It's no secret that I care a lot about my ring set. In fact, just last week, I was able to convince my sweetie to let me have not one, but two diamond wedding bands. They were originally out of our budget, but my jeweler friend offered us a great deal on the second band, a deal that we just could not pass up! Here is my entire ring set:
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| Aren't they pretty? |
We looked at some white gold rings, but I wasn't 100% sold on them. The price of gold is INSANELY expensive right now and gold scratches easily. My wedding set is gold, and while I can see scratches on the back side of the ring, it's the back ... no one else sees that. His ring will be solid gold, and I was afraid the scratches would bother him after a little bit.
Then there's platinum, but that is double the cost of gold, and since he really doesn't care that much, I think that was out too.
So I began researching other options, and came across Tungsten. I learned that Tungsten is one of the most durable metals and it's super shiny. Better yet, it's next to impossible to scratch and never loses its shine, so it always looks brand new. Even better, the price is incredibly affordable. (I need to step in and say here that this decision was not driven purely by price. We spent a lot of money on my rings because they were important to me, and while the significance of a wedding ring was important to him, the actual ring was not. Makes sense right?)
We found InfinityTungsten.com and after looking at their different styles, these were his top three picks:
So, what do you think? Has anyone ordered a Tungsten band for their honey? Which of these do you like the best?
My fiance went with Tungsten. He likes the band so much that he has already worn it many times, even though we are not married yet! It hasn't scratched...
ReplyDeleteHOWEVER, I also ordered a black and silver-colored tungsten ring for my right hand just for fun (I figured the price was reasonable, so why not?). Within a few days of wearing it, the black started chipping off the ring. Pretty soon, almost all of the black was gone off of the ring, so I had my fiance sandblast the ring so it would be all of the same color. I read up on it, and the tungsten rings that have black on them are not 100% tungsten; the black color is just a coating. Wish I had known that sooner!