The reason I Picked a carbide tungsten rings style for my wedding band
Why did my wife and I buy men’s tungsten ring varieties for my wedding band? Well, it really is quite a funny little tale that got us to contemplating mens tungsten wedding bands from the beginning.
Its relevant to keep in mind during this adventure that the Celtic tungsten ring is known for, among other things, being extremely resilient & cost-effective.
One evening near one month ago, my wife Judy & i were standing in the_ patio talking when i received a call from our neighbor a few doors to the south and he wanted to find out if i had access to a metal detector. Apparently , the neighbor had just washed his hands and then gone outside to throw a ball to their dog. On the_ first throw his Tungsten Wedding Band flew right off his hand and into the backyard (or over the fence).
Our girl & son were off playing with the neighbors kids when all of this took place. Our daughter mentioned to the neighbor that grandma & grandpa got a metal detector. Crazy thing is it was true. My parents still had the_ old Radio Shack metal detector that my brother had when we were little. We told the_ neighbor what it was & that is was so old it almost certainly didn’t work anymore. Nope! Our daughter was swift to correct us . Apparently, she and her brother had just been playing with it with grandpa the_ week before.
Fast forward a couple of days. My wife and I received the_ metal detector from my mother and father & let the_ neighbor go to town looking for it. He spent three hours in the_ heat & humidity of a hot August day in Missouri. Unfortunately, no such luck. I’m not sure he found anything metal in that backyard.
That prompted Judy and I to try & find out if Tungsten Bands would actually be detectable by a metal detector initially. After searching & searching my wife and i never really found a solid answer to our question. (Please leave a comment to this article if you know the answer).
However, during our search we started looking at these cool looking Tungsten Rings. The_ more we looked for information on the_ metal detector question the more i started thinking what great looking rings they were. L just so happened that my wife and i had previously been discussing replacing our own gold wedding rings due to how poorly they had held up over the years.
We’ve learned a ton of info just about Tungsten Wedding Rings. Did you find out that the_ optimal ones aren’t just made of Tungsten? For the_ most durable Tungsten ring you really need to make sure it is made of Tungsten Carbide. This alloy ensures extreme hardness – 8.5 -9 on the Mohs hardness scale (Diamonds are a 10). It also makes these rings extremely resistant to scratching.
This incredible durability makes Tungsten rings especially suited for every day wear & tear. Whether you working in the office or maybe out in the garage rebuilding an engine you’d be hard pressed to mess these rings up. They’ll hold their shine and luster for nearly forever.
One of the_ questions that kept coming up as my wife and i did research was concerning the_ potential for these rings to be cut off in an emergency. Apparently , all hospitals & emergency crews have the_ tools necessary to cut and possibly break off a Tungsten ring. Sure, they are very hard but these professionals have the_ know how. One site even gave pretty detailed instructions on how you could use an everyday pair of vice-grip pliers to actually break off the ring yourself at home. It sounded plausible. However, I’d like to see it done in real life.
All in all it seems like Tungsten Bands fit the bill for strong, masculine, highly polished replacement for our old bands. They would also make a great choice for someone getting their first wedding bands. They definitely sound like they would last a lifetime.
Oh, you’re perhaps still wondering what happened to the neighbor’s Tungsten Ring, right? Well, unfortunately I have mixed news. The_ bad news is he hasn’t found it yet. The_ good news is he had a guarantee on the ring that was like car insurance; it provided a replacement for a smal deductible which is a much better deal than buying a new ring.
I told him “you know, the_ ideal way to find the_ ring you lost is to go ahead and spend the funds to get a new one.” Wouldn’t it be funny if the_ lost ring showed up in the yard the_ next day.
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