222 is 0 01 inches with the diameter of the grooved wire 0 129 inches in this exemplary embodiment a total of nine grooves 220 222 are formed around the circumference of the wire w approximately forty 40 degrees apart and separated by ridges 224 226 the grooves are configured to extend along the length of the wire w however it will be appreciated that in some embodiments the grooves may be interrupted and or may not extend the entire length of the wire w in alternative embodiments of the claimed invention such as in fig2 and 23 the grooved wire may be formed with concave 360 rings formed within the grooves or around the circumference of the wire w in another embodiment convex 460 rings are formed in the ridges between the grooves or along the circumference of the wire w in either case the rings 260 360 may be used to alter the strength of the grooved wire w to for example provide increased holding pull out strength or the like as desired in addition the claimed invention may be used with hot or cold rolling type manufacturing as well as other types of wire forming technology the claimed invention can eliminate a considerable amount of the material needed to manufacture a wire in doing so the claimed invention reduces material costs without sacrificing strength or quality it should be noted that the preceding embodiments are just a few of many possible embodiments and are presented by way of example only it will be appreciated that in other.