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November 6, 2009
Heavy Metal
Last week I attended a presentation held by jewelry designer Scott Kay introducing his new SK Cobalt collection of wedding bands:
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What makes this collection unique is that it’s made of a new metal called BioBlu™27, which has been engineered to be five times harder than platinum and will not scratch, crack, chip or fracture. Sound too good to be true? That’s what I thought, too, until Scott started throwing rings made of different metals (tungsten carbide, gold, palladium and platinum) against a piece of tile flooring and applying pressure to them:
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After a tungsten carbide ring is dropped on a tile floor.
Squeezing the life out of a white gold band. Although it came out a little |
I knew gold was pretty pliable, but what surprised me was how easily the tungsten carbide shattered. The platinum and palladium rings held up pretty well, but even they had a few small chips when struck with a metal object. The BioBlu™27 rings stayed in tact through the various tests.
At the end of the presentation I took a closer look at the various rings in the SK Cobalt collection, and I have to say they were beautiful and very bright and shiny. Apparently they don’t tarnish or fade and they’re hypoallergenic. Prices for these rings start at $225. To find out more about SK Cobalt and BioBlu™27, visit scottkay.com/skcobalt.
Posted by Lori Francisco, bridalguide.com Managing Editor, at 4:38 p.m.
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