Setting question

[davidgelb]

Hey all!!!

It''s been a while since I last posted...since then, my Fiance and I got married, had a wonderful honeymoon, and are just getting back into the real world.

OK, now to get down to business! After wearing her engagement ring and wedding band for a day, we discovered that the wedding band is eating away at the prongs on the engagement ring. I am assuming that the stones on the WB are wearing at the platinum prong on the ER. Could that be the case? I have posed pictures of both and one on her hand so you can see how they hit.

The question is, what can we do? For the time being, she has a plain thin white gold band that she wears in between to keep them apart. BUT, she doesn''t want to do that forever. Also, she doesn''t want to alter either one so that it would look strange if she wore one by itself. Would a solution be to get a new solitaire band with a head that sits on top of the band so that it is held above the WB? Any other solutions that would help?

Thank you in advance for any advice!

-David

 

[Garry H (Cut Nut)]

Shared prong rings are a disaster when worn beside other rings. It should be discouragd.

You could fit a much wider band onto the eng ring?

Or wear a dopey little low spacer.
Or as the Irish say - I would not start from where you are, I would go back to the start again

 

[davidgelb]

Thanks Garry,
Are you saying it''s the prongs on the wedding band that is causing the abbrations to the EB? If she loves the wedding band and doesn''t want to change that, is there a type of solitaire setting that might be better suited to sit beside a shared-prong band?

Thanks again!

-David

 

[Garry H (Cut Nut)]

No - its the diamonds protruding as they must from a shared prong setting in the WB.

It is an inappropriate WB for that enga ring.

 

[rainydaze]

try doing a search for shared prongs or prong damage, etc. i''ve seen several threads addressing this same concern. some say if the rings are platinum, then you are just dealing with aesthetics because platinum doesn''t get worn away, it just gets rearranged. no one will notices the scratches, so if your wife can live with them being there for the sake of having the two rings she loves, you''re fine. if they are white gold, then over time that prong will get worn away and it''s a structural issue. i''m not an expert though, so i am just parroting what i believe i''ve heard.

best of luck to you, i hope you find some answers and a solution!

 

[diamondseeker2006]

I will agree with Garry that it is the wrong wedding band to go with that e-ring. However, I will disagree that all shared prong rings will do that. That one has a high metal setting. The two that I know are lower set are Memoire and Tiffany. I have the Memoire and it is set very low, and neither the diamonds or setting touch my e-ring prongs. To answer your question, you may be able to get a more substantial band on the e-ring and a head that sits a little higher. But you''ll have to change one or the other unless she wants to wear a band between them all the time.

 

[katiedid]

I also disagree that all shared prongs are bad against solitaires. I have that combo and mine are fine because my shared prong sits very low - it actually fits up under the head of my solitaire. And if you have it made to specs, you can have it made so that the diamonds don''t overhang and scratch against the ering. Any two rings worn beside each other (if they''re right next to each other and touch) will scrach each other a little, but that''s not a problem if it doesn''t harm them structurally.

I guess if she''s set on keeping that wedding band, she probably could have the ering head modified to sit a little higher. I personally wouldn''t want that because I don''t like for my ring to sit high--too much chance to bump it on things.

 

[katiedid]

One other possible fix--she has a six prong head. I think shared prong bands work much better with erings that have a 4 prong head. You don''t have that prong sticking out against the shared prong band.

 

[warbirdx]

DavidGelb,

I came across a post of yours from last August when you were preparing to propose. Then, you had Lightboxes, and were to use one when you proposed. How did that turn out? Did you end up using the lighted box?

-Tim