[Jewelry making - Article 00471] - Re: [Orchid] Resizing a tungsten steel wedding band

[Noel]

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>     Assuming you mean tungsten carbide, as there is no tungsten steel-
>     it is unsizeable. All of the manufacturers I know of offer an
>     exchange program, though... 

    See, now, call me old-fashioned, or superstitious, or whatever, but
    I would never choose a material like this to symbolize a marriage.
    Yes, it is strong and incorruptable, but it is unyielding,
    inflexible, unadaptable. If it becomes uncomfortable, you get rid of
    it and get a different one. All too apt a symbol for our
    divorce-prone society, I suppose... 

    As a side note, when I was getting married (in 1978) I was looking
    at wedding rings in a jeweler's window (even though all we could
    afford was a simple 14k band from Service Merchandise) and admired a
    fat gold band with two bezel-set diamonds, one at each end of an
    unclosed ring. My husband-to-be said, are you kidding? I would never
    choose a wedding ring that didn't connect! We are still married,
    though now I have a gorgeous ring made by Tom Herman
    http://www.sevenfingers.com/, (and the last of our four children is
    about to leave the nest.) 

Noel
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