Why so much made of this today? James O'Brien on LBC took an hour to cover it too - its much of a fashion thing now, whereas when I got married in 1958, no man around that I knew wore one, my father-in-law didn't, my father didnt, brother didn't, but now my son does and as do so many! I think it's very much a mixture of class and fashion now - do what you want to do...... We are becoming much more of a classless society, thank goodness - non-u - you never hear nowadays, very much a rather unpleasant reminder of what one used to hear the whole time!! Men sometimes wore signet rings with the family crest on - my father and husband both had them and with my rather lefty attitude, it sits in my jewellery box! The burglars took all mine before the signet ring arrived!