So what CAN you wear next to a Shared Prong band...

[Love Street]

...aside from a plain spacer band? Does anyone where channel or bead-set/single-sided pave next to their shared prong band? If you DO wear a shared prong band on a regular basis, what do you wear it next to?

There have been lots of shared prong threads on PS, but I''m curious to know what is "safe" -if anything - next to a shared prong band besides a plain spacer. Even my low-set, .86 tcw Tiffany band has almost worn through the prongs of my three-stone e-ring, so as I consider a possible upgrade and new setting, I''m trying to think about what would work next to my wedding band. I don''t mind scratching per se, but total prong destruction after only 5 years is a bit much!

Curious to know what other shared-prong band wearers do, especially if they''ve found a solution aside from a plain spacer (perhaps a diamond spacer

?)

TIA!

 

[mrssalvo]

I dont' think anything is "safe" unless the set is designed like the memoire shared prong settings where they fit together like a puzzle. the girdles of the diamonds in shared prong setting will scratch at anything next to it plain band or diamond band...

here's a pic of the memoire:

 

[Circe]

I think that shared prong wearers who don''t have one of the specially-designed puzzle sets have three basic options: to wear the shared-prong as a stand-alone ring, to succumb to the spacer, or to have their set soldered. Or, I guess, the 4th option of repairing whatever damage is done periodically.

 

[diamondringlover]

I love shared prong rings, but after mine has really beat up my prongs I have decided to go with a channel set band when I upgrade for my 25th wedding anniversary

 

[Lynn B]

Well, there is another option.

My old shared prong set (made by WF) was crafted so that the girdles of the small melee were not exposed; in other words, the metal extended PAST the diamonds ever, ever so slightly (not noticeable to the naked eye)... but it was metal touching metal between rings, no diamonds touched.

The rings, therefore, did not have to sit staggered (or like "puzzle pieces", as in the Memoire photo above) for that.

I wore those rings for a couple of years and never had any erosion or abrasion between rings.

 

[Love Street]

Thank you all for your thoughtful responses...

Darn - I love my shared prong band but it does limit my options.

I think at 2.2m it''s a little too skinny to be worn on its own (though I''ve been doing that lately just to avoid further damage to my e-ring).

Spinning off on Lynn B''s band, where the band itself had metal preventing the girdles'' contact with nearby prongs, I wonder if it''s possible - and whether it would look acceptable - to have an e-ring designed so that the metal at the base (i.e. the "donut" or similar base, depending on style) keeps the w-band away from the prongs, so that at the level where the prongs would other wise rub, there is still distance between them. Hmmm... but now that I think about it that might look weird - like a saucer/teacup effect in profile.

I probably just need to go with a setting that has more upright prongs or start curving higher up, instead of the prongs that curve outward from the "donut" - then I''d have scratching but there''s less opportunity to really carve out the prongs it seems . My prongs used to curve up and out from the donut 9and it''s a low-set ring), but the w-band has carved a nook for itself into the prongs so there are right angles where there used to be curves.

Thank you again...