White Gold And Silver: With both white gold and silver being considered as 'white metals', which one is better when it comes to men's rings. Given the fact that at this point of time, silver costs less than $30 per ounce and gold is well above 40 times more expensive per ounce, a men's white gold ring should cost you considerably more than its sterling silver counterpart.
The reason why Kaisilver cannot sell very cheap silver rings is that, the overheads involved in design and molding, gem cutting and setting and other production costs - remain the same for gold and silver jewelry. We are the only custom made jewelry provider to assure the same high quality standards, irrespective of metal selected.
Back to the comparison between white gold and sterling silver, we all know that silver tarnishes after a while. Plating silver with rhodium, platinum etc does eliminate tarnish formation - for a while. The plating will ultimately wear off and the ring will begin to show signs of tarnish. A white gold ring will not tarnish, this makes it easier to maintain the jewel.
The big advantage of a sterling silver men's ring is that, weight will never be an issue. The economical price of silver allows for a sturdy and heavy ring to be crafted at a modest price. When it comes to a tarnished silver men's ring, it will be a lot easier to clean the tarnish if the ring is left unplated. Some amount of care and attention can keep the silver ring looking awesome.
When talking about the price of a white gold men's ring, it is important understand the concept of 10k, 14k and 18k white gold. Beginning with 18k white gold, the price per gram of the metal keeps going down as you come to 10k white gold. Gold in its purest form is too soft to be worn in jewelry, metals are added to deliver gold alloys that have sufficient hardness. 18k gold has the highest percentage of gold as compared to 10k and 14k gold. While the price of the alloy moves up from 10k to 18k, the hardness of the gold alloy drops along the same path. While we apologize for getting something quite technical into this report, the fact is that jewelers rarely care to explain these facts to jewelry buyers.