The worry is almost always the same: wood on a finger sounds beautiful, but will I baby it for the rest of my life?
No. A Chasing Victory ring is a precious-metal band with a sealed wood inlay. You take it off for the same jobs you would take off a gold or platinum band — weights, solvents, the ocean, a day in the garden — and you wear it the rest of the time.
That is not marketing. It is how the ring is built.
Jonathan Stroud is the founder and craftsman behind Chasing Victory. After a table-saw accident in 2009 took most of the use of his left hand, he spent two years in reconstructive surgery and then rebuilt his life at the bench—turning wood and metal into rings that last.
He works out of California, making every piece by hand over several weeks. For him, a ring isn’t just jewelry. It’s a reminder that you can come back from the worst day of your life and still make something beautiful.
That’s the story he puts into every order, every email, and every photo from the shop.
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