[Jewelry making - Article 00471] - Re: [Orchid] Sterling silver engagement ring hardness

[Holly Hawkins]

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    My mother has been wearing her sterling wedding ring for about 20+
    years. It probably needed to be reshanked years ago, but it only just
    broke in the back today. It is not (and never was) a heavy ring, but
    it was hand fabricated. (I agree with Leonid here.) She abuses it in
    all the normal ways - household chemicals, gardening, etc. My parents
    don't really wear jewelry, so since this was the one ring my dad ever
    bought my mom when they were dating, she decided to start wearing it
    as a wedding ring. He paid $8 for it almost 40 years ago! Now I'm
    trying to talk her into getting something with a little more bling,
    but she is attached to her sterling ring, and it will proabably be a
    struggle just to get her to let me half shank it. I think she will
    wear it 'til it literally disintegrates. So from my personal
    observation, if you wear a medium weight sterling ring every day,
    with a normal amount of daily abuse, and NEVER take it to a jeweler,
    (well, maybe she had it polished once or twice), it could easily last
    20 years. 

Best, Holly.
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