Two slim bands, not one. Both are stamped the whole way along with Elder Futhark runes, and at the front a small sculpted dragon head rides the lower band, set just under the point where the upper band ends in a rounded post. The doubling is what makes it read as jewelry rather than a plain bangle, and it gives the runes twice the run to be read.

The finish is a bright silver tone, with the stamped characters cut deep enough to hold a shadow, so the alphabet stays legible at arm's length instead of disappearing into the shine. It is an open cuff, so it slides on past the wrist bone and settles rather than clasping.

For the rune reader, the Norse mythology fan, the friend whose whole aesthetic is longships and firelight. Unisex, and one on the shelf.