Touchwood’s unique and bespoke tungsten wedding rings come in a variety of different wooden inlays, ranging from rosewood to whiskey barrel wood. Below are some characteristics of their different types of wood used as inlays to create their bold men’s wedding rings.
ROSEWOOD INLAY
Rosewood: A bloodwood inlay for their rings always stands out with its natural red wooden features. Sometimes called “true” rosewood, Brazilian rosewood (Dalbergia nigra) is a beautiful hardwood. Its namesake is inspired by the sweet rose-like scent produced when it is cut. Woodworkers have coveted it for centuries for use in the finest furniture and musical instruments. Also known as bloodwood, rosewood is red in color with abstract black grains in between.
EBONY WOOD INLAY
Ebony Wood: Breaking the brushed tungsten grey in a wedding ring and complimenting the blend with their matte black plated tungsten rings. Ebony is a dense black-brown hardwood, coming from several species in the genus Diospyros, which also contains persimmons. Unlike most woods, ebony is dense enough to sink in water. It is finely textured and has a mirror finish when polished, making it valuable as an ornamental wood. Ebony is a very hard wood and is perfect for being used for valuable and bespoke inlays.
OAKWOOD INLAY
Oakwood: Oakwood has a very natural brown look and is perfect to be used as an inlay for your mens wedding rings. Oakwood naturally contains a high proportion of tannin which makes it highly resistant to attack by insects or fungi. This is part of the reason oak trees are so long-lived and why combined with their natural water resistance, oakwood is less prone to decay and rotting.
ZEBRAWOOD INLAY
Dark Zebrawood: Zebrawood is named after the stripes of a zebra as it has the same characteristics in its wood grain. If you are looking for wood to make a statement and attract one’s immediate attention, zebrawood will not disappoint.
WALNUT WOOD INLAY
Walnut wood: Walnut wood has a very similar look to oakwood and is used in many of their rose gold mens wedding bands. It doesn’t get as complicated as a wooden inlay for men’s wedding bands and is a safe option if you are willing to take the leap into the modern era of men’s tungsten rings.
WHISKEY BARREL WOOD INLAY
Whiskey Barrel: Whiskey barrel wood has similar features to olive wood, but it damn straight makes for an awesome inlay in black tungsten rings and brushed tungsten rings. The whiskey barrel has an awesome neutral color and can be paired with most dark and lighter color variants. Above all, imagine the conversation starter having whiskey barrel wood as an inlay inside your tungsten wedding ring. If you drink it, you might as well wear it.
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