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My friend Julian Lamb (Jeweler to the Queen) was kind and generous enough to send me a ring, the better to show off the quality of his work, from his shop, Ruby Crush. And when I say quality, I mean it, he ain’t fuckin’ around.

A truly lovely thing it is – click the images for a bigger view.

This is the last time you’ll see this thing so shiny; soon it’ll take on the look of hard livin’ like the rest of ’em.

Julian’s site is short on pictures – the ring I have, the jawless skull, isn’t shown; only a gape-jawed lunatic skull that’s pretty cool (Particularly in gold). But I like this one much better than the jawed version. He’s got some decent other stuff stuff (crosses and Fleur De Lis, which I can sorta see Brutha Ray wearing but which are not me), and a couple of utterly bizzaro pieces, a Jimi Hendrix ring and an Elvis ring; both of which I’d love to own but can’t imagine actually wearing, they’re so over-the-top (though actually I’d rather see one of sunglasses-and-mutton-chops 70’s elvis). I’d love to see these in person, they’re awesome work in the photos, the Jimi one particularly.

I have the feeling, though, that Julian, like many jewelers, has a LOT more work that’s not on the site; I’m hoping he’ll get a good gallery up that shows the full range.

This ring Julian sent me is lovely; smaller and a bit more elegant that my other rings, it’s more keith-richards looking that the others. It’s simple, classic, well made without a lot of fuss.

You can’t really see in Julian’s pictures, but this has a lighter, thinner band than my other skulls, so the fit is different. I ordered a size 13 to fit my index finger, basing it on how other rings fit, but with the thinner band I could have gone a 12.5 or even 12. The band is thick, but not wide, so it’s still a substantial piece of silver.

This is a really good ring for a smaller hand, or a smaller finger (though it’s no delicate thing; it’s just a bit smaller than my others.) This is the most elegant skull ring I own.

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CrazyPig, one of the coolest and oldest of the skull ring makers, now has an online store.

I would happily buy almost everything on that page, and that’s just the rings.

Hell. There goes what’s left of my paycheck.

My hand it up on the DeadRingers web site, along with some other fantastic new pictures (Love the gold skulls).

They’ve also got some new items on the site, and some sketches of upcoming pieces (Want that celtic cross – nice!)

As usual, fabulous designs and incredibly creativity. These guys are awesome.

One of my readers, crazy old uncle joe (one of those madmen who types all in caps so you always feel like he’s SHOUTING EVERYTHING AT MAXIMUM VOLUME) just sent me a pic of his fabulous brand new Tony Creed DestinyMan skull ring (Click for a close-up):

That’s one sweet ring, Joe. Wear it well. Tony rocks, doesn’t he?

I was just showing off my ring – which has taken on a battered and abused look like a good skull ring should – to an old friend I ran into in my local sushi bar. Man, I’d like to have another of Tony’s creations, one of these days when I get my budget under control (*cough*never*cough*)!