Choosing an animal ring comes down to four checks: the weight in grams, the build, the eyes and the size. Each one is on the listing, and picking the animal is usually the easy part.
This guide covers 115 of our animal rings. The lightest is a 6-gram octopus heart band, the heaviest are three full-finger dragons at 78 grams each, and the median ring weighs 22 grams. Dragons are the biggest group with 33 rings, and our animal rings collection shows most of the 115 in one place. Every silver one is stamped 925.
Some people buy one to wear, others to give: reviews mention rings bought for a husband, a son, a grandson and a nephew. Every figure below is our own, with grams from our jewelry scale, sizes from what buyers ordered, and 494 of these rings sold in the two years to November 10, 2026.
Start With the Weight in Grams
There's no right weight, only the one you'll keep wearing. The grams on our listings come from our own jewelry scale, and the 115 spread out like this.
| Weight | Rings | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| Under 15 g | 19 | 6 g women's octopus heart ring, 12 g Japanese koi wide band |
| 15 to 24 g | 49 | 17 g owl band, 22 g Soaring Eagle |
| 25 to 39 g | 43 | 30 g werewolf head, 37 g lion ring |
| 40 to 59 g | 1 | 45 g sabre tooth tiger |
| 60 g and up | 3 | 78 g full-finger dragons, each 50 × 75 mm |
A wide ring isn't always a heavy one. Our tribal flame wolf is 22 mm wide and weighs 20 grams, because the flames are cut right through the band. The werewolf is solid behind its 28 × 33 mm head and comes to 30.
Buyers notice both ends of the scale. On the 78-gram eastern dragon one wrote, "Super heavy ring. Definitely need huge hands." On our 17-gram blue topaz eagle claw, another found it "a bit light." Most rings sit between the two: 92 of the 115 weigh 15 to 39 grams.
Head, Wrap, Claw or Signet: How Each One Sits
Look at the build as well as the animal: the band, the height and anything that sticks out all affect comfort. Ours come in four builds.
Head rings
On our head rings a sculpted head sits on top of the band, so they stand taller than a plain band. Our lion ring has a 28 × 32 mm face at 37 grams, and the sabre tooth tiger's face is 32 × 32 mm at about 45. A tall face should stay upright on the finger. A medusa ring buyer who "may have ordered it a half size too large" said it "rolls a little" when pulling on riding gloves.
Wrap rings
Here the body curls around the finger: koi, snakes, octopuses and the coiling dragons. The extreme is our three full-finger dragons, 50 mm wide and 75 mm tall at 78 grams each. They're made for a very large hand. On a small hand the finger can't bend with one on, so we don't recommend them there.
Several of our animal rings are adjustable, among them the koi wrap (US 6 to 11) and the Norse dragon (US 7 to 12). You can re-bend one for a small change in fit. Ease it a little at a time.
Claw rings
Talons hold a center stone. On our blue topaz eagle claw, four talons grip a 20 × 19 mm genuine blue topaz, heat-treated like all the blue topaz we sell. Other claw rings hold large CZs, such as the 35-carat wine-red one on a dragon claw. The talon tips curl over the edge of the stone.
These are designed not to catch easily, and in daily wear they don't catch much. Points that stand proud, like talon tips or horns, are the parts that can catch on a knit. Across all 452 reviews on our animal rings, two complain about it: a buyer of our fire raven wrote that its small horns "dig into your finger," and a buyer of our dragon armor ring wrote that its tips catch easily and the ring then opened and broke.
Signet rings
A flat face carries the stone, with the animals carved on either side. Two eagles flank a 23 × 19 mm black onyx on our 16-gram eagle signet, and two rampant lions flank the CZ on the 15 × 20 mm face of our Scottish lion rings.
Which Animals We Carry
| Animal | Rings | Weights | Sold in 2 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dragon, incl. dragon and tiger | 33 | 9 to 78 g | 128 |
| Lion | 14 | 9 to 37 g | 60 |
| Eagle, incl. one hawk | 11 | 9 to 30 g | 59 |
| Spider | 10 | 17 to 27 g | 29 |
| Koi and other fish | 9 | 9 to 32 g | 66 |
| Snake, incl. medusa | 6 | 15 to 30 g | 19 |
| Octopus | 6 | 6 to 30 g | 24 |
| Owl | 5 | 9 to 22 g | 14 |
| Tiger | 4 | 9 to 45 g | 19 |
| Raven | 3 | 30 g | 9 |
| Pitbull | 2 | 27 to 33 g | 17 |
| Wolf | 2 | 20 to 30 g | 15 |
| Bat, bull, ram, horse, fox, frog and others | 10 | 10 to 28 g | 35 |
Several of our dragons, the coiling full-finger pieces among them, follow the long, usually wingless form of the Chinese dragon. In Chinese tradition it's commonly a benevolent creature linked with water and rain, while European dragons are usually shown with wings and fiery breath. All of ours are in the dragon rings collection.
Three of our rings set a dragon and a tiger on either side of one CZ. In Chinese art the two are a traditional pair of complementary opposites, and among the animals of the four directions the blue dragon stands for the east and the white tiger for the west.
The lions on our Scottish lion rings are rampant. In heraldry that's a lion shown upright in profile, balanced on one hind foot with its forepaws raised, the pose of the red lion on the royal arms of Scotland.
Eyes and Stones
CZ is the most common stone on these rings, in colors from clear and black to blue, red, purple, green and yellow. A color name on a CZ describes its color only. It doesn't make the stone a sapphire, ruby, amethyst or emerald. A ring with a natural stone says so on its listing, such as blue topaz on the eagle claw, turquoise on the turquoise eagle, black onyx on the eagle signet, and garnet on the twin dragon and in the eyes of our garnet-eye lion and two octopus rings. Natural doesn't always mean untreated: the blue topaz we sell is heat-treated, and our onyx and turquoise are treated too. If a treatment matters to you, ask us before you order.
Two claw rings hold an eyeball instead of a stone, red on one and green on the other, and that eye is acrylic. An eye stone working loose is uncommon, about once a year in our experience, and we replace it.
Sizing an Animal Ring
Most of our animal rings come in US 6.5 to 14, and 71 of them go to 16 or beyond. Over the past two years our buyers ordered sizes from 5 to 17.5. The middle was 10.5, half ordered between 9 and 12, and about one in five ordered 13 or larger.
Wide bands often fit snugger than slim ones, so on our wide rings we recommend one US size up. A large face alone doesn't mean you need to size up. Our ring size guide shows how to measure at home.
Most orders fit. Our order log from December 30, 2025 to November 9, 2026 has about 175 site orders with one of these rings, and 3 of them came back with a size complaint.
If the size is wrong, we exchange the ring for another size we have in stock within 45 days. You pay the postage back to us, we ship the new one free, and there's no fee. We can't resize a ring after delivery. Our return policy has the details.
Keeping the Black in the Detail
Most of these rings are oxidized, with black left in the recesses so fur, feathers and scales stand out. With long wear that black lightens slowly, first on the edges that get the most contact. Clean the ring with a soft dry cloth, not water. Keep the polishing cloth on the bright raised silver and away from the black and the stones, because it can wear the black down. Take the ring off to swim or shower, and if it does get wet, dry it right away.
Every jewelry order ships with a polishing cloth and a logo pouch. Our guide to why silver turns black explains what happens on the surface.
Narrowing It Down
Pick a weight band, then a build, then the animal. Check the face size and size range on the listing, and go a size up if the band is wide. After the dragons, our lion rings and eagle rings are the next-largest groups.