Men's Wedding Bands 101: How to Choose Your Ring

Until recently men didn't talk about wedding rings that much. But now more men are taking an interest in their wedding bands. In this video I share 6 things every future groom should know before picking out their wedding band.
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6 Tips to Know Before Wedding Band Shopping:
0:53 Wedding Band Traditions
2:33 Common Metals for Rings
4:47 Basic Terms to Know
6:35 Finding a Ring You Connect With Personally
8:42 How to Get Sized Correctly
10:22 Ring Care Tips
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[@thanos5171]

Why am I watching this I'm just 20. Great. Now I want a ring because of my newfound knowledge.

[@Thedistilledman1]

haha, well this way you'll be ready early for when the time comes. :-)

[@luisLopez-lg5wk]

I’m 14💀

[@jetcarddude]

Run, just run as fast as you can and be free! If you want a women telling you what to do you might as well stay at home and let your mom tell you what to do.

[@LaidBackLora]

My 1st got married at 18 and been married for 28 years

[@LaidBackLora]

1st cousin*

[@Tom-vy3cb]

I have a sterling silver ring still looks awsome today after 10 years

[@KennethandJoyce]

Learned so much about rings, thank you for sharing

[@vyktorxsaurus8236]

The one my Love got me is a black ceramic carbon fiber ring with a Dimond I love it.

[@PaulIsbell]

Just got engaged 01.01.2021. Planning on getting married 01.01.2022. Thanks for making this video.

[@Boostlu]

Todays the day!🎉

[@PaulIsbell]

It’s happening 😁

[@texan7691]

If you made the wedding date congratulations, if if you didn’t get married congratulations. Lol

[@PaulIsbell]

@@texan7691 we are married! Thank you all. :)

[@delima1122]

@@PaulIsbell Congratulations!! 🎊

[@ciannacoleman5125]

My parents have matching signet style family crest wedding bands, basic to look at but intricate upon closer look. I always thought I would get something similar but as I draw closer to that stage of life I have realized I will likely have an entirely different style that better suits me and my mate.

[@DanielaFitness]

Question so the mans ring is not a regular band but a signet? With a gemstone or without?

[@ciannacoleman5125]

@@DanielaFitness Both their rings are gold only signet rings. Dad's is proportionally bigger so maybe a mm larger than mom's but other than size they are identical.

[@sroland3533]

Planning on getting married shortly so thnx for this video.

[@randomname2659]

@The Distilled Man - What Brand Shirt are you wearing here, looks very quality. 9:00

[@deborahfrancis6880]

Interesting video.I learnt something about gold I never knew before and always wanted to know.Whenever I saw 14 karat I always wondered what it meant.Thanks again...👌👍

[@Thedistilledman1]

Thanks Deborah!

[@romegutierre5377]

Good tipz bro

[@t.kuykendall517]

Thank you.

[@BraveTheBias]

Some markets consider lab enhanced diamonds to be unethical. Any diamond of about .25 c or more should have supporting documents for its value. Black diamonds are not usually rhodium plated. In fact they are more likely lab enhanced using heat on a diamond with a lot of hematite imperfections in it. Same can be done with a diamond including boron which will change the diamond blue. It should have also been mentioned that most alternative rings cannot be changed once ordered. For example, tungsten, titanium, silicon, or carbon fiber rings are usually final sale.

[@Thedistilledman1]

thanks Joel! Appreciate you chiming in, and thanks for helping clarify.

[@yourlilemogirl]

Same with stainless steel, can’t be resized I’m told :c

[@eggnogalcoholic]

9:39 As a jewelry consultant at Zales I feel attacked 😂

[@TisITheFrenchiestFry]

Not engaged yet but it's helpful for work and to not get hit on or checked out constantly

[@josephhunter5508]

Me and my fiancé are both into blacksmithing and are making each others

[@rockchalkmarie]

I’m a 20-year old woman trying to give my poor boyfriend hints! 😂😂 haha but I loved this! Wasn’t sure where to start and watching this is helpful for if I buy in the future! Thanks!

