Robin,
I'm so sorry I didn't see this...I don't know how I missed it!  These are INCREDIBLE!    I've never tried kumihimo braid and LOVE the way it looks.  That ring, too, is spectacular.  LOL, I know it's for a man, but I would not turn it down if it were offered to me! 
LOVELY work!  Feel free to share more photos - and my apologies again for missing these!
Melanie  (known to the cat as "Rowr" or "Rowr Rowr") =^.^=