Former bike builder’s ring business goes from side job to seven

Elk antlers. Obsidian. Foil from the Apollo 11 spacecraft.

Ben Bosworth has made wedding rings out of them.

“If we can get our hands on the material,” the Conifer resident said, “we can figure it out.”

His jewelry outfit, Honest Hands Ring Co., is having its biggest year since launching in 2018. What started as a garage side gig seven years ago has blossomed into a seven-figure business this year, Bosworth said.

Honest Hands manufactures and ships out of Morrison. Bosworth started with 700 square feet at 4285 S. Eldridge St., which records show he purchased for $275,000 in September 2023.

At that time, Bosworth was making 35 to 40 rings a month, not long after beginning to work full time on Honest Hands.

He bought an additional 1,400 square feet next door in June, paying $550,000, re