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| If you google it it says all metals can be cut. tungsten carbide is a strong but brittle metal, so if you go with that and he gets a lot of forse on his hand, like slams it is a car doop or has something fall on it, it will not bend but break apart instead. look into it, I think that's what we will be going with.
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Platinum, titanium, tungsten, gold, palladium, etc, all of these rings can be "cut" if need be, you just need the right tools. Tungsten carbide cannot be resized and titanium is also very tricky to resize so it's generally not done. No metal used in rings is indestructible though, especially not platinum!
Have a look here http://www.forevermetals.com/product-engagement-band-facts-inlays-celtic-gold-platinum/
and here
http://www.cascadiadesignstudio.com/faq-cut-off-ring.htm
I swear I don't know where these places hire their staff from, it doesn't sound like they have any jewelery education at all!
Marrying the love of my life, October 10th, 2009 in the Rockies 
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| thanks ladies there is soo much to think about with the rings....and the people in the jewellers are useless!!! Thnaks again and we will deff look into things.
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I don't know if the was said earlier in the post, but all 10, 14k and 18k white gold has to be rhodium plated to keep the yellow away. It's inevitable no matter who you buy it from. The quality of the rhodium is the difference and the alloying metals in which they mix with the gold is also important. Apparently there's no standard for rhodium plating or which mix of alloying metals a jeweler can use. I found this site kinda helpful!  http://www.canadajewels.com/pages/whitegold.htm However, my ring is from Spence and it is 19k white gold (it's not too common to find in a lot of jewelry stores), but it doesn't need rhodium plated as it uses different metal alloys to retain the 'silver' colour. I've had it for almost 2 years now and there's been no issue with yellowing or anything like that. It's cheaper than platinum as well.
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Sintium (3/14/2008)
I don't know if the was said earlier in the post, but all 10, 14k and 18k white gold has to be rhodium plated to keep the yellow away. It's inevitable no matter who you buy it from. The quality of the rhodium is the difference and the alloying metals in which they mix with the gold is also important. Apparently there's no standard for rhodium plating or which mix of alloying metals a jeweler can use. I found this site kinda helpful! http://www.canadajewels.com/pages/whitegold.htm However, my ring is from Spence and it is 19k white gold (it's not too common to find in a lot of jewelry stores), but it doesn't need rhodium plated as it uses different metal alloys to retain the 'silver' colour. I've had it for almost 2 years now and there's been no issue with yellowing or anything like that. It's cheaper than platinum as well. Mines 19k too!!hehehe....your the first person i know to have one as well!! cool....isnt it great not to have to replate it??hehehe
Chulie ~Countdown to November 1,st 2008~
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chulie (3/17/2008)Mines 19k too!!hehehe....your the first person i know to have one as well!! cool....isnt it great not to have to replate it??hehehe So handy!! it's much cheaper too, especially if you need to resize. My wedding band is in 19k as well. When I put them side by side they look great even though my e-ring is 2 years old. I don't even think I'll need to polish my E-ring before the wedding.
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