For someone to die
Or decide to sell
People hold on to their rings like smeegul in this hobby
So I decided to make my own!

Wow, thats a real beauty, Mike! And it's so hard to find a legit period SA ring...this would make a super daily wearer! Fantastic idea!

What a great idea mike, a out as original as one could ever hope to find.....looks like a professional jeweler did it, you should make more and sell them!

Mike,, I know you were wrestling a bit on whether to post this. Glad you did. You actually are doing a service to some of the new collectors.
What could this have taken you actually to do,,1/2 hr?, a real SA dagger button?
There are many that would carve a few embellishments on the side,,maybe a engraving in the band and put on the auctions. AND, there are some that would pay $100. or more for this with a good story!!
OR,,imagine a old blank with hallmarks, an SS button in there and skulls carved on the sides and maybe one of the dates from the HR engraved in band!,,they'd go nuts

Remember this topic new collectors! Mikes an honest guy showing showing what can be done with a simple drill press, old blank and dagger button.. I've said this many times,,value on any 'period hand carved - campaign made' ring,,,value? not much and IF you just have to have it try and pay as little as you can for it!

Buyers beware!

Mike,,Much thanks for showing and cool wearer for sure!

Ah,ah,ah,ah....Mike if you ever decide to make more for GDC guys keep one of them for me !(US size 10)

in the case I will suggest engraving I would love in

Ric

My buddy down in the STEM lab was part of the project
We did it on a whim and yes that is an authentic sa dagger roundel
However I have highlighted and skipped over a few steps in the process
It was fun and we learned a lot so we have some ideas for the next time
Takes a couple days because of the curing and the fact we had to do it in fits and starts
We did it in the morning and on lunches and prep periods
I wish we spent less than 100 dollars to make it but it went beyond that
But it was great fun and we have some ideas now
Thanks for the reviews all
Best of both worlds with authentic parts and yes its an easy wearer
Comfy too lol

A cool looking wearer and rather easy and cheap to make.
If made from period parts and in the right way it isn`t to date.
Very good expamle for such work.
Thanks Mike for showing this to us.

So guys, always you see a handmade ring think on this real good example and stay careful in buying.

Rings are available PM for details first come first served

.......Ring number 2 by mike

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Thanks chris I really appreciate the photos
We were working with different table depths to see if we could still make the nice flush ring surface for the cartouche. So far so good! Next lesson we learned is that each roundel is ever so slightly different sized so that was a surprise. Next week we try some embellishments. We can cut and resize the rings now and have a laser for etching and engraving we want to experiment with. Great fun this project has been. Rings getting better now too, some ss roundels are coming. Much harder to find and much more expensive than the sa. The next ring blanks are period pieces from Germany coming in a month or so. Even have the ads to go with them. Much thinner table depth and much finer rings. Authentic roundels in period pieces coming sometime soon stay tuned