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Do any of you knotties, or your hubbies, have tungsten carbide rings? I am looking at a few I like for FI for his band but I have no idea what the metal is like. I've read that you can't size them? Is that true?
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Re: Tungsten
They're actually really nice, a lot lighter than I thought. And yep, you can't resize them.
Here are our rings. My partner's is standing up and is a tungsten with little baby diamonds. My ring is white gold.
Websites/blogs where our wedding has been featured:
http://www.dapperq.com/2013/11/a-very-dapper-wedding/
http://www.onabicyclebuiltfortwo.com/2013/10/wedding-christina-g.html
http://4realequalityweddings.com/2014/05/16/g-christina/
[QUOTE]My partner has one, and it's beautiful. You are right, they cannot be resized. I'm not sure where the PP heard that they shatter, but my partner has dropped it, banged it, hit it aginast stuff, etc. and it's held up just fine. Here are our rings. My partner's is standing up and is a tungsten with little baby diamonds. My ring is white gold.
Posted by cmgilpin[/QUOTE]
They do shatter. My cousin dropped his at his reception and it shattered. It hit on where the diamond was though,thats why.
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Tungsten : They do shatter. My cousin dropped his at his reception and it shattered. It hit on where the diamond was though,thats why.
Posted by shanding4787[/QUOTE]
Interesting... I have never heard of that before and my partner's is crazy beaten up on a regular basis.
Websites/blogs where our wedding has been featured:
http://www.dapperq.com/2013/11/a-very-dapper-wedding/
http://www.onabicyclebuiltfortwo.com/2013/10/wedding-christina-g.html
http://4realequalityweddings.com/2014/05/16/g-christina/
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Tungsten : Interesting... I have never heard of that before and my partner's is crazy beaten up on a regular basis.
Posted by cmgilpin[/QUOTE]
Yea apparently they will only shatter if hit on the right exact spot. I found one I really like for FI now I just need to figure out a size.
It's true you can't size them. He had to order it in the right size and they could not do half sizes. So it's a little big in the winter but fits perfectly in the summer.
[QUOTE]FI wanted Tungston until I told him that if he ever gets his finger hurt to the point of not being able to slide the ring off, they can't cut the ring. He works in construction so the possibility of breaking a finger is pretty high. If they can't cut the band and it comes down to it, I have seen them take a finger off.
Posted by Carson386[/QUOTE]
This isn't true. All tungsten rings have a built in "shatter point" which is why they can shatter if you drop them (but it has to hit right at the shatter point). In addition, ERs have special tools they can use to cut the rings off or break them. They only reason they would ever need to "take the finger off" is if it's swollen and damaged to the point that they wouldn't be able to get ANY ring off.
Everything the light touches is my kingdom.
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Tungsten : They do shatter. My cousin dropped his at his reception and it shattered. It hit on where the diamond was though,thats why.
Posted by shanding4787[/QUOTE]
<div>I've never heard of this before. H has a tungsten ring and it's been dropped several times. Not a scratch on it and it definitely didn't shatter.</div>
[QUOTE]FI's is tungsten. It is crazy affordable. I feel awful that he paid thousands for my ring, but his was only thirty dollars on Amazon. The jewelry stores jack up the price nearly ten times what it is worth. The exact same ring was three hundred at Kays and thirty on Amazon.
Posted by Sharpschruter22[/QUOTE]
I've been looking on Overstock and found two that are less than $50. He isn't too worried about a ring so I don't want to spend a fortune on one.
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Tungsten : This isn't true. All tungsten rings have a built in "shatter point" which is why they can shatter if you drop them (but it has to hit right at the shatter point). In addition, <strong>ERs have special tools they can use to cut the rings off or break them. They only reason they would ever need to "take the finger off" is if it's swollen and damaged to the point that they wouldn't be able to get ANY ring off.</strong>
Posted by J&K10910[/QUOTE]
I work as a medic and in an emergency department... not all of them come off. A ring cutter will absolutely NOT take a Tungsten ring off. Any other metal can be cut off. So yes, if push comes to shove they may end up taking a finger. And yes, we can take off other rings and not Tungsten in almost every single case.
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Tungsten : I work as a medic and in an emergency department... not all of them come off. A ring cutter will absolutely NOT take a Tungsten ring off. Any other metal can be cut off. So yes, if push comes to shove they may end up taking a finger. And yes, we can take off other rings and not Tungsten in almost every single case.
Posted by Carson386[/QUOTE]
While you can't cut Tungsten, it is simple enough to remove the ring from a swollen or injured finger by clamping vice pliers onto the ring and slowly tightening until the ring break into multiple pieces. The ability to break the ring may have something to do with people mentioning that they have shattered when hit or dropped at certain angles.
If your emergency department is removing fingers instead of investing in a simple pair of pliers that you could get at any hardware store I am a bit worried!
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Tungsten : While you can't cut Tungsten, it is simple enough to remove the ring from a swollen or injured finger by clamping vice pliers onto the ring and slowly tightening until the ring break into multiple pieces. The ability to break the ring may have something to do with people mentioning that they have shattered when hit or dropped at certain angles. If your emergency department is removing fingers instead of investing in a simple pair of pliers that you could get at any hardware store I am a bit worried!
Posted by kaos16[/QUOTE]
They aren't taking fingers off of people jsut for that, there are many cases where if the ring was a softer metal, with would be able to be cut off. People amputate up to the first or second knuckle, and if it was a softer metal, the ring would be able to be cut. Pilars will not always cut them. It's a case by case basis. Usually the finger has already been partially amputated due to an injury, and it is further amputated due to not being able to cut the ring.
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Tungsten : They aren't taking fingers off of people jsut for that, there are many cases where if the ring was a softer metal, with would be able to be cut off. People amputate up to the first or second knuckle, and if it was a softer metal, the ring would be able to be cut. Pilars will not always cut them. It's a case by case basis. Usually the finger has already been partially amputated due to an injury, and it is further amputated due to not being able to cut the ring.
Posted by Carson386[/QUOTE]
You squeeze the ring, you don't cut it. Tungsten rings are made with the shatterpoints specifically so that they can be removed if needed. My husband has a Tungsten ring, and happens to be an EMT. If there was such an issue with being able to get them off in emergencies, I can assure you he would NOT be wearing it.