Comments on: Adjustable wrench wedding-ring http://boingboing.net/2012/12/11/adjustable-wrench-wedding-ring.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 05:48:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: ocker3 http://boingboing.net/2012/12/11/adjustable-wrench-wedding-ring.html#comment-1604908 ocker3 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 07:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199584#comment-1604908  Pfffff, buy it and wear it with pride, if you love something like that I don't see any barriers to wearing it. Certainly a good way to show your love of tools.  Pfffff, buy it and wear it with pride, if you love something like that I don’t see any barriers to wearing it. Certainly a good way to show your love of tools.

]]> By: Donald Petersen http://boingboing.net/2012/12/11/adjustable-wrench-wedding-ring.html#comment-1604575 Donald Petersen Tue, 11 Dec 2012 22:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199584#comment-1604575 When my wife and I were shopping for rings, I knew I didn't want a gold one.  I'd been married before, and my old gold band was irritatingly heavy and easy to scratch.  I briefly considered tungsten, but it was too shiny, and also felt heavy.  Then I tried on a titanium band.  Felt great, light as a feather, and I still haven't managed to scratch it seven years later.  I liked its brushed finish, too.  Best of all, it cost under $200, freeing us up to spend much more on my wife's rings, so that worked out well too. I do like this ring, however. I don't even mind that the nooks and crannies will collect sweat and gunk and filth. It'll just more closely resemble my real crescent wrenches, after all. When my wife and I were shopping for rings, I knew I didn’t want a gold one.  I’d been married before, and my old gold band was irritatingly heavy and easy to scratch.  I briefly considered tungsten, but it was too shiny, and also felt heavy.  Then I tried on a titanium band.  Felt great, light as a feather, and I still haven’t managed to scratch it seven years later.  I liked its brushed finish, too.  Best of all, it cost under $200, freeing us up to spend much more on my wife’s rings, so that worked out well too.

I do like this ring, however. I don’t even mind that the nooks and crannies will collect sweat and gunk and filth. It’ll just more closely resemble my real crescent wrenches, after all.

]]> By: ethicalcannibal http://boingboing.net/2012/12/11/adjustable-wrench-wedding-ring.html#comment-1604466 ethicalcannibal Tue, 11 Dec 2012 20:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199584#comment-1604466 I totally missed that. My husband wanted to get me one since we hit our 20th anniversary. . . grumble grumble grumble I totally missed that. My husband wanted to get me one since we hit our 20th anniversary. . . grumble grumble grumble

]]> By: missbloom http://boingboing.net/2012/12/11/adjustable-wrench-wedding-ring.html#comment-1604431 missbloom Tue, 11 Dec 2012 20:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199584#comment-1604431 I would love to wear a ring like this, but it is listed as a "true guy's wedding band" so clearly I am unqualified to purchase it. :-( I would love to wear a ring like this, but it is listed as a “true guy’s wedding band” so clearly I am unqualified to purchase it. :-(

]]> By: ChickieD http://boingboing.net/2012/12/11/adjustable-wrench-wedding-ring.html#comment-1604404 ChickieD Tue, 11 Dec 2012 19:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199584#comment-1604404 The good thing about silver bands is they are pretty cheap, so if you are willing to have multiples, you would end up spending about the same over time as buying a harder metal. Or you could have one with more alloy material, which is what they do with gold to strengthen it. My band is gold but my husband is one of those manly guys who wanted titanium or another strong metal. He has the gold band that matches mine for round-the-house and going out but a stainless steel ring for work. When we were looking into the second band for him, one option I was considering was getting the matching band to our gold rings in silver because it was way cheap and if he messed it up, we could just replace it. But, I think he had some concern about how it would handle in a fist fight or some other macho reason - but mainly I think because he's a gear junkie who loves to buy manly toys. The good thing about silver bands is they are pretty cheap, so if you are willing to have multiples, you would end up spending about the same over time as buying a harder metal. Or you could have one with more alloy material, which is what they do with gold to strengthen it.

My band is gold but my husband is one of those manly guys who wanted titanium or another strong metal. He has the gold band that matches mine for round-the-house and going out but a stainless steel ring for work. When we were looking into the second band for him, one option I was considering was getting the matching band to our gold rings in silver because it was way cheap and if he messed it up, we could just replace it. But, I think he had some concern about how it would handle in a fist fight or some other macho reason – but mainly I think because he’s a gear junkie who loves to buy manly toys.

]]> By: ethicalcannibal http://boingboing.net/2012/12/11/adjustable-wrench-wedding-ring.html#comment-1604311 ethicalcannibal Tue, 11 Dec 2012 17:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199584#comment-1604311 I dunno. My husband has his silver band still, 20 years later. It's stood up just fine. He's an accountant, so there's that.  Mine was was crushed in a DIY accident that also mangled my finger. I'm on my second silver band, and haven't managed to kill it yet. It's been over 5 years. I've killed a couple wedding bands over the years, and it's never mattered what they were because the damage was pretty impressive. I still have all my fingers, which my husband says is a miracle. . . :) I dunno. My husband has his silver band still, 20 years later. It’s stood up just fine. He’s an accountant, so there’s that. 

Mine was was crushed in a DIY accident that also mangled my finger. I’m on my second silver band, and haven’t managed to kill it yet. It’s been over 5 years. I’ve killed a couple wedding bands over the years, and it’s never mattered what they were because the damage was pretty impressive. I still have all my fingers, which my husband says is a miracle. . . :)

]]> By: Mordicai http://boingboing.net/2012/12/11/adjustable-wrench-wedding-ring.html#comment-1604300 Mordicai Tue, 11 Dec 2012 17:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199584#comment-1604300 Do you, Colonel Mustard, take Miss Scarlet, with the Monkey Wrench, in the Chapel, to be your wife? Do you, Colonel Mustard, take Miss Scarlet, with the Monkey Wrench, in the Chapel, to be your wife?

]]> By: ChickieD http://boingboing.net/2012/12/11/adjustable-wrench-wedding-ring.html#comment-1604254 ChickieD Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199584#comment-1604254 It's cool but when you are looking for a wedding band, you definitely want to think about how it will stand up to everyday abuse. Silver is too soft to handle daily wear, and the design would collect all manner of soap and crud. I wouldn't want to set such an expensive stone as a sapphire into a silver setting. Be a cute occasional ring, though, in white gold. It’s cool but when you are looking for a wedding band, you definitely want to think about how it will stand up to everyday abuse. Silver is too soft to handle daily wear, and the design would collect all manner of soap and crud. I wouldn’t want to set such an expensive stone as a sapphire into a silver setting. Be a cute occasional ring, though, in white gold.

]]> By: oasisob1 http://boingboing.net/2012/12/11/adjustable-wrench-wedding-ring.html#comment-1604216 oasisob1 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199584#comment-1604216 That wrench doesn't look adjustable. That wrench doesn’t look adjustable.

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