To be counted on to be strong in the face of adversity, to be trusted and respected by your family, your employer and your friends; to be counted as worthy to accept and honor others’ trust in you - possibly one of the most outstanding characteristics you could ever say of another person. Can this be said of you? Have you ever considered what it takes to have this reputation? This honor? This responsibility?
Among other things it requires us to lead out in ways others can follow. To sometimes choose the road less followed because the world’s ways are not always to be trusted. It means that we have to sometimes sacrifice what we want today for what is best tomorrow. It also means that what we think about is a guide to our actions and what we hold dear in our hearts can oftentimes be counted on in times of great stress and grief - we must never discard that which we hold dear in our hearts such as family, friends and faith.
In “A Man for All Seasons” the main character stays true to himself, to his convictions, to the truths he holds dear, even at the peril of his life. This must be our standard as well if we would have said of us what was said of him - that we could true and committed to truth in all things.
I bought a tungsten ring the other day - this simple men’s ring reminds me of the values I hold dear within my family. It can nenver replace my actions but it can act as a strong reminder to that which is most important in my life. Interesting isn’t it - a men’s wedding ring acting as a reminder of all the good in life. may we never forget, may we never forget!
You may have seen claims like this before - the best car, the best home, the best washing machine, the best computer … you name it the term “best” has been applied to just about every product in the world … or in this case on the planet! Have you ever wondered what best really means? Is it relative? If so, relative to what - other products in its class? Relative to the price? Relative to the type of material or construction or even relative to the amount of service that is expected with that product?
The best men’s ring. What does THIS really mean? I’ll give you a few thoughts as to why I have made this claim. The best ring would be one that has many if not all of the following characteristics: price to value is excellent, lifetime warranty that is written and legitimate, a 30-day return policy just in case it’s NOT the best ring, durable and scratch resistant, lustrous and fashionable, been on the market long enough to prove it’s not just a fad design, in high demand, involves exacting quality control measures that are adhered to with each ring, available in men’s and women’s matching styles and sizes, features a “comfort fit” design, cannot fade or mar, maintains its value year after year. There may be more but let’s stick with these for now.
I have found only one ring that matches all of these criteria: Triton Collection Tungsten Rings from mensringstore.com. Every characteristic I mentioned, these rings have it in spades. They are also exquisitely crafted and shipped with a warranty card (from the manufacturer)!
So look around and see if you agree with this rather bold statement - I think you will end up agreeing with me …
I own two horses - one is good for nothing and the other is worth as much as she weighs. The difference - the one loves to be ridden and loves the attention that I give her. She is always calm and responsive and loves to eat right out of my hand. The other one - well let’s just say in a few years there will be a few dogs with more food than they ever imagined. How can two horses be so different? My wife doesn’t ride with me because her horse - the one I just described as dog food - can’t be ridden without great effort and a painful experience from saddling all the way through getting her out of the barn, to the meadow or mountain and back without a major catastrophe! What a pain!
I also own two rings. One is a tungsten ring. The other one is a silver beast that was given to me by my great aunt - supposed to be a family heirloom. I think it is more of a family disaster.
My tungsten carbide ring was given to me by my wife about 7 years ago. It looks like it did when I first placed it on my finger. Polished. Lustrous. Perfect condition. I love it like I love my horse - it is dependable and looks great.
I’m not trying to play favorites, I am just saying that when it comes to a men’s ring - it should be as dependable as his horse and the only one I found to deliver for me - we ll now you know!
Besides not wearing it - just putting it in the little black or emerald box it came in - how do you ensure that your men’s ring is going to look great for year’s to come? The answer might just surprise you…
Have you ever considered that what you buy might have the greatest bearing on caring for your ring? Really? Absolutely. Take a gold one for example - these tend to look great at first, are very traditional, are widely sold both in stores and online and range in price from a few hundred to tens of thousands of dollars. The problem is that they tarnish and scratch really bad over time. If you have ever owned one you know that they simply look used and old after only a few years. You can go in and have them polished and even plated but what a hassle. Silver - about the same issue.
