Making A Signet Ring

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Making a signet ring.

Over the years this little flat topped ring design changed from a stamp to a fancy piece of jewelry used to indicate ancestry and status. Signet rings have even found a place in pop culture making appearances in tv shows movies and even video games. Your ring should reflect you. Choose to have your initials engraved from a range of beautiful fonts or create a unique monogram signet ring linking your initials together for a truly bespoke design.

Used as a seal a gentleman would use his ring featuring his unique family crest emblem or monogram to stamp important documents. Historically signet rings played a significant role in business and politics. Whilst our men s signet rings are gorgeous when left plain you may like to create an initial signet ring ensuring you own a piece of jewelry which is completely exclusive. Anyway today we re making a simple hollow signet ring.

If you re looking for a unique one of a kind custom designed signet ring you ve come to the right site. Hold with tradition and carve your family s coat of arms into a classic oval ring face. In this instructable i will guide you through the process of creating your own signet ring i made my own from sterling silver though you can use copper and its alloys brass bronze nickel silver if you want to do your project on a budget i don t recommend gold especially if this would be your first metalsmithing project you will need some equipment some of which may be expensive. For instance hazelmere s signet ring is a hero item that appears in runescape and it s a perfect example of the signet ring s influence on our world today.

I had lost access to my nice camera this time but i should get it back soon. Signet rings are a very. I wanted to start off by apologising for the poor image quality in this instructable. Despite the signet ring s practical history many people just enjoy the classic style of this accessory today.

By dipping the ring into hot wax or soft clay the ring left a distinct seal that was considered at the time to be more official than that of a signature. Or create something with a truly unique modern shape and your personal monogram design.