Guys, so I was wondering...since now I have a wedding set made by DK (and he is across the country) and obviously I loose my great extended warranty I had purchased, arghhh, DH hates this part!!
how do I go by ring maintenance and all? Should I just try finding a reputable jeweler or in the instance something should happen (stone fall off, etc) should I contact DK and send it to him??

I also am obsessed with keeping my rings nice and fresh with rhodium (at least every 6 mo), is it expensive these days? I am clueless lately

For me,..I am always going to send mine to him if I need something else done. I trust him and everyone around here cost so much more.
But I do HATE sending my rings anywhere!!
So hopefully I will never have to again!

I hear ya...I hope not to have to 'fix' anything, but I think I will do the rhodium around here, I know a couple of people in a couple jewelry stores.
My rings get yellow fast and drives me nuuuuuuuuuuuts

I'm extremely low maintenance. Anything I have made will be with X1 white gold or unplated gold. No rhodium plating. I take my wedding ring to the jeweler who made it for check-ups and he can do any repairs as well. Other minor repairs we have had done local as well....but I don't have an extensive collection or anything so it's been simple to keep up.

DD's ring from DK is X1 and he said all his castings will be from now on. It can still be rhodium plated if anyone wants it.
If it ever needs maintenance we'll have to decide if it's worth sending back or if it can be done local.

I have a local jeweler that I have known for many years and trust. He has made me many custom pieces over the years so I know that his work is fabulous.

I would suggest that if you don't want to send your pieces back to DK whenever something needs to be done, look around and see if you can find someone locally that is good.

I personally tend to think its best to send the jewelry back to the maker, depending on what it is and turn around time. I am sending DK some rings for setting and a ring that needs to be resized. I find his turn around time to be better then most and less expensive, even with shipping. I live in the same state about an hour away so shipping time is very short. I trust him and that is also important. I don't want to have a trial run with one of my rings with a local jeweler and have them ruin a stone or what have you. I got a quote from someone local that said it would be $150 to set an 8mm stone and $150 for sizing a few sizes. CRAZY!!!

Luckily, I am close to DK as well. Couple hours south and don't mind driving to him as I am having him create a couple of rings for me.

It's a factor I considered when finding someone to do my custom work.

And I have a local jeweler close by who I trust and have a relationship with for inspections and cleaning.

I would agree, unless of course, your local jeweler is better!!!

Thanks guys, yeah I might look around for a good jeweler, I have some contacts I can talk to.
In regards to the gold, I am clueless as what you mean by "X1", etc?

I thought all white gold could turn yellow after a while?

He says my set is solid 14k white gold, so I just assumed I'd need rhodium in a few months

X1= white gold alloy that does not need rhodium, stuller's name for it