Tungsten Carbide

Why Tungsten Carbide? Tungsten is the only rare and exotic metal that can be permanently polished. The polish and finish can last as long as your commitment to each other - 30, 40 or even 50 years!

With gold, platinum and even titanium jewelry, you will notice varying degrees of scratching, denting and surface mars. However, with tungsten jewelry, the surface will maintain it's original beautiful shiny finish.

Many people also enjoy the heavy weight of a tungsten jewelry. The enduring polish of tungsten jewelry together with the solid weight, speak of commitment, security and an everlasting bond.

Hard Facts About Tungsten Carbide: * Tungsten jewelry is the most wear resistant jewelry available on the planet. * Tungsten is about 10 times harder than 18K Gold, 5 times harder than tool steel, and 4 times harder than titanium. * Tungsten measures between 8 and 9 on the Mohs hardness scale. (Diamonds are a 10 - the highest.) * Due to their extreme hardness, Tungsten jewelry holds its shape and shine longer than any jewelry type on the market. * Tungsten jewelry have been referred to as the "Permanently Polished Jewelry". * Tungsten Jewelry will NOT bend. * Each piece of tungsten jewelry is individually hand crafted using assorted diamond abrasives and poly crystalline diamond tooling. * All of our Tungsten Jewelry is cobalt free.

The Manufacturing Process Tungsten with carbon and other elements are ground into a powder and then compressed with high pressure dies to form a jewelry blank.

The blank is then fired in an oxygen free furnace at an astounding 6,200 degrees Fahrenheit. This process called sintering creates the hardest metal used for making jewelry.

The jewelry is then cut and shaped using diamond tools with approximately 30 steps required for completion. The cutting and shaping of a tungsten ring is similar in many ways to the cutting and polishing of a rough diamond.

Tungsten jewelry inlaid with gold, silver, platinum or mokume gane are created by grinding a channel in the center of the jewelry piece and precisely "swedging" the metal into the channel under extreme pressure.

The jewelry is then skillfully polished with diamond polishing tools and wheels creating a permanent luster and polish not possible with other metals.

Tungsten Carbide Jewelry will remain polished forever, and is scratch resistant. It is a unique metal that epitomizes today's man more than any other.

What's the difference between Tungsten Jewelry and Tungsten Carbide Jewelry? Some of our competitors sell Tungsten Jewelry that does not include Carbide. (Some of the retailers still call them Tungsten Carbide however, so be careful.) Tungsten only jewelry is basically a steel ring. It is very hard, but NOT scratch proof.

Tungsten Carbide Jewelry can only be scratched by a diamond or a product containing the mineral corundum.

If you are shopping for tungsten jewelry, you are better off with one of our Tungsten Carbide Rings or Bracelets and it's lifetime warranty.

Should I be concerned with Cobalt in my Ring? Absolutely YES! Many Tungsten and tungsten carbide rings, bracelets and pendants have Cobalt in them. The alloy containing Cobalt is easier to procure and jewelry containing Cobalt are being commonly sold. However, jewelry containing Cobalt will develop a negative react to your skin. After a short time period the ring will develop oxidation spots that cannot be removed or polished out. This is due to the Cobalt reacting to the human body. You can easily prevent this from happening by purchasing one of our Cobalt free tungsten pieces of jewelry.