What do the engravings on my ring mean

Your wedding rings represent your love and commitment to your partner. Adding an inscription lets you personalize the ring easily.

You have so many decisions to make when it comes to the wedding. Thinking of a sentiment to engrave in the wedding band is just one more thing to add to the list, but there are plenty of reasons to follow through with this wedding prep task. You provide the message you want engraved to the jeweler. Write down the inscription to avoid any confusion. Always check and double check your written message to ensure it is exactly how you want it. You can get the engraving done either by machine or by hand.

Every ring has a karat stamp in it, like 14k which is the gold content like the ring in the photo , 18k or even Plat for platinum. Not every ring has a carat weight stamp, but they will all have a karat stamp at least the rings sold in the USA.

Carat weight stamps are actually pretty rare. Only a few certain jewelers do this, so you may never even see one. Losing your number stamps: You may have a stamp inside your ring, but when you get your ring sized, that stamp could disappear. Because the process of sizing a ring, cutting out a section of gold and fusing and filing it back together again, can actually cut that stamp out. After all, someone could put a different diamond in that ring and that carat weight stamp would be useless.

Certification is a different story…. Certification and laser inscription to be exact! Certification numbers like a GIA certificate get etched directly onto the diamond right on the girdle.

Stamp or no stamp… Get your stone certified. Those are the important numbers. Also read my latest post: What are the marks stamped inside rings? James Allen is a leader in diamonds. Their real time interactive diamond inspection is the best in the industry. View and rotate any diamond under 20x magnification. Visit James Allen today. Blue Nile is the largest and most well known respected diamond dealer online.

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Visit Blue Nile today. What does that mean? Mine says inside of it. Please help me figure this out. Some people get around it by silverplating and lying with the. Just like necklace vendors in the parking lot with chains that have a tag saying 14K—the tag is 14K but the chain is probably fake. I have a silver ring with the stamp with s 25 in the middle of it on the inside what does that mean. I would guess sterling silver. I have a ring Sterling silver but on opposite side it has I have a 10k gold ring with a chameleon colored stone with the number 3HD could you help me identify it.

I have a wedding band with 5 small diamonds an is stamped GND 0. Is it real?? I have a I think gold ring with diamonds and inside it is stamped 18KH35 what do the numbers and letters mean? Can anyone help? I thought maybe 18K gold but I wondered why followed by H35? The ring has an arrow with a U in it and something that looks like 11 or 1T soemthing like that.

It also has something that looks like a mountain and the letters or numbers TI or T1. What does it mean? I have a ring that has 8 tiny stones that look and sparkle like diamonds and is hard to analyze with a magnifying glass. It has , which I already know is Sterling silver, but it also has an A and a 9, or it could be a 6.

Would any of those tell me if the diamonds are real? I have a diamond heart necklace with stamp in it an right next it I got pt. Can you tell what it means? Engraving is a great way to personalize your wedding rings, so they aren't just wedding rings, they're your wedding rings. Engravings are usually done on the inside of the ring, but can be done on the outside of the ring as well at no extra cost. At Larson Jewelers, we are proud to offer the most engraving options to our customers by having more fonts and symbols than anyone else.

We use the latest high tech lasers imported from Germany to give you a precise and easy to read engraving.

As the name suggests, the use of a laser is involved with this style of engraving. In reality, a laser does not actually engrave your ring, as engraving involves etching or carving. A laser actually burns your personal message on to the surface of the ring.

So, the correct term should be "laser marking", but most people refer to it as laser engraving and the name has stuck. Laser engraving can be done on any metal as well. Many fonts and symbols are available. In fact, just about any image or font can be done with a laser engraver, as long as we can get it into the proper file format.

If you would like something custom laser engraved on to your ring, chances are we can do it. Please contact us with your request and we will provide you a quote.

To read more about laser engraving please visit Wikipedia. For more examples of hand engraving check out " Engraving Your Signet Ring. Laser machines are expensive, but offer great flexibility, especially in terms of size and font style selection.

The laser engraving operator programs your message on a computer. They can work off of artwork you provide or any clean print out of unusual fonts or symbols. If you want to have your message engraved in a foreign language, your artwork will be able to be duplicated. This gives you greater versatility in your choices. Biblical quotes or longer wording generally won't fit on the inside of a ring. But sometimes that's what you want. Laser engraving is the only option when you need more words or symbols inside that ring.

The computer precision you get with laser engraving will allow for longer messages. You may need a magnifying glass to read it. I've even engraved a kiss inside a ring! The laser engraving operator can set shorter or longer dwell times for the laser beam doing the engraving. Therefore with laser engraving you can etch alternate metals other than gold, such as tungsten, titanium and stainless steel.

These alternate metals take a longer time to engrave and often cannot be engraved by machine or by hand. The font size laser engraved onto the girdle, widest thin edge , of a diamond is so small, it can only be seen under high magnification. The engraving on the ring above, was inspired by my free-hand drawing, that was done while sitting with my client Anne. Vasken, my hand engraver, took the picture and using the varying widths of metal he had to work with, he interpreted our desired design.

My client Anne said, "That's a wow factor ten on the engraving! Hand Engraved Ring. Another View. Hand engraving is an art form and looks amazing on wedding rings. Hand carved metal creates tiny sharp details and reflects the light in differing ways, and that sets it apart from the other methods of engraving.

Newly hand engraved rings often sparkle so much that people think there are little diamonds set where only engraving lives. And find out if she's created a Pinterest page. That is a good place to start.

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An engraved piece is so personable and romantic!