I cannot possibly recommend this company enough! The first piece I ever ordered from them was a 12 gauge tygon barbell with two internally threaded acrylic beads and a 12 gauge pin coupling taper. I had recently heard about tygon from Derek Lowe on rec.arts.bodyart, where he suggested it as a better alternative to PTFE. This was before tygon was as well-known as it is now, so I had an incredibly difficult time finding it. I could only locate it in medical supply catalogs, where I would have to buy it in bulk, rather than the measly inch or so that I wanted. After typing tygon into a search engine, I found that Elayne Angel suggested using it in a type of male genital piercing. So, I emailed her and asked if she would be willing to sell some to me. At the time, she did not offer tygon on her site, but she offered to sell me a length, anyway. She sent me about 2" of the tubing, with instructions to thread it onto the pin coupling taper, slide it through, trim off the excess with some clean nail scissors, and press the balls into the shaft. She was extremely helpful and accessible through email.

A few years later, I had my ear measured for a rook-daith industrial. I wanted a 16 gauge 316LVM astm f-138 internally threaded 5/8" curved barbell with green acrylic beads. Now, I'm not sure if you've ever tried to find an internally threaded 16 gauge barbell with ACRYLIC ends, but it is not nearly as easy to find as one would think. I emailed all of the usual suspects: Anatometal, Custom Steel, Design Machine, Steel Skin, etc, to no avail. I couldn't even find anyone willing to make a custom piece. Until I remembered Rings of Desire. Elayne gladly made the custom piece for me, and it is beautiful!

The jewelry is reasonably priced, in addition to being high quality. The metal is shiny and free of nicks, made of astm f-138 grade steel. In addition, the customer service was fantastic. Elayne answered my emails promptly, not only with information about my order, but she even gave me advice on piercings in general. I liked that Elayne, a renowed bodmod artist, answered the emails herself, rather than an underling who doesn't know about piercings, jewelry, or the company. Plus, they are the only company I have found that does custom work with acrylic. I would recommend Rings of Desire to anyone.