The reason I Decided to go with a 8mm tungsten ring style for my wedding band
April 28, 2010 | In: General
Why did we choose from 8mm tungsten ring designs for my wedding ring? Well, it is kind of a funny narrative that led us to learning about mens tungsten wedding bands from the start.
It is necessary to consider during this tale that the_ 8mm tungsten carbide ring is known for, among other things, being extremely sturdy & easily affordable.
One night almost 4 weeks ago, my wife Judy & i were sitting in the garden talking when we had a call from a neighbor 3 doors to the_ west and he needed to ask if my wife and i had a metal detector. Apparently , our neighbor had just washed his hands and went outside to throw a ball to their dog. On the_ first throw his Tungsten Wedding Band flew off his ring finger and into the backyard (and possibly over the fence).
Our children were down playing with the neighbor’s youngsters when all this occurred. 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. I told the neighbor what it was & that is was so old it possibly didn’t work anymore. Nope! Our daughter was speedy 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. I had the_ metal detector from my parents and 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 my wife & I to try and find out if Tungsten Bands would actually be detectable by a metal detector from the start. After searching and searching i never really found a solid answer to our question. (Please leave a comment to this article if you ask the_ answer).
However, during our search my wife and i started looking at these cool looking Tungsten Rings. The more my wife and i looked for information on the_ metal detector question the_ more my wife and i started thinking what great looking rings they were. I just so happened that we 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 around Tungsten Wedding Rings. Did you find out that the_ ideal ones aren’t just made of Tungsten? For the most strong Tungsten ring you really need to make sure its 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 really resistant to scratching.
This incredible durability makes Tungsten rings especially suited for every day wear and tear. Whether you working in the_ office or out in the_ garage rebuilding an engine you’d be hard pressed to mess these rings up. They’ll hold their shine & luster for nearly forever.
One of the questions that kept coming up as i did research was regarding the_ capacity for these rings to be cut off in an emergency. Apparently , all hospitals & emergency crews have the_ tools necessary to cut and maybe break off a Tungsten ring. Sure, they are extremely hard but these professionals have the_ find out 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 possibly 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 most effective way to find the_ ring you lost is to go ahead and spend the funds to get a new one.” Wouldn’t it be amusing if the_ lost ring showed up in the_ yard the_ next day.
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