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EXQUISITE RINGS EXPERTLY MADE FOR YOU TO ENJOY
We operate rigorous standards of quality control to ensure that every ring we sell is of the highest standard. If it isn't perfect, you can't have it!
All the wire we use is round in cross-section. As well as being available in our standard sized pack of 200 rings, due to popular demand we also have sterling silver rings in packs of 25 rings available in all ring sizes, because you don't always need 200! And we have packs of 100 and 1000 rings too. Our copper and brass rings are available in packs of 200 and 1000 rings.
The wire is hand fed to coil it around a mandrel, and the resulting coil is then cut into rings with a high powered precision saw with an extremely thin blade. The ring size is denoted by the mandrel used to make it. Due to the springback of the wire, the internal diameter of the coil is larger than the diameter of the mandrel used to make it. Springback is when the coiled wire relaxes and tries to straighten itself when the coil is cut from the main spool of wire, releasing tension, and the coil uncoils a little. Thus the resulting rings have an internal diameter slightly larger than the actual mandrel used to make them. If the wire didn’t springback, the coil would never slip off the mandrel! Springback varies between wire manufacturers for the same metal, and also between different metals. For example, copper has less springback than sterling silver, so rings made from copper and sterling silver using the same mandrel and same wire thickness will be different sizes - the copper ring will be slightly smaller than the sterling silver ring.
We denote our ring sizes as follows: wire diameter/mandrel size/pack size. So 1.0/3.5/200 indicates a pack of 200 rings made from 1.0 mm diameter wire wound around a 3.5 mm mandrel.
We use both metric and imperial mandrels, which gives us the very best selection to choose from to enable us to make the perfect sized ring for a specific weave. All the mandrel sizes are expressed in millimetres.
Please click on the appropriate button above to select either sterling silver, copper or brass rings.
All the wire we use is round in cross-
The wire is hand fed to coil it around a mandrel, and the resulting coil is then cut into rings with a high powered precision saw with an extremely thin blade. The ring size is denoted by the mandrel used to make it. Due to the springback of the wire, the internal diameter of the coil is larger than the diameter of the mandrel used to make it. Springback is when the coiled wire relaxes and tries to straighten itself when the coil is cut from the main spool of wire, releasing tension, and the coil uncoils a little. Thus the resulting rings have an internal diameter slightly larger than the actual mandrel used to make them. If the wire didn’t springback, the coil would never slip off the mandrel! Springback varies between wire manufacturers for the same metal, and also between different metals. For example, copper has less springback than sterling silver, so rings made from copper and sterling silver using the same mandrel and same wire thickness will be different sizes -
We denote our ring sizes as follows: wire diameter/mandrel size/pack size. So 1.0/3.5/200 indicates a pack of 200 rings made from 1.0 mm diameter wire wound around a 3.5 mm mandrel.
We use both metric and imperial mandrels, which gives us the very best selection to choose from to enable us to make the perfect sized ring for a specific weave. All the mandrel sizes are expressed in millimetres.
Please click on the appropriate button above to select either sterling silver, copper or brass rings.
