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Knotwork, ogham and the claddagh

Celtic wedding rings

Knotwork cut into the band rather than printed on it. The claddagh's hands and heart. Ogham, the early Irish alphabet, which can spell a name of your own.

6 rings · made to order in your size · engraving included

A black zirconium band cut with a continuous Celtic knot

At a glance

Celtic wedding rings, metal by metal

6 bands in 4 metals. The least expensive is the celtic at £269. The widest go to 10mm. 2 cost under £300, 5 cost under £500.

Celtic wedding rings: count, price, width, hardness and weight by metal
MetalRingsPriceWidthsSurface6mm band, est.
Titanium2£2694 to 10mmMohs 62.2g
Anodised zirconium1£3654 to 10mmMohs 8.53.2g
Black zirconium2£4494 to 10mmMohs 83.2g
Titanium with a precious inlay1£62510mmMohs 62.2g

Prices include UK delivery and engraving. Weights are estimates for a plain 6mm band at UK size N with a 1.6mm wall (how they are worked out); the solid gold bands carry the maker's own weight on each ring's page. Surface hardness is on the Mohs scale, where a higher number resists fine scratches better.

Celtic knotwork comes four ways: cut into titanium, cut into black zirconium so it reads black on black until the light catches it, coloured by anodising against a bright band or run between two lines of solid 9ct gold on a broad 10mm band. Each ring carries its own knot, so look at the photographs: they are not one design in four metals.

Beside them are two Irish rings. The claddagh band is cut into black zirconium with two hands holding a crowned heart between runs of knotwork. The ogham band is written in strokes across a central line. Each ring is made to order in your size and engraving inside is free on every ring whose page offers it.

About celtic wedding rings

What does a Celtic knot mean on a wedding ring?
Today it is read as a love with no beginning and no end, because the line of most Celtic knots never breaks. That is a modern reading rather than a recorded one. The guide below explains where the knotwork comes from.
Can a Celtic ring be resized?
Not in the usual way. Titanium and zirconium are not cut and soldered like gold, so the size is settled before the ring is made. The free ring size finder takes about two minutes.
Do you make a claddagh wedding ring?
Yes, in black zirconium from 4mm to 10mm, with the hands, heart and crown between runs of knotwork. Worn on the left ring finger with the heart pointing towards the wrist, the tradition reads it as married.