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.

Do Women Wear Both the Engagement Ring and Wedding Band?

Most UK women wear both rings on the left ring finger, but plenty wear one. Tradition, practical reasons, and making two rings sit together.

Can Men’s Wedding Rings Be Resized?

Gold, platinum and silver rings resize easily. Tungsten, titanium and ceramic cannot. What it costs, how long it takes, and when to replace instead.

How Much Does It Cost to Insure a Wedding Ring?

Three ways to insure a UK wedding ring, what drives the premium, why you insure replacement cost not receipt price, and the small print to check.

What Makes a Ring a Wedding Ring?

There is no legal definition. A ring becomes a wedding ring by how it is given and worn. Here is what good ones have in common, and why.

How Much Does a Wedding Ring Appraisal Cost?

What a UK wedding ring valuation costs, the different types of value, who should do it, and whether you need one to insure your ring.

How to Get a Wedding Ring: A Step-by-Step UK Guide

When to start, what metal, which style, how to size it and where to buy. The seven steps in the order that stops you buying twice.

How to Measure Your Finger for a Wedding Ring

Four ways to measure your ring size at home, a full UK size chart in millimetres, and the width and knuckle traps to avoid.

Should You Take Your Wedding Ring Off at Night? And How Not to Lose It

On or off at night is your choice. What is not optional is the habit that keeps it safe. How rings really get lost, and how to stop it.

How Did the Wedding Ring Originate?

The real history of the wedding ring from Egypt and Rome to lab-grown diamonds, and the popular myths worth correcting.

Which Ring Goes On First: Engagement Ring or Wedding Band?

The wedding band goes on first, closest to the palm, with the engagement ring above it. Here is why, and when to break the tradition.

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