Monday, 03 May 2010 14:20 | Carla @ The Ring

Ring Gallery | Unique wedding band ideas for the groom

We know not every groom is a jewellery lover, or thrilled about picking out a ring that he has to wear forever. But, Jenny Dortman of James O Poag Jewellers (www.poags.com)shared with us some very unique men's wedding bands in a variety of metals.

From ancient Japanese bonding techniques to legendary Damascus steel - fit for Syrian swords and coming from meteorites, even the manliest man could fall in love with these wedding bands.

Stay tuned for more traditional and diamond set wedding bands for men...

Some background: Mokume Gane

An ancient Japanese technique, Mokume Gane bonds many layers of precious metals into a single piece that is then worked into beautiful patterns - like the one shown in these rings. The technique creates beautiful and unique rings by using between 15 and 35 separate layers of metal, which bonded together to make a solid base. After bonding, the base can be twisted, cut and re-assembled, ground down in areas or shaped with punches or chisels. It's then rolled out to a workable thickness, revealing its new patterns. The name means "wood pattern metal", evident by some of the patterns you see here...

This 14 Karat band uses the Mokume Gane technique to combine white and rose gold with sterling silver into a classic pattern. $2299

14 Karat palladium white gold and 18 Karat yellow gold are combined here into a thin line classic pattern. $2799

 18 Karat yellow gold and 14 Karat palladium white gold has a thin line classic pattern. $2549

 Gold, gold, and a bit of silver! Palladium, 14 Karat white gold and palladium and sterling silver in this ring are lined with 18 Karat white gold and palladium in a classic pattern. $2749

  This 14 Karat palladium band uses the Mokume Gane technique to combine with 18 Karat yellow gold in a thin line patterned shank tapering with an 18 Karat yellow gold cathedral setting. Set with a 6.5 mm Cubic Zirconium. $3999