Stainless Steel Ring - Brass Knuckles
Stainless Steel Ring in different sizes: 57, 60, 63, 66, 69, 72, 75
For Biker, Rocker and Rockabilly, Hooligans and Streetfighter, Death and Heavy Metal Fans
In velvet bag for birthday, wedding or christmas
Colour: silver
Size front: approx. 24x16 mm
Exclusive knuckle-duster ring made of highly polished 316L surgical steel in best quality finish
On the ring shoulders there is a skull with crossed bones - Skull & Bones
SKULL WITH CROSSED BONES:
The skull is a widely known symbol of Vanitas and "Memento Mori" which goes to show the body's limited time on earth and it's inevitable turn to dust.
"Skull and Bones" is a fraternity in form of a secret society on campus of Yale University which was founded in 1832. It is financed by the "Russell Trust Association" which - as a former organisation - was incorporated into the university in 1856. It's headquarters are at the campus in a building which is known as "tomb", "temple", "T" or "Boodle". "Skull and Bones" is known under different names: "The Order of Death" or simply "The Order", "The Eulogian Club" or "Lodge 322". Initiated men are called "Bonesmen", "Knights of Eulogia" or "Boodle Boys". Since 1991 women also are allowed as members where the name differs accordingly: "Boneswomen", "Ladies of Eulogia" and "Boodle Girls". "Skull and Bones" is known to have produced leading representatives of politics and economics, amongst them three presidents of the United States of America.
During the cool down period of the casting process molten stainless steel forms a layer of chromium oxide.
This reduces the contact of the skin with the already low nickel content and makes the material hypoallergenic and also lowers the possibility of proliferation
of microorganisms and bacteria. Surgical steel is thus first choice for newly made piercings.
- no discoloring of the skin or clothing
- much harder than silver and practically indestructible
- long lasting shine (corrosion-free)
The skull is a widely known Vanitas and "Memento Mori" symbol which aims to depict the body's limited time on earth and its inevitable turn to dust. As the domicile of the brain it is perceived in many cultures as the vessel of the spirit and the soul and thus as the source for thought and life. Skulls were - amongst other things - used in alchemy for conversion processes. Vanitas symbols - mostly with moralizing intent - are supposed to remind of the evanescence of life and material goods. Skulls also symbolize death by violent interference. The term "Memento Mori" (literally "remember to die") originated in Latin. In use is also "Memento Mortis" ("Remember death"). The exhortation "Memento Mori" was already used in antiquity. A slave in ancient Rome would stand behind his successful (in battle) master, who was given a victory parade, holding a laurel wreath and the Jupiter Temple Crown above his head reminding him without pause of the following:
- Memento mori: Remember that you will have to die!
- Memento te hominem esse: Remember that you are human!
- Respice post te, hominem te esse memento: Look around - think, that you are only human.
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