[TheForge] daascus ring making--a how to question

[Justin Fellenz]

All,

I have a very nice m/s and sawblade damascus billet done up that will
become my wedding ring. I see that most of the damascus ringmakers use
an inner sleeve of titanium or silver to prevent corrosion against the
skin. I'm not sure how to do this. My best guess is that you cut an
inner sleeve and silver solder them together if you're using titanium
(I was thinking of just using stainless since I have some) but I'm not
sure how you'd do it with a softer precious metal. Would you just heat
the steel and touch a rod onto it like solder and then cut to shape?
You'd need to etch with the silver on, does that work? Can you use
silver solder for this or do you need purer metal? Would it work with
gold?

Thanks very much.

Justni