# Cold-Iron Horseshoe Nail Ring

> A single horseshoe nail, turned by hand into an adjustable ring with its squared head left in place: cold iron, the old folk charm against the fae and ill fortune, worn every day.

Price: 21.00 USD · in stock

## About
Plain iron on a working hand, darkening a little more each season. This adjustable ring is turned by hand from a single horseshoe nail, its distinctive squared head left in place and set flat against the finger rather than filed away. It carries the small irregularities of the forge, a hammer mark here, an uneven bevel there, so no two rings come out quite alike.Across much of European folklore, cold iron is held to be proof against the fae and against ill fortune generally: the plainest and least precious of metals, doing work that gold and silver cannot. A horseshoe is reckoned lucky in its own right, so a nail drawn from one is said to carry both traditions, folded into one small object worn close to the skin.DetailsHand-turned from a single iron horseshoe nail, not cast or stampedAdjustable band that fits most fingersSold as a curiosity; no medical or scientific claims are madeHow to useWear it as an everyday ring rather than saving it for occasions. With wear and moisture, iron darkens, spots and may rust faintly; that patina is natural, and by the old reckoning a sign the ring is doing its work, not a flaw to polish away.An old charm in the plainest metal, for an ordinary hand.