Who is the Ring Lord?

Here are some details about our company - Our hope is this will make you more comfortable in dealing with us. We are real live humans running an actual business :)

Company's Legal Name: The Ring Lord Corporation

Location: 6 miles east of Saskatoon, Sk in Canada Click here for a Map and Directions

Saskatchewan (Provincial) Business License: 913187

Provincial Sales Tax #: 1817592

Federal Tax #: 860585611RT0001

Customs Broker: UPS Brokerage

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Toll Free Phone: 1-855-RINGLORD (1-855-746-4567)

Fax: 1-877-297-8199

290C RR9

Saskatoon, Sk, Canada

S7K 1P3

Back in 1995, Jon Daniels found a webpage that was selling mild steel rings for making chainmail at $0.03 per ring. He thought that was a little high and he emailed the company offering to supply them with rings at $0.01 each. They accepted and he started manufacturing 1 type of ring. Jon next formed a relationship with a respected website called "The Chain Mail Connection" (it has since closed up shop) and he began to sell rings through them. Over the years our selection has greatly improved and the business has expanded.

TheRingLord.com is now about a 10 person (it varies), 12 + machine company with access to dozens of maillers for finished projects. The 5000 + sq ft factory is staffed 7 days a week and operates 24 hours a day 5 out of 7 days.
We make the majority of the products we sell. This allows us to offer great prices and custom service!

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Here's a timeline of what we've been up to as a company.

1987 - Jon learns how to make chainmail.

1996 - Jon started manufacturing 1 type of ring for Medieval Menagerie (They are no longer in business)

1996 - Jon sells rings at Chain Mail Connection, variety increases.

1997/1998 - Both Jon and Bernice - the owners of TheRingLord.com - graduate from university with Engineering degrees.

1998 - Jon starts a webpage selling rings while continuing to sell through Chain Mail connection

2000 (July) - TheRingLord.com is born. A professional webpage is developed.

2001 (Jan) - 1 million rings are sold in January 2001.

2001 (Mar) - With 9 employees and increasing orders TheRingLord.com orders an industrial ring making machine.

2001 (July) - The ring machine (Tor) is operational and the first machine cut rings are sold

2001 (August) - The Ring Lord - wholesale division is opened

2001 (Sept) - 5 million rings are sold this month!!

2001 (October) - The Ring Lord moves into a new, much larger facility on a 30 acre property.

2002 (Feb) - a 2nd ring machine arrives (Mithril), Tor is tooled to cut 12g wire

2002 (Jul) - a 1300 sq ft building is constructed to house The Ring Lord's expansion.

2003 (March) - we hit the local news. Read the article here.

2003 (April) - The Ring Lord employs over 10 maillers to create 4 huge banners for The Tower of London in London, England.

2003 (April) - a 3rd ring machine (Sam) begins operation, 3rd full time employee and a part time employee are hired for the night shift.

2003 (October) - a shopping cart is launched and 1300 more sq ft of wire storage is built.

2004 (March) - a full time shipper is hired to improve shipping speed and customer service.

2004 (May) - a 4th Ring machine is purchased

2004 (Sept) - an additional 2600 sq ft facility is built, another manufacturing employee hired and a punch is ordered for making scales and punched rings.

2004 (Nov) - an industrial welded mesh making machine arrives. The machine makes 22 ga 5/32" ID welded fabric

2005 (May) - Scale manufacturing is brought in house

2005 (July) - a 5th person is added to the manufacturing staff to keep up with production demand

2005 (September) -a second industrial welded mesh making machine arrives. The machine makes 24 g 3/32" ID welded fabric

2005 (Nov) - a second shipper is hired to keep up with packaging demand

2006 (Oct) - a second and larger lathe is purchased to improve tool manufacturing both for in house and for sale.

2006 (Nov) - 1300 sq feet of space is converted from wire storage to manufacturing area; 800 sq ft is added for wire storage

2007 (Apr) - another full time staff member is added in the manufacturing area.

2007 (May) - a third industrial welded mesh making machine arrives. The machine makes 22 g 5/32" ID welded fabric and we call him Biff.

2007 (Sept) - a 4th and 5th industrial welded mesh making machines arrive. One makes 24 g 3/32" ID and one makes 22 g 5/32" ID welded fabric

2007 (Sept) - 2 welded mesh seeming machines are purchased for the welded machine made fabric

2008 (Sept) - 500 sq ft addition is added to the factory for office, lunch room and storage

2009 (March) - CAM a CNC ring machine is added to our ring making machines

2009 (April) - an automatic weigh and bagging system arrives in house - we now pre-package most rings to make our shipping process faster

2009 (September) - M2 a CNC ring machine for tiny rings is added to our ring making machines

2010 - this year was spent doing efficiency improvements and training managerial staff. Our 10th year as TheRingLord went by so fast we forgot to celebrate!

2010 - a new an improved saw cutting rig and system is developed in house allowing for improvements to make rings shinier and cleaner!

2011 (May) - another CNC ring machine is purchased.

2011 - MailleTec.com is born! 3 former employees purchase our finished chainmail fabric product line and create a company. We created a fabulous alliance with them whereby we can focus on our core ring and scale products - and they can focus on the finished fabric!

2012 (Sept) - Bernice developed a new way to pick orders that makes it difficult to make an error. It involves an android app, voice codes for the products and bluetooth barcode scanners.