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Some offer tungsten rings made with cobalt binder because it is cheaper to produce than nickel-binder carbide. Many jewelers offer pure tungsten wedding bands which lack the hardness of tungsten carbide and can scratch quite easily. We caution you against buying from a jeweler that doesn’t specify that their tungsten wedding bands are made with the nickel binder alloy. Many stores don’t list which alloy they are selling because they don’t know which alloy they are selling. If they don’t know, it is most likely cobalt alloy or pure tungsten which are cheaper and inferior to the nickel binder tungsten carbide wedding bands. Continue reading →