titanium wedding rings ?
Somewhere (I believe in this newsgroup) I heard about the option of titanium
wedding rings, and when I mentioned it to my fiance, he went bananas. It seems
unlikely that I could get much in the way of an engagement ring in titanium,
and I prefer yellow gold over white metals. So we're currently thinking that
we'd get matching wedding rings, but mine in gold and his in titanium. Anyone
out there with titanium rings? Good or bad? Know jewlers who work with
titanium?
I have a friend with a 'yellow gold-colored' titanium ring that he
loves. I tried a couple on this weekend when I was looking for my ring
and they're too light for me. I need something with some weight to it.
But some of the regular colored titanium bands looked nice. I think
I'll probably go with platinum myself. But as I said, my friend loves
his titanium ring.
I suspect that they actually would *replace* the ring with a different
ring in the same style and a different size.
Gold is easy to resize. Heat it up, tug on it a little, and it's
larger. Slice a little piece out, re-solder it, and it's
smaller. (Obviously, I'm exaggerating a little.)
Titanium, OTOH, does not stretch in this manner more than a miniscule
amount, and cannot be soldered in an oxygen environment. And if you do
solder it (by surrounding the item with argon gas), it changes markedly in
appearance.
Having said that, Ti is a great choice for a wedding band. Very durable,
resistant to scratching, and extremely hypoallergenic. The only reason I
went with gold instead of Ti is that Ti is irrevocably associated with a
particularly flaky ex-boyfriend for me.
Since titanium rings are machined, titanium ring sizes can be enlarge
but not easily reduced.