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talamasca
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When I finally received my e-ring, though I wanted tapered elegant shoulders they ended up too thin and I knew I would probably need to replace the ring at some point, but I didn't expect to be thinking it just 6 weeks later!
I accidentally caught my ring on the fridge shelf and nearly had a heart attack when I checked it over as I looked down into my stone and I could see straight through the stone to the ring and my finger and I initially thought perhaps the bottom of the stone had chipped or something, but when I took the ring off to look closer I realised with major relief that the setting was at an angle and it was the shoulders of the ring which had bent. I was able to easily push them back into a relatively straight position, but obviously the shoulders are way too thin and weak so I need to replace the ring.
I absolutely LOVE the open curved V setting with thin prongs, but I would like higher and wider shoulders so I'm wondering whether to stay with the same design and just have the ring width at 3mm with a bit of a taper on the shoulders to 2.5/2.8mm or may be have split shoulders for a bit of extra strength???
The only thing I'm curious about with the split shoulders is would they look OK being 'filled in/full metal' and plain as most of the designs I've seen have diamonds on the splits and a bridge/open shoulder which I definitely don't want.
Or if I went with split shoulders may be I could have a millgrained design on them instead of leaving them plain as I've already found a wedding ring I love which has millgrain on it.
I accidentally caught my ring on the fridge shelf and nearly had a heart attack when I checked it over as I looked down into my stone and I could see straight through the stone to the ring and my finger and I initially thought perhaps the bottom of the stone had chipped or something, but when I took the ring off to look closer I realised with major relief that the setting was at an angle and it was the shoulders of the ring which had bent. I was able to easily push them back into a relatively straight position, but obviously the shoulders are way too thin and weak so I need to replace the ring.
I absolutely LOVE the open curved V setting with thin prongs, but I would like higher and wider shoulders so I'm wondering whether to stay with the same design and just have the ring width at 3mm with a bit of a taper on the shoulders to 2.5/2.8mm or may be have split shoulders for a bit of extra strength???
The only thing I'm curious about with the split shoulders is would they look OK being 'filled in/full metal' and plain as most of the designs I've seen have diamonds on the splits and a bridge/open shoulder which I definitely don't want.
Or if I went with split shoulders may be I could have a millgrained design on them instead of leaving them plain as I've already found a wedding ring I love which has millgrain on it.