This page is about the ring making process. If you're more interested in the metals we use to make rings, see About... Our Metals.

Our rings begin as the finest quality half hard wire from the most consistent and reputable mill. We don't shop around for better prices. We chose the best source and buy only from that source so that rings we make today perfectly match rings we made last year. For dense chain and maille designs with close tolerances, this is an extremely important consideration and the gauge measurements of different suppliers can vary widely, so we don't take any chances.

The rings won't be perfect unless the coils are perfect, so we feed our wire into each and every coil by hand. That's actually a pretty good way to lose a finger, so we're extremely careful and take every practical precaution to ensure safety. The most important precaution is simply that we make rings every day, so we're never, ever the least bit out of practice.

In order for the rings to close seamlessly, they must have two perfectly flush ends, so we cut each coil by hand with a high powered, precision saw. Even the most minute wobble or the least misalignment can leave burrs on the rings and we don't sell burred rings, so our cutting setup is precisely calibrated, checked and re-checked, many times each day. If the blade removes very much metal, the rings won't be perfectly round anymore, so we use very thin blades that leave a kerf less than the width of a human hair. Thinner blades are more prone to shattering so, again, it's a little dangerous and takes a lot of practice to get such fine cuts consistently, but business is good so staying in practice isn't a problem. *s*

Freshly cut rings are minutely examined for burrs and even slightly burred rings are scrapped. We then tumble polish the rings with stainless steel shot for several hours to clean and polish them until they're so shiny it's hard to look at them in bright light. Tumble polishing the rings also hardens them and makes them even stronger. Once polished and dry, they're examined under magnification and culled of even the smallest imperfection before they're weighed and packaged in attractive and convenient glass topped tins.

We price our rings fairly, even to the point of being priced competitively with lower quality mass produced rings available from many jewelry suppliers. Despite that, you can find cheaper rings.