{"id":2227,"date":"2019-01-20T09:00:37","date_gmt":"2019-01-20T14:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/?p=2227"},"modified":"2024-01-16T11:25:51","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T16:25:51","slug":"can-titanium-be-sized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/can-titanium-be-sized\/","title":{"rendered":"CAN TITANIUM BE SIZED?"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Can<\/div>\n

The first time I ever saw a titanium ring was about twenty years ago.<\/p>\n

\nOther white metals were becoming really popular and giving white gold a run for its money.<\/p>\n

“What is this?”<\/h2>\n

\nWe had just gotten a shipment of titanium wedding rings<\/a> in and I picked one up to inspect it. I was shocked…<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nIt felt like nothing. It was so light and weightless. I bounced it on my palm thinking “It has to be hollow inside<\/strong>” (it wasn’t). You could barely even feel it.<\/p>\n

It felt like air.<\/h2>\n

\nWhen compared to white gold (which was the standard for many years), titanium felt like a feather<\/strong>. I was curious to learn more about titanium. After all, titanium is used to make laptops lighter (not to mention more durable<\/strong>), it’s been used in watches for years, and even the space shuttle utilized titanium.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Titanium in space.<\/h2>\n

\nSo here we go…<\/strong><\/p>\n

Titanium is a natural element.<\/h2>\n

\nTitanium is not an alloy or a synthetic. Titanium is gun-metal gray in hue (which I love<\/strong>), and has some very interesting and surprising attributes to it…<\/p>\n

Things to love about titanium:<\/h2>\n
    \n
  1. Titanium is more durable than gold. AND… (and this is a big AND…) Titanium is equal in strength to steel<\/strong>. Equal to steel? That’s impressive (sometimes even stronger). It’s like the superman of metals.<\/strong> Titanium is a 6 on the MOH’s scale of hardness. Gold is only 2.5-3.<\/li>\n
  2. Titanium is much cheaper <\/strong>than gold. Way cheaper. Like half the cost or more.<\/li>\n
  3. Titanium is almost impossible to size though… (Whoops! Not a great attribute.<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Impossible to size?<\/h2>\n

    \nYou read that correct. Titanium is almost impossible to size. I didn’t know this fun, little fact until I gave a titanium ring to the jeweler to size the first time. He looked at me like I was crazy. “You can’t size titanium<\/strong>” he said “Maybe 1\/4 size<\/strong>, but that’s it. You have to order it in the right size.” <\/p>\n

    How fascinating.<\/h2>\n

    \nTitanium is a very interesting metal indeed.<\/strong><\/p>\n