Project description
We are getting married in the middle of May and would like to order a pair of wedding bands from one jeweller who forges them by hand. Ready-made rings from a display case do not suit us: my fiancee has a narrow finger with a prominent knuckle, and I need a wide band that will survive daily work with tools. What we picture is a matched pair in 585 rose gold, hers about 3 mm wide, mine 5 mm, both with a rounded comfort-fit inner profile so the ring does not press when hands swell in summer heat.
The surfaces should not be identical. We would like a soft hammered texture on the wider band, genuinely forged rather than imitated with a stamp, and a fine satin brushed finish on the narrower one, with lightly polished chamfers on the edges of both so the pair still reads as one set from across a table. Inside each ring we want an engraving: our wedding date and two short initials, cut with a graver or laser, whichever holds better on a forged surface, and deep enough to survive years of wear plus one or two resizings.
Please tell us how you work. Do you cut wax or resin models for fitting before forging? We would like to wear the models on our own hands for about a week, because a measured size and a comfortable size are rarely the same number. The finished rings must be in our hands at least ten days before the ceremony, in a plain box, with a short note on care and cleaning.
In your reply please state:
— the price for the pair including metal, forging and engraving;
— how many fittings are included and how the wax models are delivered;
— the realistic production time from the approved sketch;
— what a later resize by half a size would cost.
The surfaces should not be identical. We would like a soft hammered texture on the wider band, genuinely forged rather than imitated with a stamp, and a fine satin brushed finish on the narrower one, with lightly polished chamfers on the edges of both so the pair still reads as one set from across a table. Inside each ring we want an engraving: our wedding date and two short initials, cut with a graver or laser, whichever holds better on a forged surface, and deep enough to survive years of wear plus one or two resizings.
Please tell us how you work. Do you cut wax or resin models for fitting before forging? We would like to wear the models on our own hands for about a week, because a measured size and a comfortable size are rarely the same number. The finished rings must be in our hands at least ten days before the ceremony, in a plain box, with a short note on care and cleaning.
In your reply please state:
— the price for the pair including metal, forging and engraving;
— how many fittings are included and how the wax models are delivered;
— the realistic production time from the approved sketch;
— what a later resize by half a size would cost.
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