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Tungsten with Platinum inlay> Pros and Cons?

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Crue4

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What are the pros and cons of this ring metal choice for a mens wedding band that I am looking at? Your help will be very much appreciated.
 
Pros:
+ Nearly scratchproof
+ Gemlike luster
+ Unique appearance

Cons:
- Can't be resized (the manufacturer may have an exchange policy, though)
- Can't be cut off (but can be broken off since it is a ceramic, not a metal)
- Can't be engraved by traditional methods (can be laser engraved, though)

Do a search on the forum and you'll find several threads dealing with this topic.
 
Did you mean Titanium / Platinum? Not Tungsten.

THe pros and cons above seem about right although Titanium and Tungsten are both metals and not ceramics. I don't know much about any Tungsten used in jewelry. Maybe it is an area that needs to be looked into.
 
The pros and cons I listed are for tungsten carbide, which is a hardmetal ceramic. I know this is what the Trent West rings are made from, but other manufacturers may use tungsten, which is a metal.
 
Always more to learn. DO you have a web link for these designs? I'd love to know more about them.

I have worn a Rado watch, all ceramic, for over ten years and it still looks like the day it was purchased. This ceramic material is amazingly durable stuff.
 
The first maker of these rings was Trent West. Most of what I know about these comes from this website and personal correspondence with the manufacturer (my wedding band is of this type).
 
Both the tungsten carbide of Trew Tungsten and the 17.7 tungsten alloy of Titanium Era, Titanium Commitment, and Boonerings can be cracked off in case of emergency.

A distinct feature, neither a real pro or con, is that it is very heavy. It weighs 4 times as much as titanium and has exactly the same color. Carbide is just slightly darker than the tungsten alloy. The tungsten alloy can be engraved whereas carbide cannot.
 
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