Enter the new guys on the block! Take a tungsten ring for example. Even the sleek new titanium rings. They both look similar - a gun metal gray to black and highly polished. Tungsten - much heavier than titanium. But they both have something very desirable about the way they are made - almost indestructible. They are durable - known as the man’s ring! They keep their polish and their luster even after years and years of heavy, tough wear.
But that’s not all - the way you clean them - soapy water and a cloth. Are you kidding me? No, they are almost bullet-proof, they clean with soapy water and they have an eye-catching look that inspires.
Expressions of love are made in so many important ways. Have you watched how some couples just look at each other in loving ways. The eyes do not lie. They sparkle with love when love abounds …. it can’t be faked. Holding hands - what a tender way to say “I love you”. Opening the car door for your loved one, carrying in the groceries, writing a special note just to say hello, I love you. All of these are expressions of love.
Gifts carry their weight as well although sometimes a gift can be bought and given to a loved one as a cop-out. By this I mean it might be more real, more important, more expressive to say “I love you” if you haven’t said that for a while. I think sometimes we go out and spend money as a way to not have to say or express love in more meaningful ways … does that make sense? So, I guess we just have to be careful.
My wife gave me a men’s ring - a tungsten ring to be exact. I loved it. But it meant a lot to me not just because it was a gift that cost money and she had to give it thought and go shopping (she loves to shop anyway) … it meant a lot because she knew I wanted one and she took the time to find out exactly the one I wanted and even where I would shop. She is a cunning detective and she started following my Google history to see where I was spending time looking for a ring. I learned later that she saw mensringstore.com so many times that she knew that was the place and she said when she shopped there she found out they had a 30-day return policy so if I didn’t like the one she bought - I could return it and get the one I wanted! But I loved the one she bought.
And more importantly, I love her. I guess I had better go and tell her …
Have you ever thought about this question? Or, has anyone asked you how many men’s wedding rings you own? Does it really matter? Has your spouse ever talked with you about this question? What is proper? What is acceptable? What is practical? What is necessary? What is needed? Ask 10 people, get 10 different answers … go ahead and try it. Some will start out with it depends … others will say firmly it doesn’t matter. Still others will offer - one - why would anyone need more? And of course there are those who say everyone is different and beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder … well you get the routine!
Let’s start with custom, tradition, protocol. Fifty years ago - more than one wedding ring would be overkill, unnecessary and even labled as wrong. One ring - one marriage - one covenant - one woman. To own more would be saying that the first men’s ring was somehow insufficient or lacking in some degree and then of course the question - who buys the second one? The woman? The man? Get’s complicated …
But in today’s freer thinking and more liberal society - is more better? Maybe. Many men in today’s society work outside but also have a large portion of their life devoted to indoor activities - in the professional, cultural and societal elements. As such, they might want one ring to wear outdoors and another (one that is not scratched or worn) for wearing indoors. And what about style - might there be one that matches their watch or cuff-links better than another. How about one that matches their spouses dress, purse, hat, etc. better than another?
It is this man’s opinion that the days of one ring for the man are over. In fact my favorite is a titanium ring with nitinol cable inlay but I wear a gold or stainless steel often during the workday … what are your thoughts? I would love to hear from you.
When was the last time you bought a men’s ring? What size did you buy? You don’t remember do you? Why would you - it’s probably been years ago. So let’s say you’re now in the market for one - what do you do when it’s time to pick out the final ring size? Guess? Estimate? Call a friend? Ask the audience? If anyone has ever told you something like, “there’s only one way to know for sure, go get your ring finger sized at a jewelry store”, they were wrong. There is no absolute, sure-fire, never wrong method. Period. You can only come close.
Don’t believe me? Try checking your ring finger in the summer versus the winter. Different sizes right? That’s because your finger expands in the heat of the summer and contracts - actually gets smaller in diameter - in the cold of the winter. Great - so what do I do to get the right size? First of all you understand that there is not a perfect size, there are approximations to perfect sizes. That helps get into the right mental frame of mind.
