Tungsten Rings

We went looking for Jesse a wedding band again today and he found "the one."

It is tungsten and boy is it complicated. I've heard some not so exciting things about tungsten (i.e. it shatters if dropped and in an emergency Jesse may lose his finger because it would be harder to get the ring off than his finger) Every store had a different answer for each of our questions about tungsten. Can it be engraved? Will it scratch easy? Does it shatter? Can it be easily taken off in an emergency? Yes, no, maybe ?!

I'm now home doing research to see if tungsten would be the best choice.

Can it be engraved? Yes, but only laser engraving.
Will it scratch? No
Does it shatter? Well I saw a video of a dude hitting one with a hammer and it wasn't damaged, so no, not easily.
Can it be taken off in an emergency? Yes.

Not sure why I trust the source I found but it just seems like they knew what they were talking about.

Now since we've decided tungsten is ok, we have to decide if the place we found "the one" is a reputable enough place. I'm weary because it is not a big name chain but more of a small time, may be closed in a year kind of place. But it's the ring he likes the best and it's super cheap, so if something did happen to it, we wouldn't be out a lot of money and it could be replaced.

Decisions, decisions....

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