[@brandonhopkins4166]

Marie Hornung my girlfriend asked when are you going to marry me be a little more bold haha

[@nikkistahr7105]

@dood poop Works like a dam CHARM!!! Great advice..Yes, men are complex creatures but in the same breath men really are simple in many ways (at the base of what they want out of a partner..clearly they want more but staying hot and keeping him fed definitely doesn't hurt)

[@AgentFour]

He's not stupid, he's smart. Hopefully he leaves.

[@castrosacasa]

and I bet he is gone by now.. hints are exhausting!

[@realizethelies]

Y'all still together cause that divorce rate be skyhigh

[@kar3n35]

7:05 really cool

[@kathleenmooring3938]

WOW WHAT A EDUCATION ARE YOU ALL READY FOR YOUR TEST.

[@keziajiao9306]

Poor man platinum hehehe nice i ll take note of that

[@toddhobza]

Im an industrial Electrician and im looking for a non conductive wedding band i can where while working.

[@tylerramsey3607]

Todd Hobza look into qalo and groove life.

[@EpicStays]

You want ceramic.

[@josephinacampos3881]

Wear silicone while working

[@phatcrayonz]

Walmart has some rubber rings

[@jonathanaldana4941]

I’m a union glazier & I’ll wear a silicone band at the jobsite

[@daniaasus3602]

❤❤❤

[@yousifaldawas1005]

on 6:59 could any one tell me where to find a two tone ring ? thank you.

[@Wonderlandidi]

cartier

[@Sokolva]

Just got my fiancée a gorgeous ring from Israel, a small goldsmith called Ayala Diamonds. I’m so excited to give it to him on our wedding day! I had him help me pick out the design and it’s true, he hadn’t even thought about it at all, but I wanted it to be just as special for him as my ring was to me, as he put a lot of care and love into mine. Spent months going through different styles and brands before I narrowed it down to the ones I had him pick from, it’s really worth doing research and looking into this stuff early if possible! There are so many amazing options for men’s bands these days, from custom designs (we had to get ours in a custom size as his hands are huge) to all sorts of different materials.

[@jayveepicar1076]

mine i have a black platinum wedding ring or wedding band

[@sarahandnonsense]

I mean, I guess it's a little weird that you weren't interested but to each their own. My Fiancee has a $200 ring, and the the one I'd like turns out to be $9,000.

[@asadmehmood5587]

You're a diamond digger

[@eleanorweaverley1105]

@@asadmehmood5587 You are silly😂

[@user-yr1db9ln3x]

I don't want to be married, but I do like diamond rings. Whay do women only need diamond rings?

[@whenifeellow]

you rock, and kind of look like Leonardo DiCaprio

[@MayonnaiseOreo]

Nah he reminds me of Chris Pine.

[@9290SC]

A young Tom Hanks, to me

[@michaelmurphy8667]

Personally I think a wedding ring should be simple ring with no frills. It's a ring about commitment not about bling. The material is a different conversation depending on how hard wearing you need it. Any one that flashes some diamond encrusted wedding ring I'd probably question the reason.

[@curlyhairdudeify]

Edit: his information pertaining to black diamonds is a erroneous. Black diamonds are naturally black known as carbonanados that are conglomerates of microscopic nano diamonds naturally bonded together with graphite inclusions, and are not fully crystallized crystal structures pertaining to clarity. Most of them are irradiated (color treated) to enhance the blackness since their mined color is a dark brown. Finally, black rhodium plating is used in gold, or other metals, and not diamonds.

[@YiannisPanagiotopoulos]

Wonderful person

[@phyllismontoroula6454]

The wedding band I planning on buying my boyfriend staneless steel band color of your shirt a little lighter

[@HC-kt1gi]

wedding band width?

[@ralphleo25]

Am I the only who notice that the presenter has a "Chris Pine" vibe?

