What do you think about Tungsten wedding rings?

[LostInAnomie]

I think their kinda cool.



Now, somebody tell me something shitty about them I don't know.

[Shell Beau]

1. The plain one is exactly like my husband's except I

think I was stupid and got platinum. Dumb me! I like them very much though!



Edit, the thicker plain one!

[LostInAnomie]

5. That's one of my favorites

I think it's cool that you can't scratch them, they will always stay shiny, and fairly cheap when compared to precious metals.

Plus, it just sounds cool to say that your ring is made of one of the hardest metals on earth.

[thefool_wa]

9. How cheap?

Mine is white gold and we paid $200 for it nine years ago.

I love my ring but the coined texture and striking are wearing off and it has a stretch mark where they had to size it.

Those tungsten rings are beautiful! Anyone know where to get one?

[LostInAnomie]

11. I've seen some on sites...

... for between $120 - $150. Those were the better quality ones.

[thefool_wa]

16. NICE

That's not bad at all - and they are just as pretty as gold ones (if not more so).

[sakabatou]

2. It's very hard to melt it

[NC_Nurse]

3. Looks good to me.

Ours are silver. Irish wedding bands wit the heart in hands, crown on heart. They are so
cool! At least, I think so. :D

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. My dear LostInAnomie..........

What a beautiful graphic that is!

I'd never heard of tungsten wedding rings........

I had no idea that metal was used for jewelry!

Are you getting married?

:hi:

[LostInAnomie]

8. Well, I have been dating my girlfriend for a few years now.

And, I know it's on her mind.

I might as well think ahead.

Unless you're available, darling.

edit- to flirt

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. Sorry, baby!

I think I'm nearly old enough to be your mom!

And I'm married!

Flirting is fun, however........:silly:

[LostInAnomie]

14. Awww... Geez, I'll be 27 in a couple months.

C'mon it's the 21st century. Don't let a little thing like age... and a spouse come between us. ;-)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

20. ROFLMAO!

:evilgrin:

:rofl:

:spank:

[ironflange]

6. Pretty cool

Ours are white gold, look much the same, but would not survive a direct nuclear strike as well as the tungsten would.

[Canuckistanian]

35. Very true -Tungsten has the highest melting point of all metals

So they'll be able to identify your ash remains quite easily.

[bigwillq]

7. I think they are cool.

:bounce:

[thefool_wa]

10. Those are gorgeous!

Where does one shop for them?

[jgraz]

13. How easily do they come off?

:evilgrin:

[LostInAnomie]

19. Ha Ha!

Sadly, for all their many pluses, they still leave the tale-tell tan line.

[jgraz]

24. Not for me -- I'm a computer geek

I was last outside in 1974.

[LostInAnomie]

25. Then I guess the question is moot.

As a computer geek, you'll never have occasion to take it off in the first place. :evilgrin:

[jgraz]

26. It makes it easier to give the girls my credit card #

[LostInAnomie]

30. Oh...

Well, if that's the case, I don't think a ring is going to make much of a difference to them. :toast:

[JVS]

41. That tanline means "I'm ready for some business"

[JVS]

Can you get a teflon coating on the inside?

[EstimatedProphet]

15. 1,000 lightbulbs will die for that ring

[LostInAnomie]

17. You're right!

I better watch out or someone will throw a bucket of molten metal on me.

[northzax]

18. at least they don't have the problem titanium used to have

being that you couldn't cut them. Now why would you need to cut a ring? well, imagine you are in an accident, and you need an MRI. if they can't cut your ring off, they cut your finger off instead. not fun.

tungsten is hard, but cuttable when need be. and you never need to polish it, it will show no wear, assuming your normal activities.

[LostInAnomie]

21. But, what if my normal activities include...

... climbing a mountain of corundum, and fighting a monster made of diamond?

What then?

