Timber frame joint rings

Does anyone have experience with using metal rings to reinforce timber frame joints?
https://www.splitringconnectors.com/
I'm thinking of cutting some scrap 1-1/2" steel tubing (1.66" OD, like water pipe) into rings that could be split open to fit into the kerf of a 1-3/4" hole saw. They would mainly take the shear stress on diagonal braces of the replacement shed frame I'm building from 5" square oak. 5" made full use of the logs I slabbed to 21" wide to fit between the uprights of my bandsaw mill.
The joints can be drilled 1/4" for trial assembly, then the 1/4" holes used to pilot the hole saw into the joining faces of the disassembled frame, to align the ring kerfs. A lag screw will pull the joint together but not have to hold all the shear force between the brace and frame. This avoids a metal splice plate on the outside that would wear holes in the tarp covering. The tarps open completely to dry the lumber stored inside.
tia, jsw