Good Art Hollywood

[Ross]

New ring for myself today

[Kasi]

@Ross

Nice joining me with the bling bling

[Kasi]

@Matt

Struggling as usual with sizes

Buy a ring sizer you dummy…

[Matt]

I actually sized it at a jewelry store. Not sure why I’m struggling.

[Kasi]

@Matt said in Good Art Hollywood:

I actually sized it at a jewelry store. Not sure why I’m struggling.

Am sure we had conversations while back

You was told the GAH runs bigger

Even the clothing

Come on it’s not rocket science

[pechelman]

Fwiw, the one ring I have is spot on in sizing. Its inner diameter is exactly the same as a set of sizing rings as measured by a set of calipers which is also the same as online charts that convert ring sizes to inches. Other rings might differ / ymmv.

[Matt]

No Mo, you told me to buy a size up last time. Plonked.

[Kasi]

@Matt said in Good Art Hollywood:

No Mo, you told me to buy a size up last time. Plonked.

Did I can’t remember

Just remember one thing hands get cold
Rings become bigger

Hands are warm they get tighter

I think you need to buy a ring sizer

In the end you will get it right

[Matt]

Yeah. The 8 can slide off without much trouble so 7.5 it is.

[Matt]

I hope.

[pechelman]

I definitely "sized up" from what the ring sizer said would be the right fit because of how much wider the Frida GA is than the sizing ring. It was a tricky balance comparing my wedding band and sizer set to see what fit similar. Then I used that comparison to find the same relative fit on the other finger using the sizing rings. It was still a half size too small to fit comfortably on the finger I intended with how much it swells throughout the day, but I quickly realized I didnt want to wear the ring on that rh index finger anyway. It was perfect fit on the next finger over so I got lucky.

What I overlooked, and why I'm posting this to help others, is that while my wedding band is somewhat wide, it also has a "comfort fit" profile on its inner diameter, so it's got a little bit of a curve to it and isnt a straight cylinder like the GA ring is. So to that end, I should have gone up another half size based on that relative fit test I did in the beginning of this long winded post. In the end, that resulted in about a half size up for each the comfort fit and for the wider ring. ymmv of course.

Real moral of the story, buy a ring sizer set or go to a jeweler and try on rings in similar width AND inner diameter profile (straight fit and not comfort fit) to the ring you want. I highly suggest avoiding the little plastic tape measure zip tie looking things. I also tried buying cheap amazon rings in wider widths to help with sizing but found quickly that most of them were wildly variable in sizing and also not anywhere close to being round. Also avoid.

[Matt]

Trial and error ftw.

[Kasi]

Look feller’s

I will keep it simple

My experience in wearing the rings

I have 3 Ramen rings they are chunky rings I size up due more silver on the size

The smaller rings I size down so they
Don’t slip off

@Matt learn something from here

[Matt]

So my actual ring size is useless other than knowing how to size up or down. Makes perfect sense. That’s @Kasi logic at its finest.

[Anesthetist]

I find the hollow backed rings like the signet and club feel larger because of the additional space in the band. My Nixon feels spot on.

Can you return yours @Matt

[Kasi]

@Anesthetist I wear Nixon size 8,
Spot on for me, for my Flipity Dipity I wear 8.5

As I said depends on the style of the ring.
Bigger it’s is size up and go smaller style ring size down.

[Matt]

@Anesthetist yes IHUK has the 7.5 so I’m straight.

[Anesthetist]

@Kasi is the flippidy ring hollowed in the back? I’ve looked at getting one but thought I’d go TTS. If you have a second could you shoot a pic from the shank facing inward?

[Kasi]

@Anesthetist
Here you go.
It not hollowed at all like the frida ring and model 25

I know what you mean. I had them two sold them off being hollow

This one is solid heavy weight.

[pechelman]

wow, interesting. @kasi, it also looks like the ring on the inside is a bit tapered near the edges and isnt completely straight like the frida you used to own?