The same ring in a brick and mortar jewelery store would run $500, but knowing that tungsten carbide wasn't worth that much, I went on the internet. I was simply looking for a wedding band that was really strong, elegantly simple in design, and still... me. At $20, I figured that it was worth buying it to test out if it was real. If it wasn't, oh well, $20 bucks out but still looking to spend up to $500. If it was, then my purchase would be brilliant.

And oh how was it brilliant.

When I first got it, my wife (then fiancee) allowed me to have it around for a while for testing purposes. I would occasionally scratch the ring against hard things, like plates of vanadium steel, to see which won the scratch test. The hardest thing I had mohs-scale-wise to scratch it against was a cubic zirconia (fake diamonds, mohs level of about 8), and this ring won out against it, putting the hardness above an 8. That convinced me. It became my wedding band last year, and I'm still loving the darn thing (and I'm loving the ring, too!). One of the best buys I've made.