For those who wish to know about stonemasons and the meaning and symbolism of their rings, here is a description of how they came into existence and why they created their iconic ring.  Throughout history, stonemason architects were men who used tools to design and build structures. The manual tools used by the first stonemasons consisted of a compass, a square, a plumb-bob, a level, and a masonry trowel. In the first quarter of the fourteenth century, stonemason architects banded together to organize themselves into a fraternal brotherhood to regulate who was qualified to work as a stonemason and to preserve their knowledge and craft for future generations.