Color case hardened wedding band

[jpmimproved]

I'm looking to have someone make a men's wedding band and color case harden it. Could anybody point me in the right direction? I'm assuming it may be a two step process, one to have a low carbon steel ring made and one to case harden. Any input greatly appreciated.

 

[Ggmac]

I think it will not stand up . It'll fade with use .

 

[jdh47]

You might check into making one out of Damascus. steel. It might look good.

Joe

 

[Toolbreaker]

Besides simple wear, the acidity of your skin will remove the coloring. The same acidity will cause rusting/tarnishing of the steel, also.

 

[paperpuncher]

How about making it from Ti and color case harden it? Not sure if it can be done but there is a you tube vid that shows some color cased Ti.

 

[Mulligan]

http://nerdgun.blogspot.com/2011/05/one-ring-to-rule-them-all.html

 

[swd]

Besides simple wear, the acidity of your skin will remove the coloring. The same acidity will cause rusting/tarnishing of the steel, also.

This ^^^ unfortunately case colors doesn't hold up well to handeling. For a wedding ring they would probably be grey in a few months. Cool idea though.

 

[Ken Melgaard]

Mokume Gane rings forged by ancient Japanese sword making techniques - Xennox Diamonds
www.xennoxdiamonds.com.au › mokum...
Mokume gane rings - has its name borrowed from 17th-century Japan where the technique was created from the forging of swords and other edged weapons

 

[RWO]

Titanium cannot be color cased. However, it can be anodized in brilliant colors. Should be fairly wear resistant. +1 on the Mokime Gane rings. Beautiful and tough.

RWO

 

[rayjay]

A guy I recently met had a cool deep glossy black wedding band and said it was carbide.

 

[joshb]

They make them out of gold for a reason. Longevity!

 

[JRS]

A guy I recently met had a cool deep glossy black wedding band and said it was carbide.

It's probably cobalt.

 

[Eddie Harren]

Might have been Obsidian.

 

[Fast14riot]

Mokuti will be close, it's mokume-gane but with Titanium. Cool look.

Isn't there a clear cearkote, wondering if that might hold up and protect a CCH ring?

 

[jpmimproved]

Thanks for the replies, everyone! I like the idea of the clear cerakote, keeps the original idea but still holds up. Anyone have any thoughts on that?

 

[JRS]

With the abuse a ring is subjected to on a daily basis, no coating of any type is going to last.

 

[msinc]

I have the equipment to do color case hardening. I have done many lever receivers and old double gun receivers and various parts. I can tell you that it don't hold up to much wear or use. I can also tell you that I sometimes get requests to apply clear metal lacquer to the receivers in an effort to help them last and keep the colors. It helps, and I have even tried clear epoxy on several of my own. That worked a little better, but the bottom line is that nobody has found a good way to make the colors last. The other thing is that the addition of some sort of clear coat does detract some from the initial appearance right out of the furnace and bone dry. Even adding oil to gun parts dulls it's look down. Unfortunately, even the cyanide method used on the later guns was no more durable or held up any longer than the old bone charcoal method.
Clear cera-kote might be the best option.