Will This Ring Shatter?

A few weeks ago Mr. Buck and I were at Shane Co getting my engagement ring cleaned and inspected. Since we were there, we decided to go ahead and try on some wedding bands. We didn't have an exact timeline of when we were going to purchase wedding bands. We figured when we found ones we liked, we would buy them.

Mr. Buck does not wear any type of jewelry...not even a watch. The salesman told him that he doesn't like to wear jewelry either, only a watch and his wedding band. Mr. Buck proceeded to tell him that the only jewelry he wears is his sunglasses. Sorry Mr. Buck, sunglasses don't count as jewelry! This means that we needed to find a wedding band for him that was comfortable and not flashy.

His first question to the salesman was "what ring is lowest on the conductivity rating?"

Yeah, he definitely threw this poor salesman a curve ball. He did not have an answer to him, but he said he would go find out. While he was doing the investigating I looked at Mr. Buck like, really? Why does that matter? (Honestly, I did not even know what conductivity rating meant.) Being that Mr. Buck is a smarty pants, he had already thought this all out.

You see, Mr. Buck and his dad enjoy restoring classic cars. Currently Mr. Buck is in the process of restoring an old Dodge Challenger. His concern was that if he is around any type of sparks or flames that his ring would shatter. Apparently some metals have a higher rating for being conductive to heat, whereas other metals are less conductive. Who knew!

The salesmen came back after talking to his boss and learned that gold is among the highest on the conductivity rating and titanium is among the lowest. Which meant that would limit us to looking at titanium rings. Titanium is great because it is nearly indestructible, the only problem is that it cannot be re sized.

We tried on a few different options and some were just a little too flashy for him or not very comfortable. He also is a size 9.5 and most of the rings they had were either 9, 10 or 11. The nice salesman quietly went in the back and came out with a ring that they were getting read to discontinue. He was hoping it might fit our specifications.

This ring turned out to be positively perfect in every single way. It was titanium, in his size, not flashy, and he said it is very comfortable. We decided to go ahead and buy this ring since it seemed as though it all fell into place perfectly.

Next up, the quest for MY wedding band! Oh come on, you didn't think I was going to let him have all the fun did you? 



Have you heard of the conductivity rating in rings? Did that dictate which type of ring your fiance would choose?