Making Your School Ring Special

Class rings are typical memorabilia for high school and college graduates. They are usually engraved with the school’s insignia, motto or any other type of symbol for the class along with the class’ graduation year. For many students, such rings are one of the only tangible reminders of what the class went through together. The responsibility of selecting a ring design as well as the metal to be used for the ring rests on the school administrators. The design is usually agreed upon by the graduating batch but the alloy to be used depends on the school’s budget as well as that of the students who will be availing of the rings.

College Class Rings

Gemstones

Some schools opt to engrave more than just the school’s insignia on the ring. To make it look more elegant, you can have semiprecious stones in your school’s colors placed on your class rings. Anything too flashy may not suit the taste of your graduating class.

Engravings

Another good idea for your class rings is to have each one engraved with the student’s name or nickname. It would make each ring personalized and extra-special especially if the student found that the ring seemed to have been made exclusively for him.

Other design options

While the general rule suggests creating a ring that will be suitable for both sexes, you may want to consider a thicker band for males and a more delicate one for females.

Class Ring Stone Effects

Along with specifying the metal and the stone and year, now you can select a special effect for your stone. Stone options add a little more to the cost of the ring. Depending on the jeweler, here’s some of the stone effects you can pick from:

Astralight stone effect

Astralight is a special option underneath the stone and it gives the stone the illusion of a rainbow beneath it. Astralight can be done on either smooth or faceted stones. It looks really good.

Sundance stone effect

The Sundance effect also can be done on either smooth or faceted stones. It is a special effect under the stone that gives the illusion of rays beneath the stone.

Encrusting effect

This is where an embedded yellow gold symbol or yellow gold letter is placed into the top of your stone. Encrustings look better on darker stones and are available on the smooth stones. With this effect, you would not want to combine this with either the Sundance or Astralight stone options.

Protected emblem effect

This is a symbol or letter design located underneath the stone. This effect works better with the lighter colored stones and is available on smooth stones. You wouldn’t want to combine this with Sundance or Astralight either.

I wish you an awesome graduation. It’s a wonderful time in your life and your class ring is that something extra you can always carry with you. It serves as a reminder that you “made it.”

Please also check out my other guide on Mens Ring