Shaped rings are a recent addition to our product line so our Weave Gallery information and recommendations are quite limited. We're adding to our recommendations as quickly as testing allows but in the meantime, please use the following notes to help you estimate the best size where no recommendation is given.

Square Rings in General

Square rings take up more room than round ones of the same size because of the corners. Whether a larger inside diameter is needed, though, depends on the weave. Square rings take more time and care to close well than do round ones. The slightest misalignment or pringling shows. With smooth edged flatnose pliers, it's fairly easy to avoid scarring the metal though it might not be so easy with pliers that are sharp edged or very pointy.

Square Rings in This Weave

This weave doesn't seem to need much extra room in square but because Half Persian 4-in-1 can tolerate a little extra wiggle room without losing its beauty, it's safest to go with a slightly larger inside diameter if you aren't sure. Square rings make a slightly thicker chain but not much thicker; there's only a half millimeter's difference in thickness between the round and square versions in 14g using the same ring size. Flexibility is slightly reduced but not enough to matter.

About Our Recommendations

Please keep in mind that these demonstration pieces were all made with our traditional sterling rings and our recommendations are based on those tests. Argentium sterling wire is slightly softer and copper wire is softer still so due to decreased springback, finished rings in those materials are the tiniest bit smaller than traditional sterling rings and therefore might not substitute well in the most snug fitting designs described below. Specific information on those materials is listed as soon as it's available but in the meantime, test the materials yourself or avoid using them when a particular ring size is described as being a tight fit for the weave. Our 18K gold rings are harder than sterling, making the rings ever so slightly larger so this is not an issue that affects them. Please keep in mind that our ring size recommendations apply perfectly to rings that we make but cannot and should not be assumed to apply to rings made by anyone else and certainly not to metals we don't even use.

Weave Gallery Build Notes This section of our Weave Gallery contains all the photos and test information currently available but it is not yet complete. If you have test information using our rings for one of the gauges left blank below, please post your results as a comment. Additional photos and test results will be added as they become available.

UNTESTED We do not yet have test data for this gauge and ring shape in this weave. If you've tested this weave with our rings in this gauge and shape, please comment below to share your findings. Our best guess, based on the math: 22g/3.25mm, approximately 27rpi

UNTESTED We do not yet have test data for this gauge and ring shape in this weave. If you've tested this weave with our rings in this gauge and shape, please comment below to share your findings. Our best guess, based on the math: 20g/4.0mm, approximately 23rpi

UNTESTED We do not yet have test data for this gauge and ring shape in this weave. If you've tested this weave with our rings in this gauge and shape, please comment below to share your findings. Our best guess, based on the math: 18g/5.0mm, approximately 18rpi

UNTESTED We do not yet have test data for this gauge and ring shape in this weave. If you've tested this weave with our rings in this gauge and shape, please comment below to share your findings. Our best guess, based on the math: 16g/6.5mm, approximately 14rpi

This size makes the beautiful chain shown in the photo at the top of the page.

Speedy Add to Cart Buttons for 14g Half Persian 4-in-1 Square
	Sterling		Copper		Argentium
	Up to 4.6"		Up to 4.6"		Up to 4.6"
	Up to 9.2"		Up to 9.2"		Up to 9.2"
	Up to 13.8"		Up to 13.8"		Up to 13.8"
	Up to 18.4"		Up to 18.4"		Up to 18.4"
	Up to 23"		Up to 23"		Up to 23"
	Up to 27.6"		Up to 27.6"		Up to 27.6"
	Up to 32.2"		Up to 32.2"		Up to 32.2"

If you know how many inches of chain you want to make, you can choose one of the speedy buttons above to add to your cart all the rings you'll need for that length of chain with just one click. If this chain requires more than one ring size, the speedy buttons will add the necessary amount of each ring size to your cart, all at the same time. Use the More Shopping button to come back to this page afterward.

Sterling
	Ring Size Rings per Inch Inches per Ozt Chain Width 14g/8mm 9.5rpi 4.6" 11mm

Copper
	Though technically untested, this should work well. If you've tested this weave in this size using our copper rings, please comment below and share your findings.

Argentium
	Though technically untested, this should work well. If you've tested this weave in this size using our Argentium rings, please comment below and share your findings.

Clicking any photo below will take you to the details page for that ring so that you can add it to your shopping cart. To add rings to your cart without losing this page, right click the photo and choose Open New Tab or Open New Window. After adding the rings to your cart, click the X in the upper right corner to close that window and return to this page to continue selecting rings or browsing the Weave Gallery.

Sterling 14g/8.0mm

Copper 14g/8.0mm

Argentium 14g/8.0mm

UNTESTED We do not yet have test data for this gauge and ring shape in this weave. If you've tested this weave with our rings in this gauge and shape, please comment below to share your findings. Our best guess, based on the math: 12g/10.0mm, approximately 8rpi