I could be wrong, but I believe "marbled jade" would refer to a pattern in the jade, rather than being a different mineral. "Jade is a commercial...
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Perhaps less likely with the steel; but some years ago I made myself a sweet little knife, with brass bolster and end-cap, and after some years on...
I like it....the depiction of an old violin with the sheet music for "Always" has a nice resonance.... I could see it as a reference to a musician...
All my sympathy to you and your family, Lloyd.
I've found that sometimes when one has difficulty finding comparable items, it is because the item is a reproduction, replica, or fantasy item....
The long curvy ones are a kind of shell...dentalium, I think. Sometimes used by Native Americans in the Western or Northwest US and Canada. The...
Yes. Like the person I met who collected elephants; good, bad, old new, it didn't matter.
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Indeed, AF. So for me, I'm not sure I can tell the difference between good and bad from a pic...I'm sure maybe others can. And while I can...
Found , made an album at https://www.antiquers.com/media/horses2.835/ [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
:angelic: Just in case not a legpuller. It would be bad to be asked to sell this for a friend, if true. It would be very bad to agree. I'm not...
There may be a language or translation problem; I regret that. But there can be no doubt that your item is based on the Berlin Nefertiti, which...
It looks like the blade may be Damascus steel, and if real Damascus rather than faked to look like it (which could well be the case), that might...
Certainly a better deal than some of those on ebay.:happy:
Did you find it yourself, or were you told that? If someone told you that, I think they lied. I'd suggest forming your own opinion, based on...
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