A little project I made based on 18th century cartouche knives.Total length 9.25 inches handle 3.75 inches,buffalo horn inserts in handle. [ATTACH]
That doesn't look like a chip/scratch it appears someone took a file to it. If it is plated depending on the base metal it could be hard to tell.
Looks like N-P Co unknown what the middle letter is. The letters and numbers were all hand engraved. Sterling plated items have been engraved for...
Palm wood does not have growth rings.
Hard to tell from the photo,but it looks like the facets are twisted off center and the corners appear to be different sizes.What is the black on...
Could be deer or moose antler as they are used ...... http://www.balibonecraft.com/keris-handle/
It's an emerald cut rectangle. Can't tell anything about stone type from photo.
There is no registry of maker's marks.If the mark was registered as a trademark you may be able through the trademark registry.
Polishing probably won't due much for the way it looks besides making it shiny. If you want to see what it looks like polished just add water to...
@Shane Quill Forged in Fire is alright for amusement purposes,but for complete info on blade smithing this forum has everything from experts...
Maybe you have never heard of Ramaura ruby,when they were first invented even GIA could not tell them from natural ruby...
But then you would have problems trying to figure out if it was natural or man made ruby.
No odder than the hundreds of people who mark pieces with just sterling/14K etc. without a registered trademark which is against U.S. law.Although...
It says he is in Michigan and there are no laws requiring precious metals to be marked with type of metal or maker's mark. The OP's cross should...
Looks like it was thinking about being a banded stone with a crystal cavity and it didn't work out.
The 2 metal containers are mechanical pencil lead holders.................
Long tail and ears,looks like a Cocker to me......
Looks like carnelian,you can see the banding in the 2nd and 4th photos.
Info ....... https://www.itstactical.com/centcom/history-centcom/identification-friend-foe-wwii-cricket-clicker/
https://www.google.com/search?q=japanese+plumb+line+marker&client=firefox-b-1-d&channel=tus&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjp0q-km-DjAhVRLKwK...
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