Re: Signet rings?

Dave raises a very good point. A signet ring by its very nature is
designed to make a raised caste of one's arms or crest and is
therefore cut in reverse so the caste it makes is positive. A fully
coloured titanium ring would presumably not be produced to make a wax
caste of one's arms so begs the question, why engrave it with lasers.
Also lasers would have to be programmed to cut varied depths which to
my mind would be hugely expensive for each individual arms. Also very
high quality artwork would have to be produces to get the cutting
instructions off. I can see your $1000 per ring is not going to be
anywhere near enough!

Another question which would need answering is the actual colours
produced. I believe titanium is a rather dull coloured 'white'
metal so does anyone want a 'silver' armorial ring (the same would
apply to a platinum ring!) and can you tell us what kind of colour
intensity is achieved with the colouring process. I confess to
knowing very little about metallurgy but the titanium jewellery I have
seen in the past that has been coloured, the colours were quite
metallic and I do not think they would be very true to heraldic
tinctures.

I do not suppose you have a picture of a piece of coloured titanium
with some sort of design heraldic or otherwise upon it?

An interesting concept but I think the market is aimed toward the
traditional gold signet ring and you would need to create a completely
new market for your titanium rings.

Anthony Maxwell

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