At Manoli’s Jewelers we feature “Code XY” wedding bands that are totally customizable and “Omnia” wedding bands which are customizable and more of a mid weight for a more affordable gold band.
At Manoli’s Jewelers you will find it possible to create your own custom wedding band at non-custom prices which usually means a lower price.
For those of you who have a smaller budget to work with we are seeing more his and hers wedding bands being used for weddings. Usually the woman’s band will be accented with diamonds and the man’s band may have a single diamond or no diamonds. Again it is your choice.
We can also create a one-of-a-kind memory by personalizing your wedding bands with engraving that is done in your own handwriting!
What is really cool about this company: With the purchase of a gold, platinum, palladium or sterling silver wedding band that is a size 8 or bigger we can give you, free of charge, a tungsten band that you can use perhaps as a band when you are working, fishing, hunting, playing sports or while on vacation.
What falls under this category of precious metals? Most would say gold of course. Gold comes from the ground in the form of 24 karat gold which is considered to be pure gold. Man then takes the 24 karat gold and alloys it with other metals (perhaps silver, copper, nickol, palladium) to bring it down to 18 karat, 14 karat or even 10 karat gold. Thus 18 karat is 18 parts pure gold and 6 parts of alloy metals. 14 karat is 14 parts of pure gold and 10 parts of alloy metals. 10 karat gold is 10 parts of pure gold and 14 parts of alloy metals.
The color of gold that we call white gold does not exist at all in nature. During World War II the government no longer allowed for platinum to be used for jewelry as it was needed by the military and so the refiners and jewelers created what we now call white gold. They took pure 24 karat yellow gold and alloyed it with nickol to achieve a white color to compensate for the no longer available platinum. While the white gold had a bit of a yellow cast to it it worked well and was later often rhodium plated to mask it’s slight yellowish cast. Today many white gold alloys are being developed and used to get around the yellowish cast problem.
Sterling Silver has long been used for money all over the world and even at over $30 an ounce it is still very affordable for most people.
Platinum, rhodium and palladium are all members of the platinum family and many consider platinum the ultimate metal for jewelry. Rhodium is often used to plate white gold to mask it’s slight yellowish cast and is also used to plate sterling silver jewelry to keep it from tarnishing. Palladium is a less expensive member of the platinum family and at Manoli’s Jewelers we have several men’s wedding bands made from palladium.