PERFECT FOR ATHLETES & TRADESMEN/WOMEN. BUT SIZE LABELING IS OFF.
This ring is simple yet attractive, and it is quite comfortable which was key for this purchase. My husband body builds & power lifts plus works & teaches construction / carpentry. All of which this leather ring works with.<br /><br />Skilled trades offer potentially dangerous scenarios in which a metal ring can increase these dangers. Industrial accidents involving the hands do occur; a metal ring risks crushing, skinning, & severing the finger and/or electrocuting the person.  Also, weightlifting & hands-on field work causes calluses & rough hands to worsen surrounding any hard metal ring, and no partner wants rough hands.<br /><br />All of that is key to why a leather ring like this can be so very helpful and important. My hubby had a finger crushed under a boulder while at work in which he could have lost his finger if he'd been wearing the metal wedding ring I'd given him (luckily he'd not been wearing it that day). Since then, we decided on pliable ring. Silicone was a clear &#34;no&#34; after all we tried caused a muggy, swampy &#34;rash&#34; underneath bc the material doesn't breath.<br /><br />I then found leather rings, and I especially liked this one: light weight, breathable which animal-leather inherently is, easy to replace (ie, the reasonable cost), breaks very easily (a GOOD thing: to release the finger during trauma), and lastly the handsome, classic design (black leather, choice of twine color, & no overlapping leather band at the connection point).<br /><br />-------------<br /><br />One negative was having to reorder the ring since our first ring was small (my husband's regular ring size --a size 10-- ended up being far too small). The size numbers (ie, &#34;...10, 11, 12...&#34;) seem incompatible with our sizing system. Best to disregard that number entirely and measure your finger instead (measurements are listed as well). After measuring, what we ordered ended up being two sizes up (just FYI). The ring is well worth it, despite the additional purchase & shipping especially compared to other artists & sellers.<br />The ring did shed a bit of black dye onto the skin for about 1 - 2 weeks, esp after handwashing, but stopped after that.<br /><br />Will purchase again.
Rating: 5 stars