Palladium Wedding Rings - Luxurious Luster For Less

Like the look of platinum wedding rings but not the price tag? You may want to consider a wedding ring crafted from palladium. Over the last few years palladium wedding rings have become increasingly popular for many good reasons.

Firstly, palladium comes from the same rare metal family as platinum. Palladium is a naturally occurring shiny, white metal, which like platinum, means it does not have to be plated with rhodium to maintain a luxurious shine. White gold wedding bands generally are rhodium plated to provide that nice white shine. Rhodium plating eventually wears off rings, requiring more plating every so often to maintain that silvery shine and luster.

Secondly, palladium is less costly than platinum, and a little more expensive than gold. So, you end up with a wedding ring with a platinum appearance, but not the associated price tag.

Thirdly, palladium wedding rings are hypoallergenic as they are 95% pure and do not contain any nickel. This makes them a great choice for anyone with sensitive skin or allergies to metal alloys.

In addition, palladium is extremely hard wearing and durable, which is a consideration when you are selecting a ring that you will be wearing for a lifetime. This is also something to consider when selecting an ornate setting, as the harder metals will provide a more secure setting for a longer time as they are less likely to wear.

Palladium wedding rings showcase diamonds beautifully and the color of the metal will enhance the sparkle factor of your diamond engagement ring. The metal palladium also has a lower melting point then platinum, making it more jeweler friendly when looking for ornate ring designs and settings.

Palladium is not only rarer than gold, but it is a harder metal than both white gold or platinum, making for a good long term investment. Palladium weighs about the same as white gold when made into a setting, but is up to 40% lighter than platinum, which can be a consideration if you are looking at a band with a good amount of metal in it. Unlike white gold, or silver, palladium wedding rings will not tarnish, scratch easily, or lose their shine.

Many well known jewelery houses including Verragio and Tacori will create your engagement and wedding rings in palladium.

Mae Smith is the webmaster of http://www.rokstok.com where you can design your own engagement rings or custom handcrafted jewelry and shop for Tacori settings prices when viewing our Tacori rings, jewelry, and wedding rings or make your own custom jewelry.

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Why You Should Wear Palladium Wedding Bands

There was a time - not very long ago - when diamond wedding rings were mainly for women, and all looked pretty much the same. Today, its common for men to wear diamond wedding rings as well, and traditional mens gold wedding rings are just the tip of the iceberg!

Tacori Rings

Tacori engagement rings are unique in terms not only of style, but of materials as well - and do not have gem stones mounted. Tacori rings are crafted without mounted stones so as to allow the buyer to choose the kind of gem s/he would prefer to have placed in the mounting, which is then cut to order.

Tacori style is definitely one-of-a-kind. If you can imagine music that blends the ornate, yet mathematical precision of J.S. Bach with the sophisticated urban modernity of George Gershwin, you have a pretty good idea of what Tacori engagement rings present to the eye. Edwardian and Art-Deco were contemporaneous architectural and artistic styles, yet the former was post-Victorian and ornately baroque, while Art-Deco was known for clean, minimalist lines influenced by the Machine Age. Tacori rings successfully blend these two very different styles into a unique kind of jewelry that one will find nowhere else.

Traditional Wedding Jewelry From Space Age Materials

Tacori jewelers also pioneered the use of modern alternatives to gold and silver in the creation of wedding jewelry. Gold and silver, while having great beauty and luster of their own, are relatively soft metals that require a fair amount of care.

Tacori engagement rings and other wedding jewelry are made from extra durable space age metals. The Tacori line includes mens titanium wedding rings, palladium wedding bands and tungsten carbide wedding rings. Tungsten carbide is used in the manufacture of rock-cutting equipment, while palladium is an extremely hard metal, having a melting point of nearly 3000 degrees Fahrenheit! Titanium is yet another highly durable, yet lightweight metal that is a popular material used in top-of-the-line racing and mountain bicycles.

The bottom line is that Tacori's palladium wedding bands or tungsten carbide wedding rings are virtually indestructible. Like their mens titanium wedding rings, these pieces resist scratching, require no polishing and will last for generations - making them ideal heirlooms!

Tradition

Of course, those who prefer the old ways can still find traditional mens gold wedding rings and diamond wedding rings as well. Such pieces are still carefully crafted by the finest jewelers who nonetheless use the latest tools and techniques in order to produce wedding jewelry of the highest quality. Whether it is simple wedding bands or traditional diamond wedding rings, gold still retains the same allure that it has for 5000 years.

Jonathon Blocker specializes in diamond jewelry and watches. He is a consultant for Rokstok.com, a trusted name in the jewelry industry since 1999.

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