Titanium

victor1

ANyone know where to get male titanium wedding bands in ireland (south)? and rough idea of cost Vs traditional white/yellow gold?

tba

Not sure where you can get them, but they will be considerably more expensive, while on the topic have you considered rhodium?

victor1

Hi,
Have not to be honest but will look in to it. From what i can gather titanium should be relatively cheap Vs white gold? with the cost attributed to it being a hard metal to work with, its just something different than the norm, it also extremely light & durable with regard scratching/scuffing ect

RuggieBear

the design yard does them.

Compared to gold they are quite cheap i think...anything from 100-250 iirc.

kayos

Pretty sure Michael Perry in the Powerscourt centre in Dub does them..

victor1

Cheers for reply, i know they are non trad style rings, does anyone thing they are acceptable for a band, or do ye think they would look out of place?

prinz

victor1 wrote: »

ANyone know where to get male titanium wedding bands in ireland (south)? and rough idea of cost Vs traditional white/yellow gold?

I know Ernest Jones on Grafton Street does, pretty much all the large jewellery stores had them in stock I found.

victor1 wrote: »

Cheers for reply, i know they are non trad style rings, does anyone thing they are acceptable for a band, or do ye think they would look out of place?

My band is titanium. Got a wide band with a matte finish. I'm not a jewellery kind of person and didn't really fancy anything bright and shiny on my hand. Just wanted something fairly plain and understated. Ring I got was perfect for it.

tba wrote: »

Not sure where you can get them, but they will be considerably more expensive, while on the topic have you considered rhodium?

Not sure who told you this but I hope you didn't buy a ring off them :rolleyes: A titanium man's ring will cost anywhere from 150 - 300e I reckon, depending on design etc.

victor1

prinz wrote: »

I know Ernest Jones on Grafton Street does, pretty much all the large jewellery stores had them in stock I found.



My band is titanium. Got a wide band with a matte finish. I'm not a jewellery kind of person and didn't really fancy anything bright and shiny on my hand. Just wanted something fairly plain and understated. Ring I got was perfect for it.



Not sure who told you this but I hope you didn't buy a ring off them :rolleyes: A titanium man's ring will cost anywhere from 150 - 300e I reckon, depending on design etc.

Yeah, exact reason why i dont want the norm, not a jewellery person either, what you described is what i want, low key and understated

Saruman

Mine is Titanium, I got it at one of the Jewlers in liffey valley back in 2004.

prinz

victor1 wrote: »

Yeah, exact reason why i dont want the norm, not a jewellery person either, what you described is what i want, low key and understated

Ernest Jones then, got mine there. Very helpful staff. It's a fairly wide band, flat finish, darkish titanium with a single engraved line around the middle. I think it was €225.

Glowing

My fiance is buying his Titanium ring from www.weddingrings-direct.com - they've a huge selection.

You can order a 'sample' in sterling silver to make sure the shape and size is right for you before you order the real thing. The customer service has been topnotch ....

victor1

Glowing wrote: »

My fiance is buying his Titanium ring from www.weddingrings-direct.com - they've a huge selection.

You can order a 'sample' in sterling silver to make sure the shape and size is right for you before you order the real thing. The customer service has been topnotch ....

Hi,
thanks for that, found them alright, good to know that someone has had a positive experience with them, they seem really competitive price wise for titanium

Col200sx

I don't know if it's any help, but I went with the fiance look at wedding bands.

I was looking for either a platinum or titanium simple looking ring, but the one I wanted in platinum was near 3k euro:eek: The most simliar in titanium was less than 300euro.

BUT here's the warning, according the assistant (and have heard elsewhere since), once you've picked the titanium ring, if you scrape it it can't be fixed, and you can't resize it due to the metal in it.

(I'm not a scientist/engineer, only relaying information I got myself).

That changed my mind about going the titanium route. Just a heads up:)

prinz

Col200sx wrote: »

BUT here's the warning, according the assistant (and have heard elsewhere since), once you've picked the titanium ring, if you scrape it it can't be fixed, and you can't resize it due to the metal in it.

Aye but sure they're cheap enough to just buy a new one

Saruman

But a Titanium ring, at least the type I got is not a shiny ring pretending to be Gold. Its Titanium and I like it looking a little scuffed and manly looking

victor1

Cheers, bit anyone know of a location in south(cork/lmk/tipp/kk) areas that sell?