On Feb 7, 8:22*am, N8N wrote:
Hello all...

was frustrated recently by a key ring and realized that I'd been
meaning to ask for a while where one should buy them. *Of course, the
obvious answer would be "a hardware store" or "a locksmith's shop" but
let me explain...

Every key ring that I have seen offered for sale is pretty much the
same, it's a ring (actually a double ring) of spring steel that you
put your keys on. *However, when I drop my car off at a mechanic's and
they put one of those little tags on my key ring, the ring that they
use to hold the tag is infinitely better. *It's a triple loop of much
smaller spring steel, thus making it easier to get my keys on/off the
ring if I have to, and more importantly, if I have a very large key
that requires that the key ring be sprung open wider than normal (such
as a car key,) it still springs back to normal. *The key and the
remote for my company car are also held together by such a ring.
However I have never seen this kind of ring offered for sale, but I'd
gladly buy 10 or 20 of them if I had.

Anyone know what I'm talking about, and know where I can buy some of
these? *Currently I have one key ring that I have to periodically wrap
with scotch tape so keys don't fall off in my pocket. *It got "sprung"
when I put a 50 yen piece on it (the 5 yen and 50 yen coins have holes
in the middle) for decoration, I know, dumb idea in retrospect. *I'm
sure one of the other kind would have been fine however.

nate

Available from office product firms that specialize in supplying auto
dealerships and repair shops. Google it for names and addresses.

Joe