[@jonf8952]

Nice hair dye

[@khuramwaqas6677]

👍

[@GaryStango]

strange you didnt mention tungsten

[@kelvinandrewong2940]

What’s the ideal weight for a wedding ring?

[@macawdut]

The lightest as possible

[@vladram9084]

Jesus, I bought my wife's ring now I need to buy my own lol😂

[@JK-tx2rz]

I hate any kind of jewellery, while looking at watches online I ended up picking a platinum Cartier wedding band. Nothing fancy and a simple design.

[@rev.tylermallari3899]

Brent Brody. Todd.

[@dobrealexvlad]

Yeah, neah, I am going to wear my ring on my right hand no matter what the vein will say.

[@jasperj.d.g.4147]

I'm gay and looking into an engagement ring for my partner. Just thinking about what would work with the ring I want to get him as an engagement ring.

[@garyrobbins1810]

why do all gay people have to announce their gay, no one cares, just live your life bro

[@bernadettechavira5399]

Pick a nice one size 9

[@jaceymonroe8561]

These Rockford rings look like they came straight from star wars

[@RottweilerRage]

Chris Pine?

[@mikejones-dx8bx]

Sitting here with a big chunk of 24k gold on my finger as my wedding ring. Love it and everything less than 24k seems cheap to me now.

[@proggh7289]

24kt gold cannot be processed into jewelry. Stop being pretentious.

[@mikejones-dx8bx]

@@proggh7289 Stop being ignorant. Go to any chinatown jeweller or better yet go to mene.com. Silly fool.

[@proggh7289]

Either a troll or delusional. You will never own 24kt jewelry it's ok. :)

[@proggh7289]

gold plated maybe but there is no way the whole thing is solid 24kt gold.

[@mikejones-dx8bx]

@@proggh7289 Lol. Progg E you are funny, brother. If you read through the site you'll see they only sell gold and platinum in solid .999 purity, aka 24k. I hope to one day own more 24k gold and platinum for sure. It's all good though. Have a good day.

[@xinghuali2842]

21k, 22k, 24k ring are available especially in Asia. I have a 21k ring which I have been wearing for a couple years. Although easily get scratch as it's too soft but really love it's shine and sparkle.

[@Eastbound84]

Yes I wanted a 10k so it would be less likely to scratch but they would have to special order it. I went with 14k.

[@jn8922]

Hmm. How interesting. In my culture we don't really buy separate wedding bands - you can if you want but it's optional. The engagement ring is her wedding ring and the man gets his own wedding ring. The woman buys his ring and it can't be a cheap - silver is a no-no. If he doesn't like yellow gold, it's platinum or white gold and usually will have diamonds or some other precious stone. His ring is important because it represents his value to his wife and is symbolic so it's insulting to give him a crap ring and expect him to wear it. It depends obviously on finances.

[@sethupaseneviratna8198]

Where 'your ring ?

[@Asdfgh-xr6qw]

Chris Pine lookalike

[@I_WANT_MY_SLAW]

I'm getting a silicone ring, bc it's safer than a metal ring.

[@Two2Hands]

Your metal value rankings are horribly wrong

[@kevinhiggenbottom8339]

She was a simple wedding rings but me I want a wedding ring that is totally different from what you're showing right now I want a blue camouflage ring that I want her to have a pink camouflage rain but she wants a simple one but she's not here yet she still in Philippines trying to get your paperwork done but she wants a simple ready but I want more like a camouflage rings for our wedding to be different and that's okay I might have to put my foot down and said hey I want to be different I don't want to be like she's other people with just a gold ring silver ring or rose ring I want to be totally different and that's okay so what you think

[@vanetamona9918]

Kevin Higgenbottom I hope you listened to her

[@sayitloudblcknproud]

That’s chintzy.

[@douglaswilkinson5700]

A friend's son was planning to purchase a tungsten wedding ring. I burst out laughing! Tungsten wholesales for just over *$3 lb or 21-cents per ounce!* "I didn't know that." I said, "Make sure he doesn't pay a lot for it no matter how pretty they make it look."

