[Jewelry making - Article 01124] - Re: [Orchid] Platinum vs Palladium for engagement rings

[Daniel R. Spirer]

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Bill,

    I think they are both generally suitable for engagement rings but
    after spending a year working with palladium I threw in the towel. I
    was unable to get a satisfactory product that I was happy with all
    the time. I was making a piece up two to three times to get
    something I was happy with and by that time a lot of the price
    differential had been wiped out. I will say though that I very rarely
    get a platinum prong setting back in that needs work (except in some
    of my really old pieces where they have just simply worn away--and
    yes I'm that old) but I did recently get one of my palladium rings
    back with a broken prong that was only a little more than a year old.
    For what it's worth. 

Daniel R. Spirer, G.G.
Daniel R. Spirer Jewelers, LLC
1780 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02140
www.spirerjewelers.com
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