One ring...

[mdrnprometheus]

Well, two, actually. We're at the point of deciding on the wedding bands, and we're torn, so we are asking teh Internets for opinions.

Candidate #1 is a titanium with wood inlay. The samples we've seen look a lot better than the Web picture, but here's a rough idea:

Comments

[hypatiasghost]

I really like the wood inlay better, but my reasons are the same as yours -- the One Ring is sort of commonplace nerd chic, and my brain can't get past feeling like it's a gimmicky kind of thing. But, you say pattern of your choice -- I assume that you are not going to be using the black tongue of Mordor? And matching the engagement stone *would* be pretty.

On the subject of green-ness, here, have more things to think about! GreenKarat is all recycled metal and lab-created gems, which is why I <3 them.

[mdrnprometheus]

Gorgeous. Also about 2 to 10 times our budget, but beautiful.

[hypatiasghost]

*sighs* Yeah, stupid jewelry, with its being all stupid expensive.

What is the pattern you guys are thinking of having on the One Ring replica, out of curiosity?

[rebeccavich]

dude, some of those are like $300. How low is your budget?

[sakuramayoke]

What would #2 say?

[mdrnprometheus]

You lose nerd points for having to ask.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Ring#Inscription

[hypatiasghost]

But you said it could come with a "pattern of your choice" -- I think sakura like me is assuming that you would not actually use the Tolkien quote. Or would you? ... You'd like that, wouldn't you. *gives you a hard look*

[sakuramayoke]

I already knew what it said, but it's not really appropriate for a wedding ring. I was wondering if you were going to get something different inscribed.

[qatar]

The anodized thing is cool -- Justin's and mine started out enameled (I think) and it didn't even last a year.

My concern about the wooden ring is not that it needs replacing regularly, but that this makes you dependent on some dude in Tennessee to be making replacements for the rest of your natural life. What happens if he stops?

[qatar]

Also, you're presumably going to be wearing this ring at every moment for the rest of your life. Maybe it's too easy for me to be cavalier about money at this stage in my life, but if the one you like costs a couple hundred bucks more, then I think it would be foolish to economize.

[mdrnprometheus]

I guess my assumption is that if there is demand, others will start making the same. I've seen some Hawaii companies doing it, presumably by a different technique. But it is an issue.

[metallian]

Yeah, I would be very unenthusiastic about needing to essentially replace my wedding ring every so often, especially using an unusual technique.

[rebeccavich]

Yeah, I'm worried about what would happen with the wood ring if you need a touch-up 30 years from now and the guy doing it is no longer available to do it. OTOH, I totally understand not wanting a ring lots of other people have. So, not helpful.

[mdrnprometheus]

See above.

[bunny_hugger]

I would not be in favor of #2, for reasons already mentioned.