Matt McDaniel

About the Author

Matt McDaniel

Co-Owner & Marketing Director, Revolution Rings

10+ Years in Men's Rings

58,000+ Orders Fulfilled

1,054 Verified Reviews

I'm Matt McDaniel, co-owner of Revolution Rings. For more than a decade, I've spent my days doing one thing: helping men find wedding bands that actually fit their lives.

I don't make the rings myself. What I do is hunt down the makers who do it best, hand-pick every style we carry, and work directly with the grooms, fiancées, and partners who come to us looking for something better than what they found at the mall jeweler.

Why Revolution Rings exists

When we launched in the mid-2010s, the men's wedding ring market was a wasteland. You had two options: a plain gold or platinum band at a traditional jeweler, or a cheap tungsten ring at a big-box store. Nothing in between. Nothing made for the guy who works with his hands, hikes on weekends, or just wants a ring that feels like it belongs to him, not one his grandfather would have worn.

So we built Revolution Rings around the materials nobody else was taking seriously: Damascus steel forged with visible pattern work. Meteorite from the Gibeon and Muonionalusta falls. Black zirconium that develops a deep, almost obsidian finish under heat. Superconductor, tantalum, antler, whiskey barrel oak, carbon fiber. Materials with a story.

"The biggest mistake I see grooms make isn't picking the wrong style. It's picking a material that doesn't suit their job or lifestyle. A surgeon and a welder need very different rings, and most jewelers won't tell you that."

What I actually do here

My role at Revolution is two-sided. On one hand, I run our marketing: the website, the blog, the customer communication, the brand. On the other, I'm the person deciding which makers we partner with and which designs make the cut.

Every ring on this site has been reviewed by me before it gets listed. I've turned down dozens of makers over the years whose quality didn't match what our customers deserve. The ones we do work with, some of whom you'll meet by name in our blog posts, are the best in the world at what they do.

What I know a lot about

After nearly 60,000 orders, you learn things you can't learn any other way. You learn which materials get returned and why. You learn that a surgeon needs a ring that won't shatter under pressure (carbon fiber, not ceramic). You learn that a 6mm band looks completely different on a size 8 finger versus a size 13. You learn that "Damascus" means a hundred different things depending on the maker, and that most of what gets sold online as Damascus is mediocre at best.

Damascus is probably my personal favorite to talk about. Every single piece is unique because of how the layers fold during forging, and educating customers on what makes one billet better than another is something I genuinely enjoy.

My areas of focus:

Damascus steel rings
Meteorite wedding bands
Black zirconium
Superconductor
Tantalum
Antler & wood inlay
Carbon fiber
Whiskey barrel rings
Lifestyle-based ring fitting
Custom design consultation

Makers I work with

These are some of the makers behind the rings I'm proudest to carry. Every brand we partner with goes through a real vetting process before their work shows up on the site.

Lashbrook Designs
Heavy Stone Rings
Malo Bands

Articles I've written

I write everything on the Revolution Rings blog personally. Here's a sample of what I've covered. Each piece comes out of conversations I've actually had with customers.

Get in touch

If you're shopping for a wedding ring and want a real human's input on what material fits your lifestyle, whether a custom piece makes sense, or anything else, I read every message that comes through.