{"id":48,"date":"2026-10-06T12:34:23","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T12:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-shine\/why-a-resized-ring-keeps-its-marks\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T23:47:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T23:47:43","slug":"why-a-resized-ring-keeps-its-marks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-shine\/why-a-resized-ring-keeps-its-marks\/","title":{"rendered":"Why a resized ring keeps its marks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When we resize a ring, we cut it at the back, opposite the marks (sample note). The maker&#8217;s mark, fineness and date letter stay untouched.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We add or remove metal of the same fineness, so an 18ct ring stays 18ct all the way round. The solder is matched to the metal too.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After filing and polishing, you should not be able to find the join. If you can, bring it back.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where we cut a band, and why the maker&#8217;s mark stays where it is (sample).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-workshop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-shine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-shine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-shine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-shine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-shine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-shine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-shine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48\/revisions\/75"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-shine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-shine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-shine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-shine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}