We began the day at 9:30 after an hour drive to very small town in Virginia. Within three hours, we had soldered our rings. We took a break to head to a local burger joint and indulged in a greasy, delicious cheeseburger and yummy fries, all paid for as a part of the overall expenses.
We headed back to the shop to finish our rings! After the filing process I showed you, we were ready for the final steps!
First up, we engraved the rings with "18K" and our personal messages.
Mr. Pencils' and I chose our own unique messages. I went with:
We then handed our rings off to expert Chris, who took a handsaw to create grooves and a design in our rings. Can you believe these were HAND SAWED?
Now that we had the nearly final product, it was time to buff and make them shiny!
Buff the outside:
Buff the inside:
And, after a short sonic clean, they were done. It was 4 pm, and we had just created.our.wedding.rings. It was amazing.
I was so excited!
When we first contacted the Wedding Ring Workshop we were looking for a meaningful wedding experience. What we ended up getting was that and more- we met a really fantastic jeweler in our expert Chris, we spent a Saturday enjoying each other and learning a new skill, and we made.our.wedding.bands. In the end, I really feel that whatever the expense was, the day was worth it, as we got all of these things plus lunch, a bottle of champagne, and a disposable camera.
The entire cost of the experience was 1,780 dollars. This comes out to about 890 dollars per ring. This cost was based on the price of gold at the time of our booking back in November of 2009. When I consider how much custom designed rings would be, I feel like we got a great deal, and a great experience.
The best part? We asked Chris how long it would have taken him to make these two rings that took us seven hours. His answer? Probably about two hours.
That's why he's the professional :)
Did you end up spending a bit more in an area that, in the end, was totally worth it?
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