10-05-2024, 11:40 AM
Not bad. Those are selling for $44.81 at Amazon and Brownells. Better than their plastic version for sure.
I learned you have to be careful with ring sizes though. Many years ago I wanted to surprise my better half with an anniversary ring. I thought I would be slick and measure her wedding ring with my calipers when she wasn't looking to get the size. I took my calipers with me to the jewelers to match it up with their sizing rings. They made the ring and that was that. Or so I thought...
We ended up having to get the ring resized anyway after I gave it to her. That's when I learned jewelers have different sets of sizing rings. Thinner ones for narrow rings and wider ones for wider rings. While a thin gold band of xx size may slip easily on a finger, a wider band of the same ring size (inside dia.) will likely not according to the jeweler I dealt with. Turns out the new ring I bought her was a bit wider than her wedding ring.
Since then I now own a couple of sets of sizing rings and a resizing tool as well.
By the way, I feel your son's pain. In my late teens I was helping my bro-in-law do some kitchen equipment work at a nursing home. When we were done I went into the bathroom to wash my hands and I set my high school graduation ring down on the sink. (White gold with a small diamond stone.) Yep, walked out and forgot it. We drove back to get it about 15 minutes later and it was gone and of course nobody ever saw it. In a nursing home of all places.
I learned you have to be careful with ring sizes though. Many years ago I wanted to surprise my better half with an anniversary ring. I thought I would be slick and measure her wedding ring with my calipers when she wasn't looking to get the size. I took my calipers with me to the jewelers to match it up with their sizing rings. They made the ring and that was that. Or so I thought...
We ended up having to get the ring resized anyway after I gave it to her. That's when I learned jewelers have different sets of sizing rings. Thinner ones for narrow rings and wider ones for wider rings. While a thin gold band of xx size may slip easily on a finger, a wider band of the same ring size (inside dia.) will likely not according to the jeweler I dealt with. Turns out the new ring I bought her was a bit wider than her wedding ring.
Since then I now own a couple of sets of sizing rings and a resizing tool as well.
By the way, I feel your son's pain. In my late teens I was helping my bro-in-law do some kitchen equipment work at a nursing home. When we were done I went into the bathroom to wash my hands and I set my high school graduation ring down on the sink. (White gold with a small diamond stone.) Yep, walked out and forgot it. We drove back to get it about 15 minutes later and it was gone and of course nobody ever saw it. In a nursing home of all places.
Willie