‘Man Rings’ Have Arrived: They Cut, Saw, And Even Open Beer Bottles

“Man rings” are made of titanium and come with attached mini-tools. The sleek-looking rings might just be a perfect Valentine’s Day gift for male significant others. The rings are basically a wearable Swiss Army knife.

The $385 man rings are being sold by the BooneRings Etsy shop. The website is a popular online venue for artisans and vintage treasure hunters. The titanium rings boast a bottle opener, a serrated blade, a straight blade, a saw, and even a tiny comb. The BooneRings shop has a reminder posted to potential customers that the ring is not a toy, The Blaze notes.

A description of the man ring reads:

“It is a finely engineered and crater piece of functional art that anyone would be proud to wear.”

BooneRings customizes the tool-infused ring to offer an attractive fit for customers. Although the man rings are becoming an internet sensation, they can be cut to fit a female finger as well. The ring makers are based out of Georgia, according to the company’s website. The team consists of Bruce Boone, artisans Chris Shepherd and Steven Post, and Boone’s wife Trish.

Like many of the online cottage industries utilizing the ETSY platform, Boone started the company on a shoe-string budget. Many successful ETSY sellers morph a hobby into an extra cash endeavor. Some ultimately turn their internet shop into a creative full-time career. Boone began just a single machine in his basement in 1993. Bruce Boone recently began using his bike parts making skills to the Swiss Army knife style rings.

An excerpt from the BooneRings website reads:

“I tinkered and ran an ad for titanium cogs in a single bike magazine and was overwhelmed at the response. I had to quit my real job and make bike parts for a living. I had to hire employees and buy another machine. My wife Trish and I decided at the last minute to exhibit at the Interbike show and were amazed at the dealer response; we didn’t get to sit down, go to the bathroom, or stop talking the whole time we were there! Photographers for magazines had to make 4 return trips just to get to the booth because there were so many people around! Within months, I had to get a real shop and got larger machines.”

Would you or someone you love like a man ring for Valentine’s Day?

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