Platinum – Great For Wedding Rings

The invention of the oxy-acetylene torch allowed jewellery makers to work with the metal much more easily, and to create more intricate designs than ever before. It also prompted a massive growth in the use of the metal for jewellery, and it was by far the most popular choice of metal for wedding rings and also for many other types of jewellery in the Edwardian era.It is frequently used in jewellery because it is very ductile and is even more ductile than gold. Ductile means that it is possible to draw it into a fine wire.Platinum is a very popular choice of metal for wedding rings these days, and is seen as a more fashionable and modern alternative to the traditional ring metal of gold. Many people think of platinum as a new metal for wedding rings, but this is not the case and it has been around for a very long time. Platinum became more and more popular as a metal for rings in the Edwardian period (the reign of King Edward VII of England from 1901-1910), when new techniques for working with it came into existence.