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Thank you Dave Atlas, Pricescope, and David Klass for this beautiful wedding band that I will put on my fiancé's finger this upcoming June 22nd in Ireland! I had won a $250 gift certificate sponsored by Dave Atlas last year at the Pricescope get-together in Vegas that I finally used!
I went to try on wedding bands with my fiancé immediately after we got engaged, so he can have a look-see at his own bling. We always thought he would get a white metal, but his very pale skin looked much more alive with yellow gold. The first band he fell in love with was a hammered band at Lang's Antiques (in the contemporary section). From there, hammered yellow gold bands were all we looked at. We tried on all widths-- from 5mm to 13mm. He liked the 6 to 8mm range, so I chose 7.5mm.
I loved the idea of making a band myself. I sought out a few jewelers to see who can assist me. DK pulled a {H U G E} favor for me to enter his bench, and do the hand hammering myself on the band. This way, I felt like I helped to make it. Like this wasn't just my money, but also my love and hard work that went into creating the symbol of us forever.
The bench jeweler first handed me a hammer, but the hammer created a larger flatter "dink" per hit. So he helped me create a make-shift "hammer" using a few tools. This resulted in tiny little round "dinks" in the band. This resulted in less of a perfect appearance, and more of an organic look that we loved.
My fiancé is totally in love with the band, and it is just so rich and beautiful. The 7.5mm comfort fit resulted in a hefty 15.1 grams of 18k yellow gold. It feels so luxurious.
Pictures in following posts.
I went to try on wedding bands with my fiancé immediately after we got engaged, so he can have a look-see at his own bling. We always thought he would get a white metal, but his very pale skin looked much more alive with yellow gold. The first band he fell in love with was a hammered band at Lang's Antiques (in the contemporary section). From there, hammered yellow gold bands were all we looked at. We tried on all widths-- from 5mm to 13mm. He liked the 6 to 8mm range, so I chose 7.5mm.
I loved the idea of making a band myself. I sought out a few jewelers to see who can assist me. DK pulled a {H U G E} favor for me to enter his bench, and do the hand hammering myself on the band. This way, I felt like I helped to make it. Like this wasn't just my money, but also my love and hard work that went into creating the symbol of us forever.
The bench jeweler first handed me a hammer, but the hammer created a larger flatter "dink" per hit. So he helped me create a make-shift "hammer" using a few tools. This resulted in tiny little round "dinks" in the band. This resulted in less of a perfect appearance, and more of an organic look that we loved.
My fiancé is totally in love with the band, and it is just so rich and beautiful. The 7.5mm comfort fit resulted in a hefty 15.1 grams of 18k yellow gold. It feels so luxurious.
Pictures in following posts.
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