under £50, all the dents and marks add to the patina and if it all goes wrong it is easy to cut off. As somebody already said you could commission your own

Or see if your local college does silversmithing evening classes. Seeing as what you want is very simple you could even [i]make[/i] your own 🙂

My wife and I had ours by a chap from Cornwall called Justin Duance, palladium inlaid with oak. Worth a look for something more unusual. http://www.justind.co.uk/jewellery/wood-rings

Platinum here. Tried a load on in a jewellers, bought online for about 1/3 of the cost

This is my one - sterling silver Tiffany 'metropolis'

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Platinum - costs nothing compared to a divorce later on 🙂
I wore an Ag one for size and girth for a few weeks to ensure it did fit 100% then handed it over and got a Pt copy.

Had platinum and lost it. Insurance would have covered it, but my wife bought me a "place-holder" on the day I lost it as I didn't feel right without a ring on and when it came to it I felt happier with the titanium and silver place-holder than the replacement platinum.

Most people don't know the difference to look at it.

Palladium was my choice...it doesn't need replating like white gold, and it can be resized (I got mine made bigger and then smaller again in the first 6 months)

I had decided on Tungsten but when I went to try them on I found that due to the metal being cheaper, they were all quite bulky and held the adjacent fingers away from my ring finger. Friend at work went for Tungsten and he doesn't seem to like it for the same reason.

I got a simple design done by an independent (brushed slightly raised centre, with two polished edges) and would suggest that if you end up getting one made, check the profile of the ring. I had been trying on tradition court rings (curved inside and outside) but the one that was made for me was a D profile. Found it quite uncomfortable, the edges felt sharp and I ended up taking it back and getting the inner edges rounded off. Also, a brushed finish shows up scratches more than polished, as a scratch is shiny so shows up more on an un-shiny finish. I like the scratches though, it stays on for biking/car fixing/DIY unless its properly dirty/greasy or playing about near the battery.

I spent a not inconsiderable amount on platinum for my wife
But I have no appetite for bling Myself

Got a nice titanium / rose gold band
Simple, industrial and hard wearing
Its aged a bit and I love it

It's not the object but what it represents !!

I had a tungsten carbide ring for marriage number one. I generally liked the weight of the ring, the 'mysterious' colour and the fact that it was uncannily smooth.

On to marriage number two, I now have a palladium ring with a coarse brushed finish. I like it a lot more than the tungsten one, as it was a custom piece rather than off the shelf. Got it from a designer alongside my wife's ring, which is a bunch of raw diamonds set in palladium. Going with a designer (in this case a guy called Todd Reed) is great, as you can get exactly what you want and it wasn't as expensive as I thought.

Sausages!!

What's that ring with the gear in it?

I have a platinum ring that belonged to my grandmother so its about 80odd yrs old (apparently she had big fingers!)

Any old family heirlooms floating about ? or get an antique ring

Rubber or possibly ivory.

1st time round it was 9ct gold. Kept wearing bits away! and more than once it was bent enough to stop it coming of.
This time its Ti. Cheap, sub 40 quid from some High street Jewellers.
I am told that casulty units don't like Ti as it doesn't cut off when you take busted fingers etc to be treated.
As you would expect its very light. Stupidly noticable against gold. As any serious cyclist is concerned about weight it has to be a consideration.

Just bite the bullet & get platinum! It might hurt your wallet now, but it'll still look good in 10 or 20 years time even with the knocks & scrapes of daily life. Haven't regretted getting our platinum rings for a second.

anything less is just mucking about surely..?

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not sure Yunki.. what about this 😉

not one person yet has posted

I feel let down

Onto the 2nd page and no mention of degloving?! If you use your hands, avoid hard metals, partly to avoid being hung upside down by the skeletal remains of your finger, and partly because (as was mentioned on page one) your fingers will change shape over the years and you'll eventually be likely to need to add / remove metal.

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I wore silver rings throughout my teens and constantly snapped or deformed rings 'just riding along'... My white gold wedding ring is still perfectly circular.

Thankfully I have already finished my cereal 🙂 A reminder to wear gloves at work!

Palladium here, smallish, simple, I wear it in the gym, on the bike, never bother to take it off.

My wife and I have rings made from what is essentially hardened, Surgical grade stainless. They're perfectly round still and mine has only the lightest of scratches despite being worn continuously for 5 years.
In that 5 years it has experienced major acids/alkalis, scrambling and climbing on granite, mtb etc.

A friend's going for silver so it develops character over time, I'm considering ti for when we tie the knot.

A few years ago I thought about getting the inner surface machined into a bearing race, I used to wear the outer of a 608z bearing as a ring.

Mine is titanium from [url= http://www.feniom.com/ ]a company called Feniom.[/url] Was under a £100 as well so don't mind it getting trashed in the garden/biking etc and they did free engraving as well.

Hmm, this is all very interesting. I really like the idea of Ti but have now got concerns about how hard the metal is.

How easy is Palladium or Tungsten to reshape and cut if the need arrises?

I've just got mine in Palladium. I'd say it's a happy middle ground.

Just go for gold. It may be old fashioned and 'bling' but it has lots of advantages over Ti. The fact that it is 'soft' does allow it to be modified over the years - as you are going to change. My wife had to have her wedding ring and engagement ring cut off after breaking her shoulder skiing - the jeweller can repair both. Gold can also be many different shades - you can find ones which are quite 'pale' and won't stand out if you are concerned about 'bling'. However I thought that the point of a wedding ring was that it stood out!!

Adamantium obviously or vacuum hardened Herculaenium!

