For many people wedding rings become personalized once they are engraved with a special message or symbol. Engraving your wedding ring can be a great way to personalize your ring but if done wrong it could simply ruin everything.

Let, us explain. Tungsten rings must be engraved with a special laser engraver. We have seen people try to engrave tungsten rings with standard etching engravers. The results are horrendous. The message is scarcely readable and is very shaky and hard to read. The reason this method of engraving does not fare well with tungsten wedding rings is because tungsten carbide is much much harder then traditional metals. Gold, silver, and platinum rings are easily engraved by way of etching because the metal is so soft.

Most reputable tungsten jewelers will offer laser engraving services. If they don’t, most likely this is because they are not a real jeweler. Web sites that don’t offer laser engraving generally order rings as they are ordered and don’t keep much inventory on hand. Tungsten Direct carries every ring size from size 4 to size 15 in stock to fit the needs of 99% of our customers.

When choosing what to have engraved on your wedding band try to keep a few things in mind to make it a good experience. Messages longer than 20 characters can easily be done but will be used with a smaller font which can be harder to read for some individuals. Exterior engraving should also be carefully decided on since it will be on the most prominent part of the ring you should find a design that you will always love and appreciate.

Know your size! Just because you wear a size 8 in gold or silver may not necessarily mean that you are a size 8 in tungsten carbide. Take the extra time to try your ring on before you engrave it, you won’t regret it.

Lastly, laser engraving is generally more expensive then etching. This is because each message must be made to work specifically with the laser engraving machine. Messages that don’t use standard fonts or those that require custom designs will take longer to program and will cost a little more. However, while it may seem expensive, Tungsten Direct offers the most affordable laser engraving available. Very few jewelers will make custom designed tungsten rings, Tungsten Direct is one of them.

So the next time you are trying to decide on a message to engrave think about these few items and your experience will be a great one.

Welcome to our new blog! We have wanted to get this going for quite some time now and we finally made it happen. We are excited about having the opportunity to share with our customers and future customers some of the interesting things about tungsten rings, wedding ring purchasing tips, common mistakes, and other musings that we feel would be interesting to read.

We also plan to use our new blog as a platform to educate others about tungsten jewelry. There are many misconceptions and misunderstandings about this great metal. So, with that being said. Welcome, and stay tuned for some great information.