Titanium is becoming popular for designing wedding bands due to its durability, affordability and the gun-metal color. Titanium’s unique properties make it an excellent choice for a wedding band. It is also distinctive from the traditional gold or silver. Titanium is lightweight and weighs about a third less than gold.
Designs can be engraved on the metal or diamonds and other precious stones can be set. A process called “tension-setting” is used to set stones. Titanium blends well as an alloy with metals such as gold and platinum, because of which it can be used to create various designs. Titanium can also be combined with Celtic designs to add to the beauty. As with other metals, it wears with use and the bands may show scrapes. However, when polished, it lends shine to the metal. Titanium has an advantage over other metals since it does not cause any allergy or discoloration to the skin.
It is not a precious metal, which makes it more durable and resistant than other precious metals. Titanium rings are made from solid bars of the metal, thus resulting in a seamless band. Due to its strength, this metal is more durable and hence rings cannot be resized. Titanium bands are more costly because of the skilled labor involved. Wedding bands made of titanium are a good buy and come in different stone-settings, designs that are a value for money proposition.
Although many couples continue to choose traditional plain gold wedding rings, or perhaps gold wedding rings with added engraving or set with diamonds, the practice of selecting titanium wedding bands is growing.
Titanium is light, silvery-white in color, strong and corrosion resistant. It is also increasingly common for titanium rings to be decorated with stones.
One practice is for couples to select their birthstones as suitable decoration, choosing just a single stone for their own birth month, a single stone for their partner’s birth month or a pair of stones combining both birth months.
The problem with using birthstones in titanium wedding rings is that not all of the stones are suitable for use in a ring that is designed to be worn all of the time.
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