Is it customary for the jeweler to give you the scrap gold that was taken out?
When my engagement ring was sized down 1 size in the US and they didn't do it... which surprised my mom. At least in her experience of mom & pop jewelers in Europe, they will give you the scrap as part of sizing - it's standard procedure. This would be the same kind of jewelers where you would later bring those scraps & other broken gold to weigh against your next project.
I'm asking because I have one of my grandparents' wedding bands - it's a simple band but in gorgeous 18k rose gold and I'm itching to get it sized down so I can wear it. The sizing would be from a ~8.5 to a 4.5 so a lot of gold would be removed... Which makes me hesitate. Somehow it would feel more "right" if at least I was able to keep the removed section.
When my engagement ring was sized down 1 size in the US and they didn't do it... which surprised my mom. At least in her experience of mom & pop jewelers in Europe, they will give you the scrap as part of sizing - it's standard procedure. This would be the same kind of jewelers where you would later bring those scraps & other broken gold to weigh against your next project.
I'm asking because I have one of my grandparents' wedding bands - it's a simple band but in gorgeous 18k rose gold and I'm itching to get it sized down so I can wear it. The sizing would be from a ~8.5 to a 4.5 so a lot of gold would be removed... Which makes me hesitate. Somehow it would feel more "right" if at least I was able to keep the removed section.