Comments on: Knuckling Down – Fitting a Ring for Someone with Large Knuckles? https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/knuckling-down-fitting-a-ring-for-someone-with-large-knuckles/ free jewelry tutorials, plus a friendly community sharing creative ideas for making and selling jewelry. Sat, 20 Oct 2018 23:35:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.15 By: Nan https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/knuckling-down-fitting-a-ring-for-someone-with-large-knuckles/#comment-604208 Sat, 20 Oct 2018 23:35:13 +0000 http://jewelrymakingjournal.com/?p=44424#comment-604208 Like Adrian I was shown how to square the bands a bit so they slide over swollen knuckles. My Mom has severe rheumatoid arthritis and hated her hands, couldn’t wear her rings until.. We used 3-5. Mm pliers to square her rings a bit. They still sat perfectly and she was happy because she felt people noticed her rings not her hands

]]> By: Maryla https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/knuckling-down-fitting-a-ring-for-someone-with-large-knuckles/#comment-444431 Tue, 17 May 2016 20:49:27 +0000 http://jewelrymakingjournal.com/?p=44424#comment-444431 Nancy Hamilton has some patterns for adjustable ring shanks that may work
nancylthamilton.com/resources/patterns/955-2/#The_Patterns

You can buy hinged ring shanks in silver or gold. Here’s one link I found
fingermate.com/ordering_finding.htm#Top

]]> By: Adrien https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/knuckling-down-fitting-a-ring-for-someone-with-large-knuckles/#comment-444410 Tue, 17 May 2016 18:48:28 +0000 http://jewelrymakingjournal.com/?p=44424#comment-444410 You may want to try squaring the shank after you have finished making the ring. Several of my customers have said it has greatly reduced the effort of getting their rings I have made over their knuckles. You could reshape the ring on a square mandrel, but I use my widest flat nosed (5mm) pliers to do the shaping. The advantage of a square shank is that you can slide it on the finger with one of the corners going above the knuckle and then turn it with a flat side up which makes a secure fit.

]]> By: Rena Klingenberg https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/knuckling-down-fitting-a-ring-for-someone-with-large-knuckles/#comment-443747 Sat, 14 May 2016 00:05:30 +0000 http://jewelrymakingjournal.com/?p=44424#comment-443747 David, could you design the ring with a clasp feature? So that the clasp could be opened to get the ring over the large knuckle, and then latched to fit the base of the finger below the knuckle?

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