# Safe wedding bands for electrical workers
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-wedding-bands-for-electrical-workers/530324
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [February 24, 2010, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-wedding-bands-for-electrical-workers/530324 "2010-02-24T22:40:56Z")
**Posts on this page:** 14
**Page:** 2
### Author:  [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2010, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-wedding-bands-for-electrical-workers/530324/21 "2010-02-26T00:48:45Z")
> [@Corrvin](#):
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> Actually, you know what would be super neat? Some kind of fancy-clasp necklace where the ring could be taken off and put on the necklace without having to take the necklace off. I’d wear one of those! (I’m not married, but I have two heirloom rings.)
Okay, 'fess up. Was that intentional or not?
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### Author:  [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2010, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-wedding-bands-for-electrical-workers/530324/22 "2010-02-26T03:30:35Z")
> [@Mama\_Zappa](#):
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> Naw… such a thing could [NEVER](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=482315&highlight=ring) [exist](http://wedlockheart.com/) ;).
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> BTW - am I the only person who saw the thread title and wondered why the OP was concerned about the musicians’ safety, and what that had to do with the fiance’s career? 😕 :smack:
It’s exactly what I was wondering when I saw the title.
And I remember that thread from back in the day, but never caught how it ended. Nice that **OpalCat** did end up with a great solution, given how specific her needs were.
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### Author:  [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2010, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-wedding-bands-for-electrical-workers/530324/23 "2010-02-26T03:57:50Z")
> [@waterj2](#):
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> And I remember that thread from back in the day, but never caught how it ended. Nice that **OpalCat** did end up with a great solution, given how specific her needs were.
She also ended up with [The Pit Thread That Had Everything](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=497698).
Okay, something else caused the original pitting, but the ring thing contributed to the 800 posts before it was locked.
I wonder if I’m going to get a warning for even bringing it up…
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### Author:  [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2010, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-wedding-bands-for-electrical-workers/530324/24 "2010-02-26T09:34:24Z")
I’m starting to get sqeamish about wearing my own wedding ring now. Degloving, ring amputations, electrical dangers, not to mention mugging target - who knew what a dangerous thing this ring was!
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### Author:  [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2010, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-wedding-bands-for-electrical-workers/530324/25 "2010-02-26T15:41:52Z")
ISTR some company made simple rings out of a ceramic material that polished up very nicely.
They were not conductive, very tough, and if crushed too hard, they shattered rather than just staying squashed. One of the dangers of a metal ring is that if it gets squashed it STAYS squashed, doing even more harm than the original squashing force and keeping the blood from circulating until its cut off. And you aint sliding a squashed ring off. And the fact it stays squashed probably increases the chance of a degloving injury too.
Maybe the material was silicon carbide or tungsten carbide?
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### Author:  [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2010, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-wedding-bands-for-electrical-workers/530324/26 "2010-02-26T16:03:31Z")
Back in my utility days I used to attend safety meetings with the linemen. One meeting centered on glove safety. Lineman’s gloves are made up of an inner rubber lining and an outer leather section.
A part of the lecture stressed that rings were a danger and cited a case study where The lining was compromised when a lineman’s wedding ring wore a hole smaller than the naked eye could see. It was enough that the lineman lost his life through a hole smaller than a pinhole
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### Author:  [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2010, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-wedding-bands-for-electrical-workers/530324/27 "2010-02-26T16:22:47Z")
> [@billfish678](#):
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> ISTR some company made simple rings out of a ceramic material that polished up very nicely.
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> They were not conductive, very tough, and if crushed too hard, they shattered rather than just staying squashed. One of the dangers of a metal ring is that if it gets squashed it STAYS squashed, doing even more harm than the original squashing force and keeping the blood from circulating until its cut off. And you aint sliding a squashed ring off. And the fact it stays squashed probably increases the chance of a degloving injury too.
> **[superiorweddingrings – Superior Wedding Rings – Where UK Style Meets Forever...](https://superiorweddingrings.com)**
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### Author:  [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2010, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-wedding-bands-for-electrical-workers/530324/28 "2010-02-27T00:28:19Z")
> [@Rick](#):
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> Google degloving injuries if you dare.
No, don’t. You won’t be able to sleep at night.
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### Author:  [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2011, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-wedding-bands-for-electrical-workers/530324/30 "2011-04-14T14:46:05Z")
Reported.
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### Author:  [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2011, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-wedding-bands-for-electrical-workers/530324/31 "2011-04-14T15:03:11Z")
> [@Sheena\_Broek](#):
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> Go to [SafeRingz.com](http://SafeRingz.com)…it’s the answer!!! These are SAFE, non-conductive, comfortable, durable, flexible, wedding bands!!! They are silicone with a unique metallic pigment so they look sparkly & exactly like gold, platinum, copper etc!!! They are extremely reasonably priced…$5.00 a piece! I love mine & my husband wears his…we are firefighters! These are great for electricians, mechanics, athletes, and anyone who works with their hands! Check out SafeRingz!!!
Good lord. I would have expected a firefighter to write rather less like an overcaffeinated middle-school child.
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### Author:  [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2011, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-wedding-bands-for-electrical-workers/530324/32 "2011-04-14T15:21:47Z")
> [@Mr.Excellent](#):
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> Good lord. I would have expected a firefighter to write rather less like an overcaffeinated middle-school child.
It’s not a firefighter, it’s a spammer.
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### Author:  [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2011, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-wedding-bands-for-electrical-workers/530324/33 "2011-04-14T15:33:05Z")
Damn unrecognizable zombie threads! I came here to mention what I put into post 25 until I read post 25. Off to ABTM I go! (not really)
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### Author:  [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2011, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-wedding-bands-for-electrical-workers/530324/34 "2011-04-14T15:41:50Z")
And the username comes back as affiliated with the business.
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### Author:  [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2011, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-wedding-bands-for-electrical-workers/530324/35 "2011-04-14T15:44:28Z")
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