Men's wedding bands: what are the "pros" and "cons" of different types of gold?

[ponder]

When you say that wedding rings can be dangerous, do you mean in terms of physical injury, or increased likelihood to be mugged, or what?

physical injury

 

[Compton_effect]

I went with a Titanium Ring with a silver inlay -still looks great
I see they add colours like black, blue and purple to Titanium rings now

Same here. A discreet titanium band with a gold inlay. Very nice and robust. But it kept on hooking on things when I was doing on-site work, so - like my nice bulky stainless steel watch - it ended up in my wife's jewelry box.

 

[openshaww]

I would stay away from gold in any form. Unless you are really careful for scuffs and dents and dings.

I would look at Stainless or Titanium as it is robust. As the other guys say they get damaged really quick.

 

[Compton_effect]

physical injury

I saw a Anglo Kumba accident report once.
This young engineer had jumped over a railing, and had his wedding band hook on a jagged corner and pop off his ring finger. :wtf:
Tore the ligament(tendon?) off at the elbow and pulled it out of his arm.
They had a photo of the finger hanging off the railing, trailing a white string.

And Google Wedding Ring Degloving. Never wear your wedding ring if there is a chance it can hook onto something.

 

[SirFooK'nG]

When you say that wedding rings can be dangerous, do you mean in terms of physical injury, or increased likelihood to be mugged, or what?

If you work with tools & machinery, google degloving a finger... If you do wear a ring, 9ct is perfect for men, hard enough to not buckle under strain..

 

[openshaww]

Holey Moley Im not wearing my ring anymore.

 

[SirFooK'nG]

Holey Moley Im not wearing my ring anymore.

Both my brothers, Trade Artisans by profession, never wore their rings... back in the day in the Anglo apprenticeship programs they had to watch really gory safety & health videos. I never saw any but their descriptions were enough to scare me!!

 

[Compton_effect]

Holey Moley Im not wearing my ring anymore.

Lol. It doesn't happen often, but it is sensible to remove items like rings when working in certain environments.
I'm back in the office again, I don't really go into work sites anymore. I should start wearing my ring again, but I got used to not wearing it.

 

[Garson007]

Yup, I knew a friend whose father lost his finger in a wedding ring accident (farm implement). Nasty stuff.

My father never wore his.

 

[SauRoNZA]

No gold at all.

Stick to Titanium as it's lightweight and durable.

Tungsten if you can live with how heavy it is.


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Gold is also incredibly dangerous to bikers because if you are in a crash it heats up very quickly and causes swelling of the fingers and then it can't be cut off easily and often leads to fingers being lost.

Titanium you can't really cut at all...but it doesn't have the swelling problem.

 

[isie]

No gold at all.

Stick to Titanium as it's lightweight and durable.

Tungsten if you can live with how heavy it is.


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Gold is also incredibly dangerous to bikers because if you are in a crash it heats up very quickly and causes swelling of the fingers and then it can't be cut off easily and often leads to fingers being lost.

Titanium you can't really cut at all...but it doesn't have the swelling problem.

Actually can be cut by standard equipment at most Emergency rooms / paramedics

 

[Humberto]

Will titanium crack and crumble when too much pressure is put on it?

 

[GoB]

I have a R500 9ct gold ring. It is scratched badly, but I take pride in that. It's a physical representation of the battle scars.

 

[isie]

Will titanium crack and crumble when too much pressure is put on it?

what you planning on putting this in a hydraulic press or something?

Its as strong as steel at about 1/2 the weight

 

[LCBXX]

I went for a ring made from platinum as opposed to gold/titanium/tungsten. Platinum does not wear, meaning things like scratching does not remove any of the platinum as happens with gold - a jeweler can simply reheat it and restore it to its former glory - and it can be cut by ER personnel if required, which is not possible with titanium/tungsten.

It is a bitch to shape apparently. I wanted our jeweler to make a pattern of small flat areas, about 1mm in width all around the band but he could, at best, make them 3mm in width, noting afterward that he'd rather "lose a hand than do it again"

 

[Humberto]

I went for a ring made from platinum as opposed to gold/titanium/tungsten. Platinum does not wear, meaning things like scratching does not remove any of the platinum as happens with gold - a jeweler can simply reheat it and restore it to its former glory - and it can be cut by ER personnel if required, which is not possible with titanium/tungsten.

It is a bitch to shape apparently. I wanted our jeweler to make a pattern of small flat areas, about 1mm in width all around the band but he could, at best, make them 3mm in width, noting afterward that he'd rather "lose a hand than do it again"

On a man's ring, platinum basically doubles or triples the cost compared to gold, doesn't it?

 

[LCBXX]

On a man's ring, platinum basically doubles or triples the cost compared to gold, doesn't it?

Why should a man compromise on his wedding band when little expense is spared on the ring for a woman?

 

[I.am.Sam]

i bought a ring for R10

im wearing that now

 

[xrapidx]

Went with Tungsten, straight off ebay

Tungsten is very hard,so get into a freak accident where your finger swells and they can't cut the ring, blood flow loss to your finger etc ...

Get one that is hard enough to you can open beer bottles with them, slide your palm over the bottle and open, at least it is then something useful

Err...no.

I went with a Titanium Ring with a silver inlay -still looks great
I see they add colours like black, blue and purple to Titanium rings now

Here you might have your finger removed

 

[Humberto]

what you planning on putting this in a hydraulic press or something?

Its as strong as steel at about 1/2 the weight

Suppose that you are carrying a heavy object that you then put down onto a hard surface, but that you accidentally lower the heavy object onto your hand that has your wedding ring. Now with soft gold which is malleable, there is a possibility that the shape of the ring may change and that the ring may clamp round your finger because of the force being put on it. Will titanium not just crack and crumble rather than squash around your finger?