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Farewell Tom Harrison

 Thomas Wishart HarrisonMB ChB DPM FRNZCP OBE M.I.D. E.D.9th May 1912 – 17th April 2013 As I celebrated my birthday two days ago, I found myself ...

Nelson's LOVEliest stories

We're excited to announce the finalists in our Jens Hansen Love Stories competition!We've been searching for Nelson's most romantic stories - wheth...

Being The Ringmakers

An interview with Halfdan Hansen How did Jens Hansen become the maker of The One Ring for The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit films?   My father J...

The Ring: From Middle-Earth to Modern History

A guest blog by Steve "Rifflo" Fitch, Reporter - Middle-Earth News [A ring is] "The article of jewelry around which centers tradition, antiquity, ...

The Ring As A Symbol: What Does It Mean To You?

By guest blogger Eve Pearce.  In the Lord of the Rings, the one true ring was a symbol of power and control. Though beautiful, it was also terribl...

The Gollum Ring

We're very excited to announce our latest collaboration with Weta Workshop! We've worked with Weta to create this collectable for The Hobbit: An Un...

IT’S THE MOST AUTHENTIC ONE RING EVER…

 … and you can get it from us here at Jens Hansen! We’ve been collaborating with Weta Workshops to produce the newest official One Ring, and Fro...

Peace of mind for a cheaper price

We’re happy to announce that we’re reducing our prices on trackable shipping for all our jewellery. Jens Hansen Gold and Silversmith prefers to ...

Hey Tumblr friends!

A couple of months ago, we decided to join Tumblr. We wanted a blogspace where we could talk to people who love the Lord of the Rings as much as we...

A Mid-Year's Day Feast

To celebrate the launch of theringmaker.co.nz, the team and I had a Mid-Year's Day Feast!In the Middle Earth calendar, Mid-Year's Day is a day of f...

Theringmaker.co.nz

Sorry we’ve been so quiet lately - we have a good excuse. We’ve been working hard on our new website, theringmaker.co.nz – and it goes live today!I...

Gandalf visits the Jens Hansen workshop

A tale by Halfdan Hansen  When we heard that Sir Ian was coming to Nelson to do a show at the Theatre Royal, we thought it would be the perfect o...