Hand-Forged Platinum Mens Wedding Band?

Platinum is so expensive that they are cast so that there's nothing left over in the process. It could also be cut from a solid bar of platinum, but that would be extremely expensive. Forging a piece from a strip would leave a seam. The dents can be still made with a hammer after the casting process, and they can be cast without bubbles or weak points. We make similar rings in titanium for them all the time. Titanium is machined from solid bar rather than cast, but that has more to do with the fact that it is so difficult to cast because it has to be done in a vacuum.

GLJ does lovely work. They actually do handforged in some items; if it's important to you, ask them. They *are* expensive, both their cast & their forged rings, however.

Written by LGK » July 31st, 2011, 5:37 pm:GLJ does lovely work. They actually do handforged in some items; if it's important to you, ask them. They *are* expensive, both their cast & their forged rings, however.

The price they quoted me was fairly reasonable, so I will probably go with them after I exhaust all my other options.

Thanks!