[northzax]

34. well, then I suggest you take the money you were going to use for ther ring

and CHECK INTO REHAB. :)

[liontamer]

23. I'm so glad you posted that

it never occurred to me that you would need a ring cut off on occassion. Although, you can do an MRI while wearing titanium.

[northzax]

33. right, cause it isn't ferrous

but if you are unconcious...they aren't metallurgists after all.

And this is less and less of a problem, just make sure that your jeweler informs you.

[Reverend_Smitty]

22. I think they are pretty cool...I didn't know they made tungsten jewelry

The never needing to shine them I would think is a plus

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

40. Shine rings? Does anyone do that?

Gold doesn't tarnish, why shine it?

[Manifestor_of_Light]

27. are they harder than platinum?

Platinum is quite heavy, doesn't wear away,and has a very high melting point. But it's quite expensive. They didn't have the technology to work with it until the early 1900's.
Ever seen those filigree pieces of Edwardian jewelry that have settings that look like spiderwebs?
That's platinum. You can't do that with gold, not enough ductility.

Disclaimer: I do not own any platinum or any tungsten either, except for light bulbs.

Another cool kind of ring is made out of mokume gane, which is a japanese word. They take different colored layers of metal and beat on them and fold them until they look like wood grain. Terrifically cool looking. Disclaimer: I don't own any mokume gane, either.

[LostInAnomie]

32. I think tungsten carbide is about as hard as it gets for metals.

The sites say that the rings have between 8.5 - 9.5 on the Moh's hardness scale. Only diamond or corundum would scratch them.

[puerco-bellies]

28. Nice, but it would suck if you were in a situation where you HAD to have one cut off.

It would be impossible with a jewelers ring cutter, or most hand tools.

[LostInAnomie]

31. From what I understand...

... there wouldn't be a need to cut one off, as far as it being bent into your finger. Tungsten is REALLY hard but it isn't particularly bendable. Instead of bending, the ring would shatter.

Now as far as weight gain causing the ring to get stuck, I don't know.

[Ms_Dem_Meanor]

29. They're beautiful!

The ones that are in the pic look better than some White gold rings that I've seen.

[China_cat]

36. I never thought of tungsten for jewelry.

Unless it's really expensive. I'm allergic to gold and allergic to the price of platinum. And I'm not too fond of having to clean silver all the time.

[Rabrrrrrr]

37. They're polished with kitten blood

You bastard!

[LostInAnomie]

38. Wouldn't bethe first or last item I have that's polished with blood.

*chirp* *chirp*

[Goblinmonger]

39. Thanks for the heads up

I do not wear my wedding ring due to weight gain and don't want to get it stretched. I think I will buy a tungsten ring as a replacement for my 20th wedding anniversary. I was going to buy my wife a new anniversary ring with the diamonds all around--now I can get us a new set; it's our 20th this summer.

[Lautremont]

42. Diamonds are the way to go.

Preferably diamonds from a war zone - you can often get a better deal on those. They call them "blood diamonds," apparently, but the thing to do is ignore that and concentrate on how pretty they are. After all, if anyone really did die for them, it happened thousands of miles away, and what's done is done.

[LaraMN]

43. I know nothing of them- but they look damn cool to me!

I LOVE unique jewelry; I'm definitely not a diamond/yellow gold person, myself. Good luck in your search!

[jmowreader]

44. Make sure to get tungsten CARBIDE

Apparently (according to e-wedding rings.com or whatever fucking site it was) some outfits that make tungsten rings are making pure tungsten rings, not tungsten carbide. Pure tungsten isn't all that hard. Tungsten carbide, which contains carbon andanother metal--they say nickel is the safest choice; cobalt alloy is an allergenic metal--is super hard. However, it's also brittle; it has no flexibility whatsoever. The main reason people need wedding bands cut off is that they crush the band in a door or something, and tungsten would break instead of bending if you hit it hard enough.

One thing to be aware of: you cannot resize a tungsten ring. Resizing requires bending, which destroys a tungsten ring, and melting at the weld points, which requires a plasma welder.