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Welcome to the world of Lord Coconut – Melbourne’s only retail store specialising in handcrafted jewellery for men. Our 40 plus jewellers, designers and artisans are all based within Australia which means each and every item is Australian made. This is the man behind the brand. He doesn’t like photos but we trot out the odd image every now and then to remind everyone that we aren’t some big faceless corporation but a small business selling the wonderful work of locals.   Image courtesy of Prince & Mercer /Grace Petrou

When it came time to deciding how any of our 800 plus pieces of Australian made handcrafted jewellery for men would be presented to our customers upon sale it was very clear that we wanted to do something out of the ordinary and something that fits in with the look and feel of the store. As our store is based upon Natural History Museums of the past the standard jewellery boxes available were out of the question. This led to a bit of brainstorming where we finally decided upon secret holes cut into the inside of vintage books. Not 100%...

When you represent over 40 Australian based jewellers, designers and artisans there is bound to be a diverse range of wedding rings available for grooms who all have different tastes. One of our favourite designers is Melbourne based jeweller Ali Alexander. She specialises in the lost wax technique whereby each and every one of her wedding rings are first hand formed in wax, sent out to be cast and finally finished by hand to give them their unique look and polish. It’s called the lost wax technique as in the casting process the original wax ring is replaced by the...

Although we find that men purchase rings for all sorts of reasons there is always one common denominator………………. they always start with just one if they’ve had a secret desire to wear multiple rings. After the first is purchased, often but not always not from us, we find that the initial ring must pass what we call the mate shit test. The shit test is all about whether your mates give you shit or not wearing a fashion ring. If shit is given the ring quietly goes into the draw never to be seen again. If shit is not given...

This Swell ring in sterling silver with a Fordite face by Sebastian Cilento has a wonderful story. Wikipedia states “Fordite, also known as Detroit agate or Motor Agate, is old automobile paint which has hardened sufficiently to be cut and polished. It was formed from the build-up of layers of enamel paint slag on tracks and skids on which cars were hand spray-painted (a now automated process), which have been baked numerous times” What this means, as cars are no longer painted this way, is that the material is extremely rare and will never be made again. That means each...