The Cheap Place has a lot of different jewelry in different styles. Some of it looks like jewelry you might find at any jewelry shop, but some of it is very unique. One of these more unique pieces of jewelry is the set of Brass Knuckle Ear Rings.
This pair of lead-free pewter earrings is shaped just like brass knuckles. They're an inch by half an inch in size. They only weigh about .10 ounces, so you won't feel any stress on your ears.
Brass knuckles, if you aren't familiar with them, are weapons often used in street brawls and other hand to hand fights. A brass knuckle is a piece of metal with a T-shape on one end and four loops for your fingers on the other. The t-shaped part fits into the palm of the hand. This weapon is designed to make your punches more painful by concentrating all of that force on a smaller, harder contact area. They also help reduce any contact damage to your fingers when you hit bone.
Brass knuckles are actually misnamed, they're almost always made from steel these days and, in the past, were often made of iron or lead. There were some that were made from brass, though, and even some made out of wood. Some of the oldest brass knuckles were used in the American Civil War in the 1860's. These weapons were also used in France by criminals and during both World Wars.
In some countries, such as Canada, they are on the list of prohibited weapons. In the United States, it is legal to sell them, but some states do not allow them to be carried and used. These lovely earrings, however, turn this weapon into a nice decoration for your ears.
