We will both be getting yellow gold rings, I have a yellow gold e-ring so wanted a yellow gold wedding ring, and FI tried white gold and yellow gold on and liked yellow gold better :)
@Jacqui90: Hmmm matching would be good. Mine is Platinum but his could be any silver I guess. Dark grey would be cool too.
Both of our bands are palladium. He did all of the research on ring metals. He liked platinum best, all except for the price. Palladium has similar qualities to platinum but is more in line with the price of gold.
We both have stainless steel, but mine was made by DH. We chose it because it does not scratch without a whole lot of effort, it buffs easily, it will not shatter, nor will it bend or melt around the very high heats that DH works around. Oh, and it never tarnishes and it never has to be dipped.
@hfwildcat: Yeah I have always wanted matching metals, and was slightly disappointed when he mentioned wanting white gold. But it is his ring and I wanted him to be happy with the ring he got. But I did suggest he try on yellow gold as well, just to confirm that he liked white gold better. He liked yellow gold better after that! We will be getting our bands from different places though, as I prefer the Tiffany Lucida and he prefers one from a different store, but that's ok.
I getting my FI a tungsten ring, we 're buying them the same metal so they match, but we're buying eachothers seperatly, so on the day it'll be a surprise! His challange now is to find a tungsten ring designed for a woman. Most we've seen are made for men.
my FH ring is made of gold nuggets and diamonds we had it custom made it looks very similar to this but more yellow the reason he had a custom made ring was because i said you have to look at this ring for the rest of your life on your hand every day make sure its something you truley love! now i finding it hard to keep it off him b4 the big day haha! goodluck with your search :)
Tungsten carbide. $25 on Amazon - exact same ring we saw at the chain jewelry store for $280.
Mine are palladium, don't care about them matching.
We're currently shopping for his... he seems to think it is more dangerous to get one of the metals (I forget which one?) because he said it is the hardest and cannot be cut off in an emergency? I don't even know if this is true or if he is just paranoid... My ring is platinum, so we'll probably get him platinum too..
Platinum. He chose platinum to match my rings, I chose platinum because I like the silver colour, I like the weight, I like the way it patinas, I like that it doesn't require redipping, and I like that it doesn't lose any metal when it is scratched and goes back to like new when polished.
@hfwildcat: We got Tungsten with a diamond for my husband (god saying that sounds strange!)
I wanted us to have matching metals. But he really liked a cobalt ring so that's what we ended up getting. It has a yellow gold inlay, and the cobalt is a darker silver color so it really doesn't match my white gold at all, but that's what he wanted!
His is tungsten. It doesn't match mine at all..but it doesn't bother me cause he picked it out and he's happy. :) 
His e-ring is stainless steel, but he's only had it a month and it's already gotten damaged so I think we'll be getting something else for his wedding band. Anyone know which material is toughest?
i've chosen a stainless e-ring for FI, as for the wedding band - can't decide whether it'll be titanium or yellow gold (FMIL wants to pay for both of our bands and tries to convince him that yellow gold looks best, he kinda agrees but wants titanium more :S)
I chose platinum, because my rings are platinum, and I really wanted him to have rings made of the same metal that mine are. I absolutely love DH's ring. Also, since he never takes it off, I am so glad I didn't choose white gold, which would have needed to be "dipped" periodically.
You didn't put sterling silver?! I made DH's out of sterling. I love sterling- DH tells me everything thinks it is white gold. Sterling is less expensive, and very tough. I made him a huge heavy ring so I know it is solid and will last. Cost me nothing. And it is really cool! (Toot my own horn :)
I chose other because we aren't sure yet. The front runner is tungsten, but there's a cobalt ring that he likes, too.
FI loved the substantial weight of tungsten - his e-ring is super-lightweight titanium so he knows that he prefers a heavy ring. He also loved the charcoal color we picked out, and knowing that the ring is (almost) indestrictible - if it does shatter or needs to be resized, our jeweller will give us a new one for a super low price.
The jeweler also told a really cool story of one of his customers who had a tungsten ring. He worked with heavy machinery and one day a huge part fell on his fingers The tungsten ring actually stopped the machine! The man was able to wrench his hand out before the machine crushed and shattered the ring. His wedding band literally saved his hand. SO COOL.
I'm getting him a tungsten carbide ring because of the hardness and scratch resistance etc. We both like the idea of him being able to wear the ring at all times without stressing about it getting damaged as he is always busy working with his hands. Plus, if it does shatter it is not overly expensive to replace.
Yellow gold all the way. Both of us love Yellow gold for wedding bands and E-Rings. I remember browsing around the E-Ring section of tiffany a year ago and spotted a lonely yellow gold solitaire... and KNEW that was it. We went to a direct importer for the E-Ring, and just got our bands this weekend. To me it was never a question... bands must match so that we are coordinated and match! I honestly find it confusing when married couples have bands they don't coordinate at all, and also don't like the modern men's wedding band trends at all.
Fi's band is stainless steel. We chose it because it was cheap and the research I did said it was a pretty sturdy metal (doesn't rust, scratch easily or tarnish). Plus fi LOVES silver and stainless looks like silver plus the ring he picked had a cool design.
Fi will probably not wear his ring a lot so didn't wanna pay a fortune for a band for him.
Tungsten because it is so hard and my SO said he only wanted tungsten! nothing else!
yellow gold. I have white gold but he looked better in yellow. I didn't even think to match the golds. Oh well.
Pretty sure we're going with stainless steel. He thinks it's a "respectable" metal whereas gold and silver are silly because they're not as strong and tough. Haha, goofball. Who would have thought he'd have a strong opinion on the characters of metals. It also doesn't hurt that it's super cheap, since he's pretty forgetful and may end up losing it.
"Other" my husbands band is black ceramic, which is a great choice for those who want a solid black ring.
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