The Carbonstone Journal

Wedding Ring Guides

Wedding Ring Guides

Advice for choosing wedding rings that last a lifetime — fit, band width, matching your engagement ring, metals and more.

How to Connect an Engagement Ring and Wedding Band

Soldering, ring wraps, bonders or a matched bridal set. The four ways to join your rings, and how to wear the set properly.

How to Wear a Pear Shaped Wedding Ring

Which way the point should face, how to stop a pear ring spinning, and the chevron and curved bands that sit flush against it.

Does the Wedding Band Go Before or After the Engagement Ring?

Which ring goes on first, how to put on a wedding ring set on the day, and how to make an engagement ring and band sit flush.

How to Wear Stackable Wedding Rings (and Two Bands with One Engagement Ring)

Build a wedding ring stack that sits flat: ring order, two bands with one engagement ring, sizing, mixing metals and eternity band choices.

The Different Types of Wedding Rings Explained

Every type of wedding ring by design and metal, which suits which lifestyle, and whether any ring can be a wedding ring.

What Wedding Band Goes With a Pear Shaped Engagement Ring?

Curved or chevron? A plain-English guide to choosing a wedding band that fits a pear shaped engagement ring without gaps or rocking.

What Wedding Band Goes With a Marquise Engagement Ring?

A marquise has two points, so the band matters. Why chevron bands work, when straight bands fit, and how to protect the tips.

What Wedding Band Goes With an Emerald Cut Engagement Ring?

Which wedding band suits an emerald cut engagement ring, why straight and baguette bands sit flush, plus metal, width and fit advice.

What Wedding Band Goes With an Oval Engagement Ring?

Straight or curved band for an oval engagement ring? What changes the fit, which styles flatter an oval, and how to check before buying.

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