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Engagement was €1500 as I recall; way too much, but it is pretty. We both worked with our hands at the time of marriage so $40 was our wedding ring budget and got tungsten carbide, which has its own (safety) issues. Currently wearing an overpriced but pretty silicone ring.
just curious, what are the safety issues you’ve found with Tungsten Carbide? I’m not a ring expert at all, but work with pure WC in an unrelated field.
In a word - degloving. It’s super hard, so if it’s sized small, it’s a risk because it won’t come off easily and it can’t really be cut, just hammered and hope it shatters. If it’s loose, it catches on things and degloving is a concern.
Silicone is cheap especially on aliexpress and it can tear easily.
good to know