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Consider the fact that Sarumans ring was not made by him. But was actually a reward from Sauron for his service, probably one of the seven, because wasnt the council of Elrond told that the dwarves had been told that rings of old would be given as a reward for loyalty to Sauron (or something to that effect)so maybee Saruman recieved one!!
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I really doubt this was the case. First of all, Sauron had changed his plan from
giving people rings and controling themto
getting back all the rings and using their power more directly to control EVERYONE. He had gone through a lot of trouble and had finally gotten all of the seven that were not consumed by dragons, so I do not think he would then give one away again. Secondly, the power of the dwarf rings was different than that of the others. They did not extend life (not that Saruman needed this being a maia), did not grant invisibility, and were mainly used to sort of "clone" gold to make more of it. I do not think this is what Saruman wanted is a ring. Lastly, I doubt Saruman would of accepted of of the nine, the seven, or even the three, since he new there users could all be controlled by Sauron if he had the one. He was not aiming to be a mind slave or the greatest of the nazgul but to be a new Lord of Darkness by acquiring the One ring himself.
My entire theory of Saruman's ring and the powers of the Istari in general can be found here
http://forum.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin...c&f=1&t=000278
I will not repeat it here for fear of getting in trouble for posting many long posts saying the same thing.
[ December 12, 2002: Message edited by: Salocin ]