When I think of the love I want in my life, I think of two songs: Morning Song and Painters by Jewel from the album Pieces of You. Two passages come to mind.
From Morning Song: It’s you that I adore, for you I’ll be a poor man’s wife.
From Painters: They painted every, passion every home, created every beautiful child. In the winter they were weavers of warmth, in summer they were carpenters of love. They thought blue prints were too sad so they made them yellow.
Kind of sappy, I know. But I’m a sap for everlasting love. I like hearing about happily married old folks celebrating golden anniversaries. I like hearing about young couples beating the odds. I like it when my friends get married, especially when they get married to each other. So what does this have to do with tungsten? Tungsten carbide–a metal alloy ten times harder than 18K gold–is a relative newcomer on the wedding band scene, but one that apparently will “last as long as your commitment to each other.”
What that means is that your tungsten carbine wedding bands, once polished and sized, will never lose its finish and will furthermore never pick up unsightly scratches, dents, or pits. The thought of never having to have one’s wedding band replaced is an intriguing one.
Tungsten carbide’s sole folly is the same as its most appealing trait. Namely, its everlastingness. In the event of an emergency, hospital and ambulance workers may not know how to remove a tungsten carbide ring stuck on a finger. Tungsten-Jewelry.com provides tungsten wearers with this advice:
Rings made of extremely hard materials, like tungsten carbide or ceramic, can only be removed by cracking them into pieces with standard vice grip–style locking pliers. Standard ring cutters will not work. Place vice grip–style locking pliers over ring and adjust the jaws to clamp lightly. Release and adjust tightener one-third turn and then clamp again. Repeat until a crack is heard, and then continue clamping in different positions until the hard material breaks away.
