Can Tungsten Carbide be bent, resized, or broken?
Because the material is so hard, the surface finish is not scratched in normal wear. Also, because the material is so hard, if for some reason the ring must be removed from an injured or swollen finger, tungsten cannot be simply sawn through as with gold or platinum jewelry. One method of removing a tungsten band from the finger is to place the ring(and finger) into a vice and squeeze gently on the band until it crushes. The vice will not go further and the finger is ok in this “horrific sounding” process. A sharp hammer blow can do the same thing but will not likely spare the finger! Tungsten carbide is very hard but is brittle compared to normal jewelry metals and materials. Gold will bend and tungsten will not. The material will break before it will bend. Obviously, a tungsten carbide band cannot be resized and must be purchased in correct size to start with. And please be careful not to drop Tungsten Carbide jewelry against hard flooring from the distance, since there is always a c
