chippyfly
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Gent's ring
I only have one gold and onyx ring bought in Gold Street in Muharraq 1967. It was for a special reason to naively wear/carry something of instant value in case I found myself in difficult territory at a time when the UK was extracting itself from Khormaksar Aden, now part of the Yemen. We were flying lots of stuff in C130's out with the possibility of being shot at and forced landing where local people were perceived to mutilate their captives. The idea was to buy time/release/retention of body parts etc. As I said, naive, but I was young.
When bought, there was no hallmark. It was priced by weight on a scale. A couple of years ago I had the ring assayed and hallmarked so that I could hand the ring to my son in future. It is technically 21ct gold but in the UK no such mark exists, so I had to accept the London 18ct mark.
I rarely wear it because a ring is dangerous if caught on a door handle or a tool or some other obstruction.
Clive
Anyone do rings too?
A couple of family heirlooms, one was dad's and one was mom's. The rest I either bought, or my wife gave me. ...
I do not make them but love them!!
Here are mine! The signet ring is from my uni (I went to St. Andrews) and the Ouroboros one is a fidget ring The other two are ones I thrifted that I liked! i recently lost this one that was super cool from this artist i liked that was black and had fak...
I love the idea of personal rings
But for me personally, I never wear any rings. I am sure I'd get used to it, but it does not feel right. Not even a wedding band. Mrs gave me a watch instead for our wedding bless her
A Victorian bracelet inherited from my grandmother and mother.
I had it repurposed into a signet ring for me. The engraved initials represent my grandmother, my mother and myself. ...
You are quite the dandy!
No rings for me, especially after one of my friends tore the flesh from one of his fingers to the bone after his ring got caught in a nail climbing down from a tree, only exception is a matched wedding band to keep the missus happy.
I’m not a jewelry guy, but
I like them on other people. I especially like the one with the bear and the red stone; maybe a ruby?
Gent's ring
I only have one gold and onyx ring bought in Gold Street in Muharraq 1967. It was for a special reason to naively wear/carry something of instant value in case I found myself in difficult territory at a time when the UK was extracting itself from Khormaks...
I have a few; family hand-me-down, wedding, just for fun
I started with the sterling silver ring that looks like a Mickey Mouse head, then a copper band (yes, cut from a pipe), then I had a yellow gold wedding ring which we loaded up with some little diamonds, next I bought a titanium/red gold ring to match all...