Is the Bottom of Your Ring Bent?

The everyday wearing of your rings can cause damage to the ring shank (the bottom and sides of your ring). The ring shank comes in contact with everything you pick-up. Over time the ring shank becomes thin and breaks.

Minimum Tolerance for Ring Shank Thickness and Width

• Ladies ring under size 6: 0.7mm thick x 1.8mm wide

• Ladies ring over size 6: 0.8mm thick x 2.2mm wide

• Gent’s ring: 0.9mm thick x 3.5mm wide

Once the ring shank has reached these minimum measurements the solution is to replace it with a new heavy shank. Depending on the amount of damage to the shank it will have to be replaced with either a full or half shank.

Full Shank
The old shank is cut from the ring at the 10 o’clock and 2 o’clock positions and a new heavier full shank is installed.

Half Shank
The old shank is cut from the ring at the 9 o’clock and 3 o’clock positions and a new heavier half shank is installed.

In the case of wedding sets with years of wear, thin shanks maybe caused by the rubbing against each other. It’s often more cost effective to have the two or three rings re-shanked as one ring, which will make a strong, durable, and long wearing ring.

Now that your ring has a new shank it’s ready for many more years of enjoyment.