i started looking for a wedding band, i like the dark shiny look of the titanium rings a lot but i guess they cant be resized if your ring size changes during your life, which it almost always does. i wasnt a silver looking band and was thinking about an alternative metal rather than white gold because it kinda looks like crap and loses its silver color after a few years. someone told me palladium dents and scratches easily so i was thinking maybe tungesten, does anyone know if that can be resized? if anyone knows of a good, objective buying guide for metals it would be appreciated. most of the guides ive found either sound unobjective or dont include tungsten and titanium
no, there is a metal called palladium. im not getting platium because like the first person said its horribly expensive and its soft so it dents easily and cheaper stuff looks just as good
I dont know too much about different types, but i can tell you that the rhodium plating on the gold that makes it look white can be redone by your jewelery store a couple times a year. It is usually covered in the warranty, so if that’s all you had against it maybe think again?
also, do you mean platinum? If so, I have been told by several jewelers that platinum is not worth it’s price, as it is so much softer than gold and does stracth and dent so easily.
While I firmly believe that platinum is the best metal for jewelry of all kinds, I like palladium as well. The price point is very reasonable right now, and palladium is really a better choice over white gold if you are looking for a naturally white metal, but platinum is not really an option.
Here are some wedding bands that use both platinum and palladium – http://www.wrightandlato.com/pgm.php.
Here’s my response to this comment “also, do you mean platinum? If so, I have been told by several jewelers that platinum is not worth it’s price, as it is so much softer than gold and does stracth and dent so easily.”
When you scratch platinum, you do not lose much metal or mass (unlike with gold). That way, you can have your platinum jewelry refinished over and over. It is expensive, but since jewelry is a luxury item, I find the expense to be well worth it.