Bonus March project - a Gift

I decided to revisit a version of an old favorite. This Merovingian ring. 

I ended up using a thinner wire for the hoop, so two things happened: 1, cutting the wire to make the back attachment was a bear, and 2, I omitted the granules on the sides of the bezel. They just didn't fit. But here are some process photos. 

Overall, this ring is basically an old favorite. I've made many like it, with the modifications I mentioned above. For some reason, it took me three tries to get the main bezel to solder. I ended up using medium solder for it, but I was still able to use medium for the rest of the bezel decoration and backplate attachment with no problems. Everything else went smoothly, though I won't be attempting this sort of shank attachment with this gauge again!