Next, use a ring sizer to get the best approximation. You can find one in major jewelers or online they have little paper sizing devices you can print and cut-out and use like a real one. They work pretty well also. You can also take an existing ring that fits well and get it sized for comparison. You might take a few things into consideration - like what time of year it is and if you are gaining weight or losing weight. Hopefully the latter …
One great way is to buy the right men’s ring - like a tungsten ring. Most of the patented, well made tungsten varieties come with a feature called “comfort fit”. This feature has a rounded interior and exterior to the ring part that touches your finger allowing it to go on and come off smoother - without as much discomfort. It also is forgiving of a little bit too small ring size. I know mensringstore.com carries a large variety of comfort fit styles and sizes from 4 to 16. Anyway, remember that there is no perfect size - just some very close approximations! And, good luck!
When I was shopping for a men’s ring, I had no clue as to what type I would end up with - I just wanted a cool looking one that didn’t cost me a fortune! I thought I would check out all of the normal places including the online stores. I found small ones and big ones, expensive ones and cheap ones, I found ones with diamonds and ones with CZ’s and I found some that had laser etched designs all throughout. The prices ranged from $49.00 to $1,000 plus. I had not a clue where I was headed with the final decision.
So here is what I did. I started with what I liked to look at - paid no attention to price - just what caught my eye. I won’t tell you where I ended up online but I will tell you that the ones I liked the best were all titanium rings. I can’t say it was because I liked the thought so much of wearing a ring made of this material, in fact until I started researching them I didn’t even know you could buy a ring made of titanium.
But I liked the look. They were all so cool. I found what was called the Triton Collection. They had a collection within a collection so to speak … they had styles with a Nitinol Cable inlaid into all of these rings. It looked so cool - they had plain, or with stones, they also had some with multiple strands of this cable but you could just tell that they were really well made and would last forever. In fact, this store had a lifetime warranty and a 30-day return policy. It didn’t take me long before the final decision had been made and I used my credit card when I purchased one for just under $500.00 - I figured I would buy right the first time and never look back. After all - it symbolizes a very long time relationship, loyalty and commitment!
I am always searching for deals - my wife is the same way. I search for deals on cars, golf clubs, tires, shoes … you know guy stuff. She searches for deals on purses, shoes, clothes, pots and pans and even food, etc. You know - girl stuff. I think most of us do this because we work hard for our money and we certainly don’t want to overpay for what we buy. We want to feel like we were smart shoppers, that we found the really good bargain - one of value that will last a lifetime even though we didn’t have to pay for a lifetime!
The other day I was searching for a men’s ring. I didn’t really have in mind exactly what style or fashion of material but I knew I wanted to update my existing wedding ring and of course I checked with my wife before I did this! Anyway, I starting a casual browse online and realized that there were a zillion stores offering rings for prices that seemed very reasonable - some even cheap. But I didn’t want cheap - I wanted a good value and there is a difference as we all know.
My favorite site was mensringstore.com because they have a section called discontinued rings - man, this was a great bargain basement if I have ever seen one. They had a tungsten ring for $49.00 (regularly $229.00) that I bought on the spot. It came with a lifetime warranty and a 30-day return policy in case I didn’t get the right size or something. I also was able to pay using PayPal which made the whole thing seem safe to me.
Good price, a durable and fashionable style that will last a lifetime - all for under $50.00! Sold!
I first heard of titanium when I was studying airplane design and manufacturing in a physics class in college. There are many applications of this metal, one being in the manufacture of aircraft wings. One of the reason sis that titanium as a metal is extremely hard yet lightweight. Perfect for a wing on a plane! But there are a host of other uses.
Have you ever seen golf clubs made of titanium? Well they are. they use this durable material to plate the woods in many of the finer clubs. I don’t know if Tiger Woods (the number one golfer in the world) uses titanium clubs but for guys like me, they are plentiful and not too expensive.
I have also noticed that some of the finer jewelry stores sell titanium rings as well as gold and silver and tungsten rings. Can you imagine wearing a men’s ring made of titanium? Why use this material? Because it is, as stated above, very hard and durable, yet lightweight. I don’t know about you but I hate to wear heavy jewelry on my hand or fingers so this type is perfect.
I checked online at mensringstore.com. They offer a lifetime warranty on each of their many styles and a 30-day return policy and have great prices - discounted up to 57% off retail. So if youre looking for one of these, you might want to check them out!
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