Ring #1

A few years ago, maybe as many as 4, I found this nice ring on the ground. It was in exceptional shape, brand new looking. I could tell by looking at it that the steel was surely stainless, and it had a nice heft to it After surveying my surroundings for a few minutes in search of someone who might have lost the ring, there was no one in sight. The main part of the ring was stainless steel and it looked to have some kind of beautifully done wood inlay, with an approximately 3-5 millimeter wide ring of mother of pearl inlaid into the beautiful brown wood.

I took the ring home and being a rather inquisitive sort, I started researching the ring and looked to the inner facing portion for any insignia’s or other markings. There was an insignia and it was for a small boutique located in Hawaii that handmade these rings for sale in their retail shop/s. Kingsway was the brand name of the ring.

The construction was indeed stainless steel, with a koa wood inlay (koa wood is Hawaii’s natural mesquite and just as useful) as well as the mother of pearl inlay. This ring is sold out of their retail stores and if I remember correctly was in the $45 to $65 price range. I lived in Hawaii for 10 years and that is assuredly tourist pricing. Interested locals surely get a heavy discount if their interested. It’s the way things work in Hawaii.

Ring #2

About a year ago, under much the same conditions as outlined above, being just out on a walk, I found another ring. This one looked to be some sort of anodized highly polished black metal with an additional ring around the ring (see picture above, middle) which seemed to be possibly made of aluminum.

Well I was wrong on all accounts on the makeup. This ring was also from some sort of small retail chain, probably mom and pop shop, that makes these rings in house for their retail sales. It turns out the ring was made of tungsten carbide, with a nice polish, and also was in the $65 retail price range. King Will was the name of the company that produced this ring I discovered. I didn’t know it but tungsten wedding bands are a thing, and some of them can be very expensive. Was news to me.

Ring #3

The third ring I found a week ago. It was just a simple stainless steel wedding band type of hoop with a somewhat cool square pattern running all along the ring. There is some small writing on the inner portion of the ring, but I have yet to make out what it says. I’ll leave a comment if I ever figure out what is written there.

Ring #4

Ring #4 was gaudy, huge, and ugly. Way to big for my fingers. It was one of those rocker metal head type of rings. The ring was in the shape of a huge lion head with a perpetual snarl on its face. There was an embellishment of some sort of red glass or stone in one of the eyes which gave it a somewhat menacing look. It seemed like one of those rings you wore for two reasons: to let people know your some type of extreme punk with a single finger brass knuckle which would probably leave an interesting indentation on a face. I wanted nothing to do with it. So I set it back on the ground where I found it and went home.

Morals of the Story

• Gotta have standards.
• Lots of rings are lost in Portland.
• Picking things off the ground might be fun. Might even be able to blog about it.
• All of the above.

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