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Can Titanium or Tungsten Carbide ring be cut off? Yes! But first try soaking your hand in an ice cold water for 1-2 minute, then apply a lubricant (such as petroleum jelly or hand lotion) between the ring and the knuckle, hold the ring with a towel and pull with a rocking motion. In an emergency situation where there might be a medical necessity to remove the band (such as hand or finger injury) the following procedures can be used to cut off the ring safely and quickly.
Tungsten rings are actually safer to wear due to the hardness. The Hard metal ring will protect your finger rather than bend into it in the case of force. A true tungsten carbide ring can also be easily cracked off by any medical professional. A standard vice grip locked to the ring and cracked several times around the circumference will cause the ring to break into pieces and fall right off!
The claim that tungsten rings cannot be cut off in emergencies & would thus require amputation of the finger. This could not be more wrong! Again, tungsten rings cannot be cut away by traditional methods, but they are certainly not indestructible. All personnel responding to an emergency remove tungsten rings by cracking them with a regular set of vise grip pliers, which are found in nearly every tool box & kept on hand by emergency rooms.
While hospitals and emergency workers are usually equipped for such a scenario, tungsten is too hard to be cut off by standard ring cutters. It is possible, but it requires vice grip pliers and considerable effort. Complications can arise if the wearer is in a situation that prevents the ring from being easily accessed by pliers.
A few days later I was stung by a wasp on my finger and it immediately swelled up. I took some antihistamine in case it was an allergic reaction. I tried using soap and lotion to get it off and cold water and ice to get the swelling down but the ring wouldn’t move. The only thing left to do was to go to the emergency room. I was getting worried since I thought the ring could not be cut and in the back of my mind I kept thinking they might have to amputate my finger. The doctors couldn’t't get the swelling down so in the end they decided they would cut the ring. Rather that, than amputating the finger. The doctor used a small cutting device with a rotating blade similar to a dremel and within 30 minutes I was out of the emergency room with my ring cut in half and an embarrassing story my husband will always remind me of. At least my finger and husband was intact, the ring could always be replaced”.
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