Married and engaged men

[BornStar]

My band is titanium and her wedding band and engagement ring are platinum. I've heard things that scared me off of tungsten and I already have a titanium watch so I figured it made sense. I get a lot of compliments on my band.

 

[silverpig]

Her engagement ring is white gold. We haven't gotten wedding bands yet, but I want to custom make mine out of a non-standard material.

 

[Electric Amish]

Started with yellow gold.....moved to silver.

If I did it again today, I'd go Titanium or Tungsten.

 

[Bryophyte]

He's got yellow gold, I used to have yellow gold but now have white gold. The white gold gets covered in fine scratches within a very short time after getting it polished. I don't think it lasts a week looking pristine.

 

[trmiv]

Titanium

 

[engineereeyore]

Originally posted by: rivan

Originally posted by: Saulbadguy
White gold.

NO reason to spend alot of money on a wedding ring.

I got white gold. Why? Because I've never been able to keep track of jewelry. Four years and counting on this one.

:laugh:

Same here guys. Hell yes on both counts.

 

[krunchykrome]

Sorry, there seems to be some confusion. I was referring to the woman's ring, not the mans. I should have included that in the OP.

I could care less if I have platinum, white gold, or titanium.

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

my wife's bands are both platinum, but mine is white gold.

For a man especially, platinum can be problematic. When platinum get's scratched, it cannot be polished out like gold can. When you scratch gold, it actually pushes the gold apart, so when you polish it, you don't lose much if any material. Platinum on the other hand must be polished to the depth of the scratch, so a deep scratch is very hard to remove. Since I work in construction, I worried platinum would be bad.

 

[andrewWynn]

Platinum for me cuz my wife picked it out.

 

[Kelemvor]

My ring is multi colored. Yellow gold on the edges and a braided white gold in the middle.

It's basically this ring but with the braided part all being the white gold.
http://www.seaofdiamonds.com/item.asp?p...am=9874632&zmas=1&zmac=4&zmap=130-1015

 

[MajorMullet]

I'm getting married in May. My fiancee's engagement and wedding rings are both platinum, as is my ring.

We got them because she isn't a big fan of yellow gold and from what we read platinum is more durable than white gold.

 

[TallBill]

Platinum band for the wife because gold is fugly, and white gold defeats the purpose of having gold.

And for me, I have a $50 silver band that I never wear because I hate jewelry. I'm considering getting a tattoo of a ring, but in the mean time I don't even wear my band.

 

[yuppiejr]

Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats
my wife's bands are both platinum, but mine is white gold.

For a man especially, platinum can be problematic. When platinum get's scratched, it cannot be polished out like gold can. When you scratch gold, it actually pushes the gold apart, so when you polish it, you don't lose much if any material. Platinum on the other hand must be polished to the depth of the scratch, so a deep scratch is very hard to remove. Since I work in construction, I worried platinum would be bad.

That's interesting, however I believe your explanation for platinum versus gold is reversed. Platinum is a SOFTER metal than gold, so it does scratch easier but is also easier to polish back to a shine without removing material per your "push" explanation. White gold (which is yellow gold plated with palladium) is harder and more scratch resistant, however it requires polishing to the depth of the scratch to repair. For white gold, if the scratch exceeds the depth of the plating, it may also need to be re-treated with palladium to remain silver/white.

My wedding band ended up incorporating the best of both worlds. It's a titanium band with a 2mm inset band of platinum. Since the titanium portion of the band provides a channel with edges on both sides of of the platinum band it protects it reasonably well. I also had the platinum band "brush" finished so any dings I subject it to are more or less invisible.

The disadvantage of titanium is it's strength. If you break or sprain your ring finger and it swells up it can cause major problems for emergency rooms trying to remove the ring since they don't usually have tools to cut it. I've heard folks have lost fingers due to the inability to remove titanium rings which is why I never wear mine when I'm working out or doing anything that a broken/crushed finger could result.

 

[mezrah]

Originally posted by: JImmyK
plain and simple.. understated.. a solid silver ring..

Bingo

 

[Boonesmi]

i just wear a basic "understated" white gold band

 

[blackdogdeek]

her engagement: platinum
her wedding set: platinum
my wedding band: platinum

 

[vi edit]

Titanium. Light, cheap, and durable.

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: yuppiejr

Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats
my wife's bands are both platinum, but mine is white gold.

For a man especially, platinum can be problematic. When platinum get's scratched, it cannot be polished out like gold can. When you scratch gold, it actually pushes the gold apart, so when you polish it, you don't lose much if any material. Platinum on the other hand must be polished to the depth of the scratch, so a deep scratch is very hard to remove. Since I work in construction, I worried platinum would be bad.

That's interesting, however I believe your explanation for platinum versus gold is reversed. Platinum is a SOFTER metal than gold, so it does scratch easier but is also easier to polish back to a shine without removing material per your "push" explanation. White gold (which is yellow gold plated with palladium) is harder and more scratch resistant, however it requires polishing to the depth of the scratch to repair. For white gold, if the scratch exceeds the depth of the plating, it may also need to be re-treated with palladium to remain silver/white.

My wedding band ended up incorporating the best of both worlds. It's a titanium band with a 2mm inset band of platinum. Since the titanium portion of the band provides a channel with edges on both sides of of the platinum band it protects it reasonably well. I also had the platinum band "brush" finished so any dings I subject it to are more or less invisible.

The disadvantage of titanium is it's strength. If you break or sprain your ring finger and it swells up it can cause major problems for emergency rooms trying to remove the ring since they don't usually have tools to cut it. I've heard folks have lost fingers due to the inability to remove titanium rings which is why I never wear mine when I'm working out or doing anything that a broken/crushed finger could result.

