The ring will cut through a wedding band made of gold over time. Because of this, it is acceptable for a left handed engineer to wear his ring on his right pinky when necessary.
It is true, but at the time they came up with this tradition left handed people didn't really exist :P That is to say if you were left handed you were made to be right handed.
We were instructed that the ring was to be worn on the dominant hand so that it could rub on the page while writing or drafting and serve as a reminder of our obligation. We were also told that the beveled design and iron metal was meant to cut into and destroy gold rings.
There wasn't ever any talk of left-handed married engineers, I assumed that this edge case was not thought of by Mr. Kipling.
If I remember the ceremony correctly ('98) it was to be worn on the pinky finger of the working hand to serve as a reminder that like our work, steel is cold and unforgiving.
It's the code of ethics that put our priorities as society, our profession, our employer, and ourselves.
Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't this incorrect? The ring is to be worn on your dominant hand as to have it rub against the engineering drawings you create/stamp in a more traditional sense of the engineering discipline (before computer aided design).
We were instructed to wear it on the dominant hand. I know with 100% certainty this is true but the reason why is not so certain.