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Get a chain long enough to wear it by your heart. Chicks love that stuff!

I've gone to wearing a band made of tungsten carbide. That's when I wear one.

As a matter of fact I picked up a new one yesterday, as my old one was too loose due to my weight loss.

You won't squish one of these babies it's hard to even scratch one.

Excellent suggestion!

If for some reason working with a "bachelor" finger bothers you, have an unsquishable work ring made of heavy tool steel. Have it plated if its appearance is that important.

Keep finger and engraved soft ring safe and intact for other times, other situations, other environments, other company!

+1 on taking it off while working, several jobs I had to remove it or else. Local guy that worked for the phone company lost the finger because it got caught riped it off.

Ask your wife if she would prefer if: (a) you lost some digits or (b) you didn't wear your wedding ring at work, and you will know exactly where you stand.

I do not take my wedding ring off ever. BUT, when we were married 2 years I had mine slip off my finger and disappear into a lake while riding a jet ski. Gold was an astronomical $600 an ounce back in the day, and it took about a year and a half before we could buy another. I probably haven't had the replacement ring totally off my finger for more than a few times in the last 20 something years, but I would not wear it whenever it impacted my safety. My wife would be upset if I took a chance over a ring.

Mine comes off when I'm working with power tools. Every time. Period.

Here you go, safest place to put it while at work.




End of problem

There's more than one way to lose a finger because of a ring.

A friend of mine slipped and fell � hard. On the way down, his ring caught on something such as the head of a nail and stripped all the flesh off that finger, leaving only the bare bones intact.

Talk to an ED nurse about de-gloving accidents for an eye opener.

AMEN that Mike.

small tight chain around the neck under the shirt.

A ring is a symbol of a vow. It's not the vow itself. If the vow is so weak that you have to wear something to prove it, then it's not much of a vow. If your wife can't understand safety and understand that you could suffer serious injury from the ring, then she needs to look deeper into your relationship.

i haven't worn my wedding ring for a long time after the honey moon my ring went in to the wife jewlery box. I tryed wearing it for about a week once when i melted it to a muffler of a 64 pontic I was doing a custom exhaust on, so i should say whats left of my wedding ring resides in my wifes jewlery box

Marty, please listen to what AJ300mag and the others are telling you about rings and working. I wore mine for the first 4 years I was married. I worked as an electrician in commercial and industrial environments.
Till one day I was climbing down from a machine and slipped a little bit. My ring caught on a piece of the machine. I wound up hanging from my ring finger and luckily I was able to grab on with my right hand/arm before the ring skinned my finger down all the way. It only skinned it down to just over the knuckle.
And I'm not talking about just roughing the skin up. I mean there was bone showing.
Please do not wear your ring at work.
The things you were taught/told about never taking it off a just noise by people who are not looking at the safety aspect of the serious injuries rings will do to you. Take it off when at work. Put it on when done. The ring is not keeping you faithful to your vows to your wife.

I once read about a power co. lineman who didn't notice that his wedding ring had worn a small hole in his insulated gloves. He's now deceased.
In retrospect, would his wife have insisted that he continue wearing it?

I haven't worn mine for years. In a lot of places I work, it's not allowed. When it is, I've smashed it, scratched it, and now, it's out of round so it bugs my finger when I do wear it.

It doesn't bug me not to wear it and it doesn't bug my wife.

http://s110.photobucket.com/albums/n116/rick300/wedding%20ring/

Here's my work ring. I have a band like your's but I only wear it at home or out. I know two guys missing that finger and I saw a co-worker almost do the same. I love my wife but I like my fingers too. Hope this helps. Rick

All good advice Marty. I took my ring off after the wedding trip was over and told my wife that from now on I would wear it around my heart and if it ever fell off, my heart would break in a million pieces.

It's still on there holding everything together.

that still hurts have not worn mine for years ;;wife wares it now