Whilst I generally agree with you, serious collectors, both sides of the pond, would want it untouched. They would clean and preserve it as...
Perhaps if you can darken the mark a bit with coloured chalk or something similar, we may be able to see it better perhaps?
Well if it works Komo, just remember where you heard it! :rolleyes: I accept cheques, cash, bank transfer bit coins etc. etc.etc.:D:D:D...
IIRC. it is said that if you rub his belly it will bring you good luck.
I have only just seen this thread............ Unsurprisingly, called a 'coffin handled' knife. I believe the style originated with Bowie knives....
This is Hotei, known as the laughing Budda, complete with his bag of the good things in life.
Certainly has, but nothing that a bit of TLC probably wouldn't cure. I imagine that the L probably simply stands for LIGHT, the on / off switch ?
I am lucky as I have a 1971 Manuel Contreras flamenco guitar which is like that, it vibrates even if someone is just talking while I am holding...
Unfortunately it is without question a copy. These are still being made and sold to tourists in Spain amongst other places, though this one looks...
Yes, top class instruments are expensive aren't they, but of course well worth it, if you have it!:rolleyes: Which unfortunately I don't either...
If they were perhaps galalith, would not the internal grain that Brian Warshaw noticed not rule this out?
Sorry to be late with this, but...... One of the finest guitars that I have ever played was Mexican, a Benito Huipe flamenco guitar that a friend...
Totally agree with verybrad. Indian quite possibly, and late manufacture; they are still making them too! The copious hammer marks here have been...
As my user name suggests, I am used to getting my hands near to the fire, but there is also a reason that I make fire tongs etc. about two feet...
Evidently not. I found this one on the internet...... [ATTACH]
Fire tongs? Coal tongs? Your hand would be very near to the flames, and even though they are only there very briefly, copper isn't exactly the...
Collins also made some of their machetes outside of the US, Mexico and Guatamala, but they were not of the quality of the US made examples.
Powder coating is very good outside. I have had all sorts of things from tables, lamps , gates etc. powder coated and it stands up extremely well....
Yes, I had to suffer for my art.............................I was a whisky drinker at the time!:arghh::D
Is polychrome a new name for painted birds?:smuggrin::joyful: But yes, it does look good doesn't it!
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