[@venuslin9866]

do straight men like diamonds on their wedding band?

[@Eastbound84]

No

[@chrissoulful7086]

Hell yes

[@thomasmichael6509]

Absolutely

[@glenm5034]

Local JEWEL Quoted $800 for mens rings

[@bryandelatorre7832]

👍🇺🇲

[@AgentFour]

Doom metal, power metal, black metal, death metal, thrash metal, regular heavy metal...

[@phatcrayonz]

What about gay men.?

[@henrycruz45cal]

Platinum is not more expensive than gold, please know your stuff before "teaching". The reason the rings cost more is because Platinum is denser than gold so the same size ring will weigh more and therefore you are paying more. But ounce per ounce gold is more expensive.

[@marinasirois4510]

Am I the only one cringing about Canada being called North at @8:12 ??!?!?!?!?!?

[@chinoz4102]

Really... It's calling the whole thing North America

[@snarfbot]

damn son, thought u might just show some actual rings and put em on and shit and let us see the difference, instead you stood there and talked for over 11 minutes.

[@JeremiahAlphonsus]

Rockford Collection rings are thoroughly vulgar, in total accord with today’s race to the bottom on all fronts. A shame that you’re promoting such shameless vulgarity.

[@scatters47]

who else has been dragged here

[@zealforscripture1248]

A wedding band does not keep a person from sinning or prove loving affection. if a ring represented love... where's your ring for God?... You wouldn't be able to stand up... the ring would be so heavy around your waist if that was the way a person showed holding love towards another. wedding rings are man's way not God's way. God searches Hearts Jesus doesn't look for jewelry to know how much you love Him or one another. [A wedding band is not going to stop a rapist or a cheater.] "Regarding jewelry" it's not what you put on your body it's what your heart and actions show. After baptism you can trust one another because you are supposed to be living as Christ lived in love and truth. 1 Peter 1:22 Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply, from the heart. (From the heart... not with worldly things. Do you listen to God or do you listen to the world? From the heart not from the outward appearance. when a person wears a wedding band they are trying to let that shine out to be noticed. but what does Scripture say about that? scripture says in 1st Peter 3:1-7 Wives, in the same way submit yourselves to your own husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives, when they see the purity and reverence of your lives. Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes. Rather, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight. For this is the way the holy women of the past who put their hope in God used to adorn themselves. They submitted themselves to their own husbands, like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham and called him her lord. You are her daughters if you do what is right and do not give way to fear. Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers. Remember the scripture says husbands love your wives as Christ loved the church. You see it says nothing about a silly ring of statement. it's simple... Ephesians 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her. Everyone please remember... if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words "by the behavior." when they see the purity and reverence of your lives. listen to the word of God not man's ways. You see there's no room for the ring in marriage and it is not required by the Lord. if you think so where's your ring for God? it's not needed is it... it's from the heart... God searches hearts. Do you let metal speak for you or do you speak from your heart and by your actions? When you stay in step with the spirit you don't apply any metal to your body do you... No... it's by your actions and your words.

[@JamesPollMaine59]

It’s too bad that this video wasn’t inclusive to use partner rather than just the traditional heterosexual model. Guess what, gay marriage is a reality. Too bad you didn’t acknowledge that fact.

[@curlyhairdudeify]

James Pollowitz Omg, you are delusional. Regardless of your sexual preferences. A ring is a ring, a man’s ring is a man’s ring. Unless you want a woman’s ring.

[@JamesPollMaine59]

Bacchanalia you are a moron!

[@silverghost4206]

No gay.. Will enter the kingdom of heaven.... Just saying....

[@JamesPollMaine59]

Anthony Valentino if bigoted morons like you ever enter heaven, I consider Hell an upgrade! Lol

[@curlyhairdudeify]

@@silverghost4206 The party is down there.