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One Ring To Bind Them All
Thu, 01/02/2003 - 02:15 — deadprogrammer
After I lost $30 pounds on Atkins diet my wedding ring started to slip off my finger. Of course, I am not Frodo, and wearing it on a piece of string was not an option. I used to leave it on the dressing table a lot, and finally it disappeared. Who stole Precious is not clear, but Tilde the cat is a likely suspect. So my wedding band is hopelessly lost. It was a titanium ring. It looked like this: Interestingly enough, the company that makes these rings is located in Canada. I wonder if they were inspired by the Engineer's Ring. I have a somewhat unhealthy fascination with titanium. I love that metal. SR71 Blackbird planes, Akula class subs, and if you are a Star Wars geek, TIE fighters are made mostly of titanium. I own a titanium watch and eyeglasses frame. I used to have a titanium pda case, but I lost it too :( Titanium is almost indestructible, but easily lost. Well, now I need to replace the ring. I am thinking of choosing a different, fancier design. Probably one of these. I was also thinking about a more exotic material for the ring, like iridium, but nobody makes them. By the way, titanium rings are machined out of a single block of titanium. You can't really smelt titanium, so resizing the rings is out of the question. Imagine how much skill is needed to machine interlocking rings out of a single block: |
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