Wedding ring metal choices?

[sourceninja]

My wife and I are coming up on our 10 year anniversary. To celebrate we want to buy new wedding bands (our bands were cheap because we were very poor at the time we got married).

I was looking at Palladium as we both love 'silver' metals. Are there any other really good choices out there the we should be looking at?

Is there a way to metal or current 14k gold bands and get something new made with them (used in the new bands for example)?

 

[vi edit]

If you want something unique, check out Mokume. I was cheap at the time I got married and went titanium. But I really dug these styles at the time.

http://www.chrisploof.com/galleries/traditional-mokume-gane/

 

[poofyhairguy]

Mine is stainless steel.

 

[SunnyD]

Titanium on my hand.

My brother-in-law was just over, his and his wife's are tungsten.

You can probably commission a jeweler or artisan metal smith to make you some sort of custom rings using your current bands. Probably what they'd do is fashion rings out of new material, then melt down your old bands and inlay the new bands with the gold from the old ones. Though given it's 14k gold I'm not entirely sure what that process would be like. That'd be kinda cool, but probably pretty pricey.

 

[surfsatwerk]

My tungsten ring looks brand new after years of abuse.

 

[z1ggy]

My tungsten ring looks brand new after years of abuse.

Knuckle deep up in that @$$?

 

[rsbennett00]

I went ceramic so it's non conductive.

 

[Jeff7]

I went ceramic so it's non conductive.

How strong are those compared to metal ones? Ceramic's absolutely fantastic under compression, but not so much under tension forces during bending.
What kind is it?

I say this as a fan of ceramic materials. Strong, orderly, and delightfully inert.
But I've also got a soft spot for osmium, ironically.

 

[Platypus]

titanium for ours: simple, replaceable, cheap.

We'd rather spend money on more important things, but everyone is different in that regard.

 

[Ferzerp]

Gold makes my skin fall off if I am in contact with it constantly.


But then again, I am not married, so... air!

 

[rsbennett00]

How strong are those compared to metal ones? Ceramic's absolutely fantastic under compression, but not so much under tension forces during bending.
What kind is it?

I say this as a fan of ceramic materials. Strong, orderly, and delightfully inert.
But I've also got a soft spot for osmium, ironically.

It's this one specifically. I'm not sure how to qualify it's strength for you. I've dropped it on solid floors from standing height without an issue but I don't recall having any sort of a 'hand crushing event' that would make me say "wow that's strong". Then again, it was only $40 on sale so...

 

[gorb]

palladium is nice. my wife's ring is recycled 18k white gold. my ring is tungsten and cost me less than $20

 

[blackdogdeek]

Platinum.

 

[Kneedragger]

I went with White Gold so if my fingers change it can be resized.

 

[Ns1]

just got myself a tungsten ring. decided to go ballin and went for the $20 ring instead of the $10 one.

 

[Harrod]

My wifes ring is platinum, mine is tungsten, at the time I was shopping the platinum rings were almost the same price as gold. Plus I don't really like gold anyways.

 

[Red Storm]

Go tungsten. Mine still looks brand new.

 

[Bartman39]

Silver...:thumbsup:

Wife and I both have had them for 10+ years and love them...

 

[surfsatwerk]

Knuckle deep up in that @$$?

Are you implying sodomy?

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I think you're implying sodomy.

 

[Jeff7]

It's this one specifically. I'm not sure how to qualify it's strength for you. I've dropped it on solid floors from standing height without an issue but I don't recall having any sort of a 'hand crushing event' that would make me say "wow that's strong". Then again, it was only $40 on sale so...

Metal Ceramic
Brand Name Ceramic

Oh, well, that certainly narrows it down.

Like buying a pack of hot dogs and the ingredients list just says "Meat."






(Nothing bad on you, just commenting on the website's thorough description.)

 

[lykaon78]

Ring #1 was gold - $325
Ring #2 was titanium - $80
Ring #3 is Tungsten - $20

Fortunately those were just lost rings... not divorces.

 

[adairusmc]

Tungsten from metal masters on Amazon. Awesome quality and under $40

 

[norseamd]

Electrum?

 

[GoodRevrnd]

I got cobalt chrome. I like it quite a bit. It's maybe 50% more than titanium, but I like the color a lot more.

http://www.e-weddingbands.com/store/cobalt-chrome-wedding-bands.html

 

[Fenixgoon]

just got myself a tungsten ring. decided to go ballin and went for the $20 ring instead of the $10 one.

whoa there chief. if you go spending that kind of money, you won't be able to buy an M3!