I've been wearing my slender 18k gold wedding ring for 32 years, and riding single track for one (on rugged New Zealand mountains). I always leave the ring on when I ride. However, I took it off yesterday for no real reason and was shocked to realise that 3000kms on my handlebars have turned my previously perfectly round ring into an elongated oval. Hard to believe it hasn't amputated my finger, it's so flat! Still love the ring, but might get it strengthened somehow..

I would avoid tungsten carbide - I had one with an inlay of platinum. While it was a nice weight and stayed super shiny, when I accidentally knocked it on a tiled wall, it shattered.

Had a fresh one made with titanium replacing the tungsten, reusing the same platinum inlay.

Cheers, Rich

We got one made for Mrg Gti by a student at the local technical college jewellery course. Simple platinum with a gold thread inlaid and a "beaten" finish. Cost about £150 IIRC.

She told me not to bother with a ring as I would wreck it, which I would.

I got a palladium one in the end. Looks good and doesn't need replating and not as expensive as platinum. It's a no brainier really if you want a more traditional ring.

Commission a student at the local jewellery college, but be sure to give a clear explanation of what you want.

This.

:1st time round was 9 carat gold. I resented it losing value as I often scratched bits off!! :lol:It also got distorted and wouldn't always come off easily. 2nd time round went for Ti. cheap, about 30 quid. Keeps it's shape and tolerates all sorts of nasty chemicals. I suppose it would be hard to get off in an emergency but thats the least of my worries.

Mine's Ti - It's lovely and light (not that being heavy is a problem but I do like taking it off and feeling just how light it is) and best of all it's bombproof which given my penchant for destroying things is great 🙂

A couple of mins with metal polish and it looks like new too.

I marked a couple of things with it when I first got it but now I'm used to wearing it, I've not done it since.

Plain gold band. Its the new niche, I hear.

White gold here, raised matt band in the middle, polished either side. I like it.

Uranium 238 is de riguer where I come from.

derek_starship,
Seascale
Cumbria.

Unobtanium?

Or my fave handwavium!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unobtainium

White gold is not "plated". Depending on the carat rating, gold is an alloy of other metals. 24k is generally refered to as "pure" gold (24 parts gold). Not quite but close enough. 18k is 18 parts gold, 6 parts other metals, 9k is 9 parts gold etc.

Add copper to the alloy and it becomes rose gold. Add silver or palladium it become white. 18k white gold is actually whiter and harder than 9k because of less copper content.

Those who have "white" gold but require it to be replated do not have white gold. They have ordinary white gold, or another base metal, with a "white" metal plating.

The Wife and I have matching white / yellow gold rings. Hers is 18k and has a very strong contrast between the colours. Mine is 9k and not so obvious. Price was the reason because I have sausage fingers.

As for alterations. Gold is easy to work with. I have a stainless ring that can't be altered, cut and weld would be the only way. It was turned on a lathe to make rather than loop and solder as per gold or other precious metals.

[i]Holy thread resurrection, Batman![/i]

I've been wearing my cheap Argos white gold ring for ages now and it still looks like it did when I bought it.

My wife went from a cheap plain gold ring, to a £1.25 mood ring, to a succession of cheap silver rings all under a tenner. I like her; she's cheap to run.

miketually - Member

I've been wearing my cheap Argos white gold ring for ages now and it still looks like it did when I bought it.

That's because it is a gold alloy ring, as opposed to being plated.

As a bachelor I have to suggest millstone grit:)

How about recycle Mint-Sauce keyrings as the base metal. Send 'em in chaps and they'll be ready by 2015!

I had titanium & rose-gold as mine.
I've got this one, but it was made especially for me in a wider size & chamfered edges so it doesn't catch as much;
http://www.ti2titanium.com/item.php?item=LR752&item_code=T9R.LR752.G
UK made too! 🙂

As an MTBer, be mindful that if you do have an accident and damage your ring finger, Ti rings are a nightmare to cut off due to them being so hard.

My original one was a white gold one that I wrecked and the "white" rubbed off after 12 months. Still cost over £200. I did however manage to lose that one (luckily mrs trb was with me the day I did it)

So I'm now sporting a £16 titanium one from Amazon. Mrs trb is happy that I have a ring and I'm happy that I can take it off whenever I do anything vaguely dangerous without too much stress about losing it again.

Ti ring here. Years ago.. It was less than £40 if I recall. Still looks good.

I made my wife's and mine to match out of a tempered tool grade stainless (a D2 alloy for those in the know) 7 years of constant wear and no corrosion and barely a scratch. Given that I've even left it on whilst bouldering occasionally and it's been hit with a hammer to demonstrate strength in a class I'm quite pleased.

Another palladium one here.

In the style I wanted, Platinum was £600, gold £400 and palladium £200. I'll probably lose it, so went cheap!

I wear a Ti ring on my thumb, but I have caught it occasionally, and having seen that nauseatingly bloody photo, I'm seriously thinking of taking it off! It does have relatively sharp edges, and it's a bastard to get off, because my thumb joint is only just small enough for it to fit over. If I was getting a wedding ring, I'd either get the gold ring I wear resized, it was my Great-Granddad's, and is dated inside 3.1.16, and is a beautiful rose gold.
Either that, or a really thick, heavy silver ring, like the two I currently wear. Both are really thick and heavy, with nice, smooth rounded edges, so they're super-comfortable to wear, and they've gotten really battered and patinated, which I really like.
Oh, as someone else said, Ti has a bad habit of leaving permanent silver-grey marks on any glass or ceramic surface.

Titanium, as it'll jam the door open preventing you from drowning.

Mines silver, cost about £14 i think, 8mm thin and very battered , lasted 16 years (up to now and hopefully until I die)