Did you know that wedding bands like Mens White Gold Wedding Bands are traditionally worn on the left ring finger because it was once thought that there was a vein in that finger that went straight to the heart? Nowadays, this tradition still exists for sentimental reasons even though modern medical knowledge has proven the belief a myth, so you will see the 14k White Gold Wedding Band and many other styles of wedding band worn this way today. For centuries, wearing a wedding ring made from yellow gold has also been traditional, but these days ladies’ and Mens Gold Wedding Bands are more popular in styles made from white gold, particularly the 14k white gold wedding band.

Ladies’ and mens gold wedding rings are available in different carats like 14kt, 16kt, 18kt, 22kt and 24kt. The most common seen in fine jewelry like women’s and men’s gold wedding bands are 14kt and 18kt. This is because gold is extremely soft and needs to be alloyed with other metals to make it strong enough for practical use in jewelry, especially pieces like mens gold wedding rings that might see a lot of wear and tear. Of course 10kt gold is even stronger and mens gold wedding rings made from it are available, but 10kt means that the alloy contains 10 parts pure gold out of a possible 24, so 10kt gold jewelry is only about 41 percent pure gold, and most jewelers consider this too be too low in quality for high end pieces like mens white gold wedding bands. One could also go the other direction and look for completely pure gold ladies’ or mens gold wedding bands in 24k, but these mens gold wedding bands would be very soft and they would bend, stretch, and dent much too easily to be practical for most people. Also, since gold is naturally yellow and the white kind comes from using the strengthening alloy metals in pale colors, a 24k gold ring can only be made in yellow. Although womens and mens white gold wedding bands in 14 or 18 karat gold are no different in value or purity than their yellow counterparts, they do tend to be stronger because as you now know, the gold in women’s and men’s white gold wedding bands gets its pale color from being alloyed with naturally white metals, and these white metals like platinum, nickel, and rhodium are somewhat stronger and harder than the ones like copper used in alloys for yellow gold. Since gold is naturally yellow, even a 14k white gold wedding band is still going to come out looking a little bit yellowish. This is corrected by an extra step in which these popular ladies and mens gold wedding rings are electroplated on the outer surface with rhodium, a strong metal related to platinum and palladium that is naturally bright white. For beauty and durability in your ladies and mens gold wedding bands, choose a 14k white gold wedding band or one in 18k.

Now that you're sure of what metal you would like for your ladies and mens gold wedding rings, you just need to choose a design for your wedding band.