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Ring

"The ring is worn on the little finger so that it will drag across any surface on which the wearer writes, providing a constant reminder of the engineer's oath." Wouldn't this only happen if the wearer is left-handed? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.186.232.27 (talk) 10:41, 25 December 2007‎ (UTC)[reply]

The ring is supposed to be worn on the dominant hand. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.105.97.124 (talk) 03:42, 1 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

--Daystrom (talk) 05:16, 6 December 2022 (UTC)== Country ==[reply]

I'm pretty confused. What country is this talking about. All I can tell is that it probably isn't Canada. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.197.172.158 (talk) 02:30, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I agree this article should reflect the specific society/country that does this tradition. Coagmano (talk) 07:02, 21 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Found the information from Order of the Engineer and made an edit for clarity. Coagmano (talk) 07:09, 21 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This is\was a long-standing Canadian tradition which a number of US schools later parroted, as a later edit pointed out. --Daystrom (talk) 05:16, 6 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

American practice

There is a separate page for the Canadian Iron Ring. I think this page should refer to the US-American version only, and that this should be made clear in the page. I added “American” to describe the fellowship in the lead but am open to other phrasing as long as it disambiguates. OnlyOccasionally (talk) 05:34, 15 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Or, if we want the page to be more general (are there engineering ring traditions around the world?), the whole article would need to be reworked since it is all about the US practice. (I don’t think that should happen though. Talking about a specific country’s practice is valuable.) OnlyOccasionally (talk) 05:36, 15 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]