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Which metal for engagement ring?

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Kelvrick

Lifer
Decision made: Palladium. Was hoping for actual reasons to sway me towards platinum, but none were given aside from social standards.

I chose off-topic since it doesn't really have to do with relationship advice, but more ring material. I've been talking to this jeweler for a custom engagement ring for a while now and the design and everything has been decided on. He's going to set a diamond that I'm providing.

Now, its time to make the decision which material he is going the make the ring in. You see the price differences.

$800 18k white gold
Taken out. Forgot her skin is easily affected. Doesn't even have earings.

$1100 palladium
Pro: White, hypoallergenic. Cheaper and lighter then platinum (can be pro or con).
Con: Not as widespread, some jewelers won't work in this material because they don't know it. Has to explain wtf palladium is.

$1600 platinum
Pro: Bling factor of name, white, hypoallergenic
Con: Expensive

What do you guys think?

Pics will be provided May 16 when I pick it up.

EDIT: Added advantages

EDIT2: Took out white gold, forgot about her sensitive skin
 
I had to go with platinum since my wife developed an allergic reaction to gold and even white-gold plating. Platinum is expensive!!
 
I went with platinum. Palladium didn't ever enter the equation for me and neither of us are a fan of gold (white or otherwise).
 
Personally, I've always been attracted to two things about platinum:

1. It's heavy. It just feels substantial. I would definitely suggest you get your girl to try on a few different metals to find out if she prefers to feel the weight of the ring or not.

2. Platinum develops a "patina". Over time, the ring will get scratched ans scuffed and begin to lose its shine. While it is possible to get that shine back, I prefer to see the worn down look. As the ring dulls, the diamond just gets more and more pronounced and the dulled ring itself serves as a visual cue to how long you guys have been in love 🙂
 
White gold fades over time so I skipped over that. IMO, it's not a good idea to buy a ring that is supposed to symbolize the permanence of marriage with something that will fade over as little as 5 years.

Palladium is not a bad choice, assuming your fiancee to be isn't too attached to the ideas that rings should be made of the traditional metals and doesn't seen Palladium as a cheap substitute than platinum. Palladium is slightly harder than platinum, even whiter and much lighter without using rhodium plating while still able to develop the patina like platinum. Overall it's more durable. The bad thing is there's less prestige in palladium, you never see "palladium" mastercards, only gold and platinum.

Platinum is expensive but it gives her one more thing ot make her girl-friends jealous about.

Why not gold? I wanted to go a white metal for a while but then i realized any woman with any sort of tan would look better with gold/rose gold, also it seems more classy to me.

Originally posted by: Joemonkey
4. Tungsten Carbide
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+1 for the wedding band. If my ring was anything else, it'd be all scratched to hell but Tungsten Carbide is like the superman of rings. 0 scratches and I don't exactly baby it. I've even done light weightlifting with it on and even the steel bars cant scratch it.
 
Originally posted by: mwmorph
White gold fades over time so I skipped over that. IMO, it's not a good idea to buy a ring that is supposed to symbolize the permanence of marriage with something that will fade over as little as 5 years.

Palladium is not a bad choice, assuming your fiancee to be isn't too attached to the ideas that rings should be made of the traditional metals and doesn't seen Palladium as a cheap substitute than platinum. Palladium is slightly harder than platinum, even whiter and much lighter without using rhodium plating while still able to develop the patina like platinum. Overall it's more durable. The bad thing is there's less prestige in palladium, you never see "palladium" mastercards, only gold and platinum.

Platinum is expensive but it gives her one more thing ot make her girl-friends jealous about.

Why not gold? I wanted to go a white metal for a while but then i realized any woman with any sort of tan would look better with gold/rose gold, also it seems more classy to me.

Originally posted by: Joemonkey
4. Tungsten Carbide
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+1 for the wedding band. If my ring was anything else, it'd be all scratched to hell but Tungsten Carbide is like the superman of rings. 0 scratches and I don't exactly baby it. I've even done light weightlifting with it on and even the steel bars cant scratch it.
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I'm leaning towards palladium as well, against what seems to be most atoters.

She doesn't know anything about jewelry, doesn't wear earrings, necklaces or rings. Said as long as its shiny, she'll be happy and will basically be happy ignorant of the materials as long as its pretty.

EDIT: She also has paler, more sensitive skin, so gold is out for possible allergenic reasons.
 
Originally posted by: Kelvrick
Originally posted by: mwmorph
White gold fades over time so I skipped over that. IMO, it's not a good idea to buy a ring that is supposed to symbolize the permanence of marriage with something that will fade over as little as 5 years.

Palladium is not a bad choice, assuming your fiancee to be isn't too attached to the ideas that rings should be made of the traditional metals and doesn't seen Palladium as a cheap substitute than platinum. Palladium is slightly harder than platinum, even whiter and much lighter without using rhodium plating while still able to develop the patina like platinum. Overall it's more durable. The bad thing is there's less prestige in palladium, you never see "palladium" mastercards, only gold and platinum.

Platinum is expensive but it gives her one more thing ot make her girl-friends jealous about.

