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I went wedding band shopping with my FI today. He ended up liking a tungsten band with this cool pattern in the middle of the band.
What material is your guy's band? I know there are a lot of alternative metals out there nowadays (other than silver and gold) that can save in cost and are more durable.
What did your guy pick? pics???
My fiance has his eyes set on a black tungsten carbide band. He found a couple online he likes and we'll make a decision within a month or two and order it. He's not a huge fan of silver and gold because he says it's too shiny for him. Here's the front runner for the band so far:
http://www.titaniumkay.com/Black-Tungsten-Carbide-Dome-Wedding-Band-Ring-w-Grooves-P103171.html
I'm getting this tungsten carbide ring from Shane Co. My FI actually didn't want to pick it out & wanted me to pick it like he picked mine out. All he said was that it should be Tungsten. And he doesnt want to see it till I put it on his finger at the alter lol. I think he'll like it, it's simple. :-) I should be getting it in a couple weeks, yay! I couldn't buy it all at once & had to put it on layaway :-P I'm excited to get it tho!
he has a plain white gold band. Its rounded and there are no indentations or different material... just like we like it!
FI picked out his own band, which is 10K two-tone gold. He always was a silver-color kind of guy, so it surprised me, but he loves it so much that he likes to try it one every few days just to make sure it fits :-).
Platinum. With a brushed-metal kind of look to the finish.
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My husband's ring is tungsten with a carbon fiber inlay.
My FI's ring is yellow gold. I wanted him to get something fancier, but he wanted this one.
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My FH's ring is a Scott Kay Cobalt ring. It's something fairly new, and when we saw it, we both loved it. It is supposed to never tarnish and it looks like platinum, all for arond $300. I think it matches my band nicely. Now I just can't wait to put it on his finger on our wedding day. :)
Yellow and white gold! The etching is called a diamond cut, and looks really nice.
My husband insisted on gold! His band looks like this, but with his favorite Colorado mountains.
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A tungston- I dont know why he wanted one I think he heard about them some where and thought they were cool :)
We got Tungsten too. (Father's Day sale--even though he wasn't a father yet)
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We looked all over for Jim's ring. At first he wanted white gold with a hammered finish. Then he thought Tungsten would be better because he's hard on his hands. Then we found the metal called P4 that he really liked. He was convinced he didn't want diamonds, because they were too flashy.
This is what we got:
White gold with 9 diamonds. Once the jeweler said he deserved diamonds too, that was it. Jim's face just lit up when we found this one, and I knew that was the one we had to get.
We got The Guy's ring from the Titanium Knights shop on Etsy. Obviously, it's titanium :)
We went to a local jeweller's for him to try on rings, so that we could get a sense of the style he liked and so we could get his size. The rings he tried on at the jeweller's were all gold (brushed white gold), so the one he liked was ~$1k (would depend on the price of gold that day we bought it), but we ended up finding the same exact style in titanium for $40, which is fine with us, snce he doesn't plan on wearing it very much anyway.
We went with titanium too.. my husband lost his first $400 white gold ring, so we thought it would be better to go with something less expensive, that way I don't get so mad the next time he (although hopefully he doesn't) lose it.
FI was set on getting a tungsten band. We ordered this one from Titanium Kay. It looks 10x better in person.
@hergreenapples: I got DH the same ring for the same etsy shop! They were fantastic to work with! We also had the same conversations about rings, since DH doesn't wear his in the summer or on weekends when he's working on his parents' farm. He just wears it when he's teaching, so going the cheaper route was great.
My FI's ring is Tungsten Carbine. He knew EXACTLY what he wanted :) Makes it easy!
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It's platinum with diamonds. Our bands match.
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It's white gold with black and white diamonds. It was supposed to look like my engagement ring, but the jeweler messed up. (which is whole other rant)
He thought he wanted yellow gold, but this white gold ring looks awesome on him!
Love love love FI's band! It's also tungsten, and it was a great price at $72! Bonus!
http://www.perryolsen.com/Mens-Tungsten-Carbide-Carbon-Fiber-Inlay-Ring-P104996.html
@mrstilly: That's so funny - of all the rings in all the world our men ended up with the same one. Does he like it? I'm still waiting for ours to arrive.
Tungsten
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We got the Cartier Love Band. We both love it. He's wearing it in this pic because it was the day we bought it and i didn't want to carry it in my purse (I know possible bad lluck here)
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Here's actually a better picture (we purchased the one without diamonds)
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We got a cobalt chrome ring. Same durability and resistance as a tungsten, but not as heavy nor as dark. The color more closely resembles that of platinum. FI loves it. Can't wait for him to wear it 24/7.
Here's my fiance's band...get to officially put it on in ONE MONTH from today! :)
It's a Ritani band with a hammered center and swisscut coin edging. It's in palladium, which is in the same family as platinum but is less dense. It was a LOT cheaper than platinum too which was nice!
He loves it...and so do I!
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We saw this a year ago and he's been set on it ever since! Stainless steel, and it's fun for him to play with because all the parts move :) I can't wait to buy it for him!
We haven't started ring shopping for him yet, but he's dead set on having a "trinity ring," which is the kind with three intertwined, freely moving metal bands. Did anyone get one of those for their FH?
I'm not sure whether we'll be able to find one at a jeweler, or whether we'll need to get it made.
My hubz has a ceramic band. We were too scared that you can't cut through tungsten. The ceramic is durable but you can snap it if you have to.
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We went with a Scott Kay ring. My FI wanted something that had a hammered look to it. The same look in gold was almost 1k and that is not something he were willing to spend on a ring. I think he likes it, It has to be custom made because you cannot size it. We bought the lifetime protection on it for that exact reason. If you ever need to have the ring resized or whatever its free.
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I found a hammered white gold band that suited my husband's taste - wide but thin!
@Dragonsus:very pretty, My FI loved the hammerd look too. He didn't want anything with diamonds in it but wanted something unique.
This is what my hubby is wearing right now 
The ring is white gold. One of the reasons we chose this design is because it had milgrain on it (beaded edge). My engagement ring and wedding band also have this detail so we felt that it tied all of our rings together through the milgrain detail.
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