A Women’s Guide to Men’s Wedding Bands
Weddings and wedding rings tend to focus on the bride. But men also have choices to make during the process of marriage. One of these choices remains about the style of wedding band they will wear for the rest of their lives. Guys need a beautiful ring, too.
The wedding band, as with other wedding rings, is in the shape of a circle to represent eternity and commitment. You’ll want to choose an excellent ring from the thousands of mens wedding bands available. Keep reading for tips on choosing the right mens wedding bands.
1. The width of the band is essential.
Your spouse can choose from a slim ring, a wide band, or any in-between width. If your husband works hard with his hands, he might enjoy wearing a thin wedding band to allow his hands to move freely.
2. What metal should you choose?
Metal choices depend on his personal preferences and the stability of the band’s metal. Silver, for instance, is a softer metal than platinum and may wear out faster than does gold. You’ll need to decide what color metal to choose, too. You can pick white metal, such as tungsten, silver, white gold, or platinum. You might also select a yellow gold ring. Or you can even choose a rose gold wedding band to help your man make a fashion statement.
The next most expensive metal for constructing a man’s wedding band is gold. Gold comes in white gold, yellow gold, and rose gold. It also comes in different karat values, usually ranging from 10 kt to 14 and 18 kt. gold. Pure gold is 24 kt. gold and is too soft to be worn as jewelry.
Tungsten, titanium, and silver are the least expensive choices for wedding band metals for men. Platinum remains the most costly selection in most cases. If your man wears earrings or piercings, you might want to match the metals in his wedding band. For the most part, the more you spend on a wedding band, the longer it will last.
Are you having trouble choosing a metal color for your man? Right now, wedding bands with a mixture of silver, yellow gold, and rose gold are available to give you a large variety of choices. Also, tungsten and titanium bands can come in silver, white, gray, and basic black.
3. Gemstone Wedding Band
Plain gold bands are beautiful and traditional. Choosing gemstones for your man’s wedding band remains an increasingly popular trend, however. Choose a few channel set diamonds for the band. Or pick a larger diamond and have it set deeply into the band’s design.
Another choice for gemstones remains to place your birthstone and his side by side in a band setting. If your husband has a favorite color, you can have stones of that color set into his band. Sapphires and rubies are hard stones and work well when placed in wedding bands.
4. Design details enhance the ring’s look.
A design element, as simple as having a baseball or basketball design, can make the band’s design unique. A couple of grooves etched into the design of the ring ads interest, too. A shiny versus a textured finish also makes a wedding band more interesting.
5. Have your ring professionally fitted and sized.
If a ring fits too tightly, it may need to be cut off his finger. A band that’s too loose might fall off his ring accidentally and become lost. A properly sized ring will help the band become so comfortable that it becomes a routine part of your man’s wardrobe.
6. Engravings and etchings.
You can have significant symbols etched on the outside of a wedding band. You may also have a unique date that means something to the both of you engraved inside the band. One unique engraving for a wedding band is a person’s fingerprint. You can get a beautiful fingerprint engagement ring too!
You may choose your husband’s wedding band to match yours. Or let him pick his ring. Some discrete observations and shopping will help you find just the right ring for your future husband. Choose a unique design for him to wear with pride for a lifetime.