Titanium Band

[dfreak]

Does anyone know about tianium for bands? any pros and cons? there''s not a lot of info about titanium.

 

[BearMan]

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On 3/22/2004 6:57:56 PM dfreak wrote:

Does anyone know about tianium for bands? any pros and cons? there's not a lot of info about titanium.----------------

I know that it supposedly doesnt scratch as easily as gold or platinum and is VERY STRONG and VERY LIGHT....

Its what i will be wearing as my wedding ring....There are a couple of sites i found with nice rings...I will try and post the links tomm when i get to work....She hates the fact that the ring i found that i like is only gonna be about $100....but she also wants me to get what i really want....TUNGSTEN is HARDER...the TREW Twenty Four(I think its called) is a pretty nice ring but I dont like the style for me....if they had a ring similar to what i want in Titanium I might get the tungsten but then again not sure how much heavier it would feel on....

 

[valeria101]

There is one big bad thing about them... most Ti ring models look like wedding-bands - not something I can wear.


There is plenty of info online though... for example:

FAQ at Boonerings

Ti facts at TitaniumEra

Ti explained at Absolutetitanium

And... some more: TitaniumEden, TitaniumWorkshop.

Does it show I like the weightless, silken, warm, hard and elastic, designer's dream stuff ?

 

[dfreak]

well, actually the reason Im asking is because I want it for my wedding band. probably will be a 6 or 7 mm band. is there any other things about Ti that I should consider agains white gold or platinum?

 

[Mara]

There have been some threads here on Pscope on Titanium.




Pros and cons can be found by searching on Google most likely.




My fiance is going to wear a tension set titanium from absolutetitanium.com for his wedding ring. It's being commissioned now. We used a .38c ACA diamond, the band is titanium with a thin stripe of yellow gold in the middle, and it will be 6.5mm wide.

We liked the slightly rougher look of Titanium vs shiny platinum or similar. Plus my fiance is kind of a gearhead in his spare time so the thought of Titanium was cool, and off the beaten path a tad. Tension set makes it even more unique and he has coveted a diamond of his own for a while as well.




Titanium is cheaper than platinum as well though the ring we are getting my fiance is $850...so not THAT much cheaper than platinum. Lots of stores carry titanium for men now, you may want to go visit a few and try some on to see what you think.

 

[valeria101]

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On 3/22/2004 7:17:01 PM dfreak wrote:



[...] are there any other things about Ti that I should consider agains white gold or platinum?----------------

Usually three aspects are debated:
- color
- weight
- resistence to wear

 

[boonerings]

Most people really like the lighter weight. I get comments about that all the time. Titanium also seems to adjust to the heat of your finger quickly. It's somehow different from other metals in that respect. (I notice a huge increase in retained heat when I add a gold or platinum inlay into a titanium ring and polish it out. It has more of a heat time lag.) It is very easy to forget that you are wearing a ring because of those factors. Titanium will not dent or go out of round like softer metals can, so it makes sense for people who work with their hands a lot. It's also a very springy material, so it lends itself to making tension sets. I've been extremely busy with those lately, and the machine is still running as I type. Titanium is a great material for rings for people looking for something a little different.

Tungsten, gold, and platinum weigh around four times as much.

 

[codyswan]

My wife has one of Boone's tension set titanium rings. She wears it continuously, and is able to do things people with platinum rings wouldn't do. She wears it mountain biking, lifting weights, making dinner, in the shower. She has never managed to scratch it, though it does get finger prints. Ionic or ultrasonic cleaning works well, maybe every few months. Usually, a nice soft cloth is plenty to get fingerprints or oils off of it.

I looked at the tungsten rings, but they do get warm. This was confirmed by a friend of mine who works with telescopes. Heat capacity is a measure of how much heat it takes to raise the temperature of a gram of a substance by one degree. The higher the number, the less that metal tends to feel hot or cold when a ring is made from it: Titanium 544, Silver 235, Tungsten 138, Gold 130, Platinum 130. Lightweight metals like titanium usually are better insulators. Heavier metals like gold and tungsten conduct heat more easily.

http://www.apo.nmsu.edu/Telescopes/SDSS/eng.papers/19950926_ConversionFactors/19950926_MProperties.html

 

[boonerings]

Heat capacity. That explains it! I knew there was a huge difference when I polish the different metals, but I didn't realize the numbers were that different. Thanks for the insight.

 

[Richard Sherwood]

Yes, excellent info Cody. Thanks.