Recently married, my lovely wife took my wedding ring to the high street jewellers where it was bought today - I wanted it reduced, if possible, by half a ring-size.
We were expecting the shop to have to send it away to a workshop to have a little slice of metal removed, the ring then welded back together, and rebuffed to perfection.
Instead, a man at the counter immediately disappeared to a backroom for about ten minutes, and returned with the ring, claiming to have shrunken it by the desired amount.
It looks/feels identical to me, the Mrs didn’t ask what technique the man had used - and it wasn’t a scam as such, as there was no charge, and an offer to adjust the ring further if need be. Is there some easy non-metallurgical backroom resizing process this bloke could (claim to) have used?
Yes ring re-sizing techniques are there. Ring sizing is one of the most common procedures bench jewelers perform. It’s mostly done by cutting the ring’s shank and reducing or enlarging it. However, some ring designs make common techniques less useful.