Why not gold? I wanted to go a white metal for a while but then i realized any woman with any sort of tan would look better with gold/rose gold, also it seems more classy to me.

Originally posted by: Joemonkey
4. Tungsten Carbide
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+1 for the wedding band. If my ring was anything else, it'd be all scratched to hell but Tungsten Carbide is like the superman of rings. 0 scratches and I don't exactly baby it. I've even done light weightlifting with it on and even the steel bars cant scratch it.
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I'm leaning towards palladium as well, against what seems to be most atoters.

She doesn't know anything about jewelry, doesn't wear earrings, necklaces or rings. Said as long as its shiny, she'll be happy and will basically be happy ignorant of the materials as long as its pretty.

EDIT: She also has paler, more sensitive skin, so gold is out for possible allergenic reasons.
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Well if your choice is now between two, just go for the platinum. You may think she knows nothing, but I guarantee she knows that it's popular to get the platinum.

For an extra $500 out of your pocket she'll be able to say to anyone that asks for the rest of her life that she has a platinum ring and be able to walk away smiling.

That's probably the best $500 investment you'll ever make.
 
Originally posted by: Chryso
aluminum?
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You're an idiot, why would he pay 10 bucks for an aluminum ring when he can be exploited to pay for a very expensive ring that is of absolutely no additional benefit to him but will make the seller very rich?

Oh, wait...
 
It is absolutely impossible to have an alergy to gold. <---period!

She has an allergy to the copper, or nickel used in the alloy.

If she is ever in an accident where they need to remove her ring, you do not wat platinum. You may think this is a joke, but women do have their fingers removed because the EMTs can't get them out oif a car wreck.

How about a thick 22k band. Real gold is much lighetr yellow (almost white), than you would think, because most people from the US have never seen real gold.

Oh, and $800 for a gold mounting LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

Jewelry is such a scam.
 
I got my wife an 18k white gold engagement ring.

We then got a custom fit wedding band in 19k white gold through a jeweler friend of hers. The 19k white gold doesn't need to be rhodium plated, and even now, after 1.5 yrs of having the engagement ring, and almost a year of having the wedding band, we can see that the engagement ring is discoloured a little bit.

I got tungsten carbide for my wedding band and love it. I looked at platinum, gold, palladium etc, and decided on tungsten carbide partially for cost, but mostly for looks and durability. I scrape it on all sorts of things and it's still as perfect as when I got it.
 
Originally posted by: BigToque
Originally posted by: Kelvrick
Originally posted by: mwmorph
White gold fades over time so I skipped over that. IMO, it's not a good idea to buy a ring that is supposed to symbolize the permanence of marriage with something that will fade over as little as 5 years.

Palladium is not a bad choice, assuming your fiancee to be isn't too attached to the ideas that rings should be made of the traditional metals and doesn't seen Palladium as a cheap substitute than platinum. Palladium is slightly harder than platinum, even whiter and much lighter without using rhodium plating while still able to develop the patina like platinum. Overall it's more durable. The bad thing is there's less prestige in palladium, you never see "palladium" mastercards, only gold and platinum.

Platinum is expensive but it gives her one more thing ot make her girl-friends jealous about.

Why not gold? I wanted to go a white metal for a while but then i realized any woman with any sort of tan would look better with gold/rose gold, also it seems more classy to me.

Originally posted by: Joemonkey
4. Tungsten Carbide
Click to expand...

+1 for the wedding band. If my ring was anything else, it'd be all scratched to hell but Tungsten Carbide is like the superman of rings. 0 scratches and I don't exactly baby it. I've even done light weightlifting with it on and even the steel bars cant scratch it.
Click to expand...

I'm leaning towards palladium as well, against what seems to be most atoters.

She doesn't know anything about jewelry, doesn't wear earrings, necklaces or rings. Said as long as its shiny, she'll be happy and will basically be happy ignorant of the materials as long as its pretty.

EDIT: She also has paler, more sensitive skin, so gold is out for possible allergenic reasons.
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Well if your choice is now between two, just go for the platinum. You may think she knows nothing, but I guarantee she knows that it's popular to get the platinum.

For an extra $500 out of your pocket she'll be able to say to anyone that asks for the rest of her life that she has a platinum ring and be able to walk away smiling.

That's probably the best $500 investment you'll ever make.
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Well I'd hope he knows his fiancee well enough to buy something that wont make a deal out of the whole palladium/platinum thing.

I do have to agree platinum is more "romantic" and it's image is second to none but it is very expensive. If it was up to me, I would probably go Platinum ($500 over the next 50 years isn't a bad deal) since it offers so much more sentimental value.

also, :thumbsup: on the Remington 700, it's a great rifle, it's what the Army's M24 and Marine's M40 sniper rifles are based off.
 
Originally posted by: Kelvrick
Originally posted by: IcebergSlim
platinum obviously. why are you even asking.
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Because palladium seems to offer every advantage, while leaving 500 towards a remington 700 fund. 🙂
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Tell her that the engagement ring is made of that and see what she says. This ring is for her, not you.
 
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