Decades ago when I got married, titanium rings were incredibly rare and cost hundreds of dollars. They were turned from solid blocks of titanium, and the tooling to make them had to be custom made. There were only a few jewelers in the world who made rings out of titanium, and they were all in New Zealand. I almost had my wedding ring made out of titanium, but it would have cost even more than platinum, so I went with a much more traditional gold wedding ring instead. Glad I did. It would really bug me if my $600 wedding ring could now be had for less than nine bucks shipped! Still, I've always liked the idea of an indestructible ring. I always had this dream of something super-heavy falling on my hand, and having my hand/fingers saved by the titanium ring
. I'll have to grab one of these.