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Dan January 7, 2010 at 4:36 pm

Titanium has a relative hardness in relation to scratching on the Moh’s scale of 6.5 which makes it relatively scratchable, but harder than gold (5.5), palladium (5.25) and platinum (4.5). Most titanium tends to be brush finished as it permits an easy way of masking the scratching associated with titanium. Rarely do titanium pieces hold more than one stone (a diamond), largely because of the tactile strength required to set a diamond within a ring or pendant (something like 20,000 lbs if i recall correctly). Titanium is probably the least expensive material available in gents rings aside from maybe stainless steel. It’s a pretty solid choice for the guy who tends to beat his ring up mercilessly or tends to lose everything, but it has a very small market in the female jewelry business.

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