Wedding Ring Buying Guide
Wedding Ring History & Symbol
Ancient Greeks thought a vein linked the fourth finger directly to the heart, and started to wear wedding rings made from plants and herbs on that finger. Wedding rings or wedding bands were exchanged between lovers as a symbol of long lasting love and commitment. Later when people learned how to forge metals, metal bands gradually replaced their predecessors.
Wedding Ring Budget
The common wedding ring budget usually starts from one month's salary up to three months'.
Wedding Ring Precious Metals
Gold Wedding Bands: Gold wedding bands represent the tradition. Gold wedding bands are elegant and sparkling, while highly resistant to rust and tarnish. 24-karat gold is considered as the purest gold; it is precious, but can bend with daily wear. 18-karat and 14-karat are both alloy. Yellow gold is an alloy of gold containing silver and copper, and remains the color of yellow. White gold is an alloy of gold containing nickel and other white metals such as palladium or silver to give it a silvery rather than yellow hue. White gold wedding bands have become popular after WWII, since they look like platinum while cheaper in price.
Platinum Wedding Bands: Platinum wedding bands are more expensive than gold wedding bands, simply because they are more precious. Platinum has natural white luster. Unlike 14k white gold, platinum wedding bands will never change in color, and will not react with skins to cause allergy. Platinum is almost as twice heavy as 14k gold, and will definitely give you an impressive feeling.
Titanium Wedding Bands: Titanium wedding bands are very stunning and sturdy, while more affordable than platinum rings. Titanium is popular for both women's and men's wedding rings. Titanium wedding rings are hypoallergenic, and remain good choices for shoppers with allergenic skins.
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Wedding Ring Types
Plain wedding bands: Plain wedding bands can be either tradtional or modern, and very much different from each other. These types of wedding bands do not hold gemstones, but can be engraved, textured, etched, or in two-tone.
Prong Set Wedding Bands: The common prong setting, also called shared prong setting, use grooved metal to hold gemstones in place side by side.
Channel Set Wedding Bands: gemstones seem to be set side by side directly into the metal channel without any metal shows between them.
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Eternity Wedding Bands: gemstones are set around the entire band. It looks absolutely sparkling. Talk to the jeweler regarding the future ring resizing before you purchase eternity wedding bands, because it might be hard to resize such kind of rings when your finger size changes.
Matching Wedding Sets: matching wedding sets are popular. Shoppers like to purchase an engagement ring with a band that match to it, just like the joining of the couple.
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