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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.
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 - MemberI'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)
Argentium silver here, less than £40 for a 6mm band. (Argos, cheap as chips!)
Work in the building trade and considering the abuse it has had, still looks good 5 months in.
recently changed to a Ti one- it matches the recently installed spine implants after an off 😕
Have been married 5 years and on ring No3
First one was Tungsten - however the year after I got married I lost a bit of weight, and it got a bit loose. FFWD to a cold day the following winter - we're in the park feeding the ducks with my daughter - I threw a piece of bread into the pond and the ring followed - spent 2 hours in freezing water looking for it, then sadly called it a day.
Next ring was a replacement Tungsten - a week after the 1 year warranty expired it cracked.
third (and current) ring is Ti - I love it, but it lives on my keyring for 90% of the time - mostly due to the job I do (am on and off ships, up and down metal staircases) and the risk of 'de-gloving' which after having to saw my mates ring off his finger in the middle of the Sahara desert 3 years ago, scares the crap out of me...
My wife doesn't wear her ring very much either - shes a science teacher and handles chemicals, and has to wash her hands many times a day, so prefers not to wear a ring.
Subservium ?
Palladium for me and MrsOath.
Palladium for me and Platinum for Mrs CD. Hers cost 4 x mine (although does have some small diamonds). The metal looks very similar.