I was always under the impression that platinum was alloyed with palladium in jewellery, and that white gold is an alloy, not just a plated gold ring.

 

[MasonLuke]

me-custom made white gold with .5 carat diamond GIA cert
her-custom made diamond crusted platinum.

engagement ring - custom made 1 carat GIA cert platinum with a ring of diamonds around the main diamond. there are also diamonds running along the band and i can unequivocally say its the most beautiful one i've ever seen.

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

Originally posted by: silverpig

Originally posted by: yuppiejr

Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats
my wife's bands are both platinum, but mine is white gold.

For a man especially, platinum can be problematic. When platinum get's scratched, it cannot be polished out like gold can. When you scratch gold, it actually pushes the gold apart, so when you polish it, you don't lose much if any material. Platinum on the other hand must be polished to the depth of the scratch, so a deep scratch is very hard to remove. Since I work in construction, I worried platinum would be bad.

That's interesting, however I believe your explanation for platinum versus gold is reversed. Platinum is a SOFTER metal than gold, so it does scratch easier but is also easier to polish back to a shine without removing material per your "push" explanation. White gold (which is yellow gold plated with palladium) is harder and more scratch resistant, however it requires polishing to the depth of the scratch to repair. For white gold, if the scratch exceeds the depth of the plating, it may also need to be re-treated with palladium to remain silver/white.

My wedding band ended up incorporating the best of both worlds. It's a titanium band with a 2mm inset band of platinum. Since the titanium portion of the band provides a channel with edges on both sides of of the platinum band it protects it reasonably well. I also had the platinum band "brush" finished so any dings I subject it to are more or less invisible.

The disadvantage of titanium is it's strength. If you break or sprain your ring finger and it swells up it can cause major problems for emergency rooms trying to remove the ring since they don't usually have tools to cut it. I've heard folks have lost fingers due to the inability to remove titanium rings which is why I never wear mine when I'm working out or doing anything that a broken/crushed finger could result.

I was always under the impression that platinum was alloyed with palladium in jewellery, and that white gold is an alloy, not just a plated gold ring.

both are alloys. A white gold ring is NOT just plated yellow gold, but it IS plated with Rhodium to give it the white lustre.

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

Originally posted by: yuppiejr

Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats
my wife's bands are both platinum, but mine is white gold.

For a man especially, platinum can be problematic. When platinum get's scratched, it cannot be polished out like gold can. When you scratch gold, it actually pushes the gold apart, so when you polish it, you don't lose much if any material. Platinum on the other hand must be polished to the depth of the scratch, so a deep scratch is very hard to remove. Since I work in construction, I worried platinum would be bad.

That's interesting, however I believe your explanation for platinum versus gold is reversed. Platinum is a SOFTER metal than gold, so it does scratch easier but is also easier to polish back to a shine without removing material per your "push" explanation. White gold (which is yellow gold plated with palladium) is harder and more scratch resistant, however it requires polishing to the depth of the scratch to repair. For white gold, if the scratch exceeds the depth of the plating, it may also need to be re-treated with palladium to remain silver/white.

My wedding band ended up incorporating the best of both worlds. It's a titanium band with a 2mm inset band of platinum. Since the titanium portion of the band provides a channel with edges on both sides of of the platinum band it protects it reasonably well. I also had the platinum band "brush" finished so any dings I subject it to are more or less invisible.

The disadvantage of titanium is it's strength. If you break or sprain your ring finger and it swells up it can cause major problems for emergency rooms trying to remove the ring since they don't usually have tools to cut it. I've heard folks have lost fingers due to the inability to remove titanium rings which is why I never wear mine when I'm working out or doing anything that a broken/crushed finger could result.

you are possibly correct, now that I think about it, platinum is a softer metal. Our jeweler made sure that we knew that platinum was much harder to remove scratches from however, as he knew what line of business I was in. I might have the reasoning wrong, but that overall issue was clear, that's why we went white gold for my band.

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: yuppiejr

Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats
my wife's bands are both platinum, but mine is white gold.

For a man especially, platinum can be problematic. When platinum get's scratched, it cannot be polished out like gold can. When you scratch gold, it actually pushes the gold apart, so when you polish it, you don't lose much if any material. Platinum on the other hand must be polished to the depth of the scratch, so a deep scratch is very hard to remove. Since I work in construction, I worried platinum would be bad.

That's interesting, however I believe your explanation for platinum versus gold is reversed. Platinum is a SOFTER metal than gold, so it does scratch easier but is also easier to polish back to a shine without removing material per your "push" explanation. White gold (which is yellow gold plated with palladium) is harder and more scratch resistant, however it requires polishing to the depth of the scratch to repair.

White gold is usually an alloy of gold with another white metal, sometimes coated with rhodium. Also, platinum is harder than gold.

 

[krunchykrome]

Thank's for all of the feedback. Reading all of this, it might not be a bad idea to go with a white gold band for her. She works in physical therapy, so I'd assume that she might scratch the band once in a while. From what you guys are saying, Platinum is more durable, but scratches are harder to remove. Where as white gold diminishes over time, but scratches can be fixed easily.

 

[fLum0x]

Yellow gold 4tw

 

[yuppiejr]

Originally posted by: krunchykrome
Thank's for all of the feedback. Reading all of this, it might not be a bad idea to go with a white gold band for her. She works in physical therapy, so I'd assume that she might scratch the band once in a while. From what you guys are saying, Platinum is more durable, but scratches are harder to remove. Where as white gold diminishes over time, but scratches can be fixed easily.

Since there appears to be some conflicting or factually questionable information (including some that I provided) I found THIS link to an article describing the various jewelry metals discussed in this thread. Hopefully it will help with your decision.