Lady who bought it as a thumb ring here. I ripped about two socks before I learned how to wear this ring so as not to harm my footwear during shoe placement. I wear it so the longer 'uncurled' part is against the side of my thumb. If that makes any sense. It slides easily out of the way then and a couple of the hooks on the feather are facing away then. There is a couple of sharp spots on it, but it's such a cool ring. Have gotten a lot of compliments.