My family have generously offered me family rings to use as our wedding bands, with the intention of saving us money. We were so happy to accept, and I love the sentimental boost of wearing heirloom rings. My father's band is VERY thick which is uncomfortable for fiance, and they're both yellow gold which we don't usually wear (my gorgeous e-ring made from fiance's family rings is white gold) so we had planned to have some work done on them.
But now a local jeweler says making the rings as white gold, and making my father's ring thinner, will cost an extra 'custom' fee of $1,000 - 2,000 each!
Has anyone else had experience with modifying family rings in terms of width or metal? Did you have any good cost solutions or jewelers you would recommend? I love the idea of wearing family items, and fiance having my dad's ring....but we just can't afford to pay $4,000 for our wedding bands!
