Genuine Diamond Ball Set - Curved Barbell
With beads shaped like round balls on both ends of a horizontal shaft, barbell rings look so much like weightlifting exercise weights that people lift, so that's where the name comes from. Depending on the style, either one of both of the beads unscrews from the bar so you can take the ring off or put it on, or change the beads for a different style appearance.
The two different threading types are internal and external. We think that the internal threaded ones are better because with the external threaded barbells, the posts are threaded, and those rough edges can cause skin irritation when the bar is put in and taken out. The internal threaded ones are usually a bit more expensive, but we think that the few extra dollars are well worth the price because of the safety and comfort factor.
You can get curved barbells and even circular, which are actually more like horseshoe shaped as well as straight ones. The curved barbells are better than straight ones for putting into places like navel piercings. There are also j-bar or banana barbells that have an l-shaped bending that are perfect to use in vertical navel piercings.
We have seen circular or horseshoe shaped barbells used in applications such as earrings, nasal septum piercings, horizontal clitoral hood piercing, madisons and tragus rings.
The last kind of barbell ring is a surface bar. These are put into surface piercings, and most of the better ones are custom made to fit the specific piercing of the user.
Obviously the beads do not have to be round spheres. They come in lots of different shapes, including triangles, cubes, disks, cones and cylinders. One of the most exotic styles are bondage beads that you can attach a captive bead ring to for BDSM games.
Our shopping source of choice for Barbell Rings is The
Chain Gang because of their excellent customer service record as well
as attractive fashion designs, competitive prices and fast delivery.
Click here to see the Barbell Rings website.