haven’t cut it, but I also have a tungsten ring. i work in military medicine and when it come to moving parts all rings should be taken off. in my opinion, the harder the metal the better because atleast it keeps it’s shape. gold or silver may bend around your finger when crushed. titanium and tungsten will shatter before bending. sucks if you have to cut it off, though.
i had my finger tatted for when I take my ring off. one of the grossest things I have seen is this guy who jumped off the back of a large military vehicle, but he got his ring caught on a little jagged piece of metal hanging off the rail. Ripped his ring and all the skin completely off the bone (degloving). Crazy!
[quote]mapwhap wrote:
As someone mentioned earlier, the only caution I would give you about the tungsten carbide is that if you are in some kind of accident involving your finger, the hardness of the ring may cause problems.
Mrs Mapwhap is a paramedic, and told me that they would probably cut the finger off, cos most hospitals don’t have the tools on hand to cut tungsten carbide.[/quote]
Tungsten carbide (what the metal usually is) will damn near NEVER be crushed or broken. They built a safety into the rings now that after being clamped with however many pounds of pressure it will snap into three pieces though.
[quote]mapwhap wrote:
As someone mentioned earlier, the only caution I would give you about the tungsten carbide is that if you are in some kind of accident involving your finger, the hardness of the ring may cause problems.
Mrs Mapwhap is a paramedic, and told me that they would probably cut the finger off, cos most hospitals don’t have the tools on hand to cut tungsten carbide.[/quote]
Tungsten carbide (what the metal usually is) will damn near NEVER be crushed or broken. They built a safety into the rings now that after being clamped with however many pounds of pressure it will snap into three pieces though.[/quote]
FYI they make both tungsten carbide and tungsten metal rings. Tungsten carbide is a ceramic and would fracture (into razor blades) without deformation, however tungsten metal would deform a little bit but would still likely break as it’s pretty brittle.
When people talk about “carbide” saw blades they’re actually talking about tungsten carbide. Personally I prefer the metal because it is more dense and hard for your brain to comprehend how something so little could be so heavy.
as a little bit of fun trivia, tungsten is nordic for “heavy stone” so you’ll be walking around doing some viking atlas stones with your finger all day.
