Married not even a half-year...

[sonofgrok]

I've heard that the problem with tungsten rings is that if you bash your finger badly and end up in the hospital, it's much harder for them to remove than softer metals like gold or silver. If your finger has swollen due to an injury, they have to cut the ring off, and their tools don't work on tungsten, increasing the risk of amputating a finger that could have otherwise been saved.

So, uh, no thanks on the tungsten. I'll stick with nice, soft, white gold.

Tungsten is actually much easier to remove as it shatters. It also means its safer because it will shatter instead of bending in and cutting off your finger.

 

[NickTheGreat]

I liked the idea of a tungsten ring but figured I'd end up shattering. And the titanium cutting-off-ability freaked me.

I just went with white gold, and hope I don't ruin it. Only been 6 months, and it looks pretty nice!

 

[JDGator]

i have worn my ring 3 times in the last 6 years. wedding day, second day of marriage, and on our 5th anniversay. i can't stand rings, watches, neckless, etc.

 

[kombat]

Tungsten is actually much easier to remove as it shatters. It also means its safer because it will shatter instead of bending in and cutting off your finger.

So if I bang my finger in a car door and it swells up, and the paramedics show up and determine that my ring MUST come off if they're to save the finger, in what universe is it SAFER for them to start bashing at my already-broken finger with a hammer, to shatter my wedding ring? And am I liable for the obscenities I will undoubtably spew while they're doing so?

 

[sonofgrok]

So if I bang my finger in a car door and it swells up, and the paramedics show up and determine that my ring MUST come off if they're to save the finger, in what universe is it SAFER for them to start bashing at my already-broken finger with a hammer, to shatter my wedding ring? And am I liable for the obscenities I will undoubtably spew while they're doing so?

I would rather bash my finger in a car door on the tungsten ring than onto the metal ring that severs my finger...

And if our politicians aren't liable for the crap that comes out of their mouth everyday, I think you are safe for whatever comes out of yours during a medical emergency.

P.S. I think they use a vice/pliers to compress and shatter the ring... not a hammer.

 

[fuzzy2133]

So if I bang my finger in a car door and it swells up, and the paramedics show up and determine that my ring MUST come off if they're to save the finger, in what universe is it SAFER for them to start bashing at my already-broken finger with a hammer, to shatter my wedding ring? And am I liable for the obscenities I will undoubtably spew while they're doing so?

Lol
I can hear the EMT yelling for his partner to go grab the 20lb sledge to save your finger. :cross:

 

[beaksnbeer]

I'd lose the finger then problem solved hence forth

 

[M4car223]

For what it is worth, as an EMT we carried a pair of vice grips in our bags just for Tungsten rings.

We would lightly clamp down on the ring and the tighten 1/8 of a turn while rotating 1/4 of a turn and the ring would break off into a couple pieces. I never personally did it, but saw it done in labs on the instructors own finger as well as in the bus after a traumatic injury call.