Between £150 and £250 in GBP, set by ring size and band width. Delivery is £25 by regular mail or £55 recorded (signed for). Prices can also be shown in USD and EUR.

Not on the site. You send an order, I confirm size, price and postage by email, and we settle from there. No card details are entered on these pages.

Yes. Silver reacts with sulphur in the air and dulls over time. A silver polishing cloth restores a polished band.

The Thick Band — Forge & Vow

Name: The Thick Band
Brand: Forge & Vow
Availability: MadeToOrder

A heavy domed band, side on, catching a broad highlight. (finished product)

16 photographs, every one a finished piece. Tap the large image to open it full size.

In short

Pure silver, forged and finished entirely by hand
Deep domed court profile — the widest band I make
Your choice of a mirror polish or a soft satin finish
Inside face sanded smooth with the edges softened
Made to your size, US 4 to 15 in half steps

About this band

Deep domed court profile, with real weight to it

The substantial one. A high domed court profile with the most metal of the two, taken up on the wheel to a mirror — or left at an even satin if you'd rather it caught the light more quietly.

Specification

Metal	Pure silver
Profile	Court, high dome
Finish	Polished or satin
Inside	Sanded smooth, edges softened
Made by	Hand — forged, filed, domed, finished
Sizes	US 4–15, half steps
Widths	5 mm, 6 mm, 7 mm, 8 mm
Comes with	A soft ring pouch
Price	£150–£250, by size & width

Two finishes

Polished, or satin.

This band comes two ways, and you pick when you order. Polished is taken all the way to the wheel — a bright mirror that gives the room back. Satin stops one step before it: sanded to an even, soft matt that holds the light quietly and wears in rather than showing every mark. Same silver, same hours either way — the price doesn’t change.

A band domed and sanded to an even satin grey. (finished product) — The satin finish — sanded, not mirrored.

The join is still there, if you look

Each band begins as a length of silver bent round and joined. On most of them the line where the two ends met is still findable, along with a faint unevenness where the hammer landed. Sanding that away entirely would remove the only thing separating this from something pressed out ten thousand at a time.

A domed band held close, the join line just visible across the silver. (finished product)

Looking through a domed band at its smooth polished inside face. (finished product)

Finished on the side nobody photographs

The inside gets the same sanding and polishing as the outside, and the edges are taken off so there is no sharp lip. It is the part you actually feel all day.

The other band

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A thin polished silver band on a purple velvet pouch. (finished product)

The Thin Band

Narrow and light, in a polish or a satin finish.

From £150 See the band →

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Questions

Before you order

Is it actually solid silver?

Yes — pure silver all the way through, solid, not plated and not a silver colour over something cheaper.

Will mine look exactly like the photographs?

Close, but not identical. Every band is forged, filed, domed and finished by hand, so no two come out quite the same — the hammer marks land differently and the join sits in a different place. The photographs on this site are of real bands I've made, not renders, so what you see is the level to expect rather than a specific object.

How much is it, exactly?

Between £150 and £250, set by size and width — a bigger, wider band is more silver and more work. Pick your size and width on any band's page and the price updates, or use the estimator on the sizing page. Every band comes in a ring pouch. Delivery is £25 by regular mail or £55 recorded (signed for). You can switch between £, $ and € at the top of any page.

How do I pay?

Not on this site. You send your order through the order page, I reply to confirm the size, the price and the postage, and we settle it from there. No card details are ever typed into these pages.

How long will it take?

usually 7–14 days. Each one is made from scratch after you order, so it isn't same-day.

Does silver tarnish?

It does — silver reacts with sulphur in the air and dulls over time, more quickly for some people than others. A silver polishing cloth brings a polished band straight back. A satin band dulls less visibly because it isn't reflecting to start with.

Can I cancel or return it?

You can cancel for a full refund within 4 days of ordering, before I start making it — just email me. After that I begin forging your band to your size, width and finish, so it becomes a bespoke piece and can't be returned for a change of mind (made-to-order items are exempt from the usual 14-day return). Two things worth knowing: the size is worth getting right (the sizing page helps, and I'd rather sort it by email first), and because these are hand-made they carry small marks — a join line, the odd tool mark — which are character, not faults. If a band ever arrives genuinely faulty or not as described, your statutory rights apply and I'll put it right. Full returns policy.

Can I ask for something that isn’t on here?

Ask. The bands on the site are what I've made and photographed enough to sell with confidence, but the reason any of this exists is that I like making things out of metal.