# How are rings sized?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-rings-sized/342612
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [February 2, 2006, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-rings-sized/342612 "2006-02-02T01:56:14Z")
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### Author:  [@Ficer67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ficer67)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2006, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-rings-sized/342612/1 "2006-02-02T01:56:14Z")
How are rings sized? I can measure the circumference of my finger, how does that measurment convert to a ring size?
Thats about all.
As an aside, how do people remove a titanium ring from a swollen finger? Titanium is among the hardest metals around, and I suspect that any cutter would go dull when trying to cut a quantity of titanium.
Ok that is really all.
Ficer67
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### Author:  [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2006, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-rings-sized/342612/2 "2006-02-02T02:06:19Z")
> [@Ficer67](#):
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> As an aside, how do people remove a titanium ring from a swollen finger? Titanium is among the hardest metals around, and I suspect that any cutter would go dull when trying to cut a quantity of titanium.
[Jewelers and emergency rooms have equipment that can cut titanium rings off a finger](http://www.e-weddingbands.com/store/titanium-rings.html).
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### Author:  [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2006, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-rings-sized/342612/3 "2006-02-02T02:09:54Z")
[Ring sizing chart](http://www.overstock.com/ringsize.html).
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### Author:  [@Sleel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleel)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2006, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-rings-sized/342612/4 "2006-02-02T09:15:46Z")
Note that ring sizes are different in different countries. [Here](http://www.oromi.com/size-equivalents.htm) is an international size chart.
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### Author:  [@Mr.Goob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Goob)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2006, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-rings-sized/342612/5 "2006-02-02T13:17:40Z")
As a machinist I’ve worked with a lot of titanium. It’s pretty soft to cut and sort of springy. A lot like aluminium.
It’s reputation for being strong is when it’s used in place of steel. For it’s weight it can’t be beat. Steel is stronger and harder, but a lot heavier.
You see things like titanium coated drills. Really that’s a TiN coating. (Titanium Nitrite.) How it helps keep a tool sharp is from the lubricity of the coating. The chips slide away from the tool and helps protect the cutting edge. Giving you longer tool life.