I'd like to read about all of your designs for rings made from horseshoe nails. The ones I've seen run from very crude (and ugly) to quite nice. Please post your favorite design/technique.

Gerald: The smith at the Cowboy Hall of Fame / Chuck Wagon Cook Off last May made 100's of rings for the kids from 8d (2-1/2" long) flat concrete nails. He used a special pair of tongs having one jaw as a round mandrel on the end. The mandrel was about 9/16" in diameter. The second jaw gripped the nail as it was formed around the mandrel. The concrete nails do not have the sharp end like a horse shoe nail, but the heads are similar.
Jim C.