I have a box of old sterling spoons and forks, and I wondered if anyone had some ideas on how to get rid of it. I've been able to identify the...
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I do play banjo, on a 4-string tuned in the Irish manner (like an octave mandolin). Light-gauge steel strings should be OK on this nice banjo; and...
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My Mom used to make things like this; Dad would make her a table or such, and she'd cover it in mosaics. I'd guess 50s also.
I don't know anything about silver or gold.... but I do appreciate the politeness and openness of all the posters here!
Yes. Mine for sure has a metal handle, silver in color, but not sure if it is plated or not.
Welcome; I'm in Seattle but I get up to Vancouver about twice a year.
I've got one of these hanging on my wall. Komokwa might have some more info, I know he has an interest in bayonets also.
Yes, the polished one on the left is an Indonesian wall-hanger, likely from the island of Lombok; $35 is about what one would pay on the import...
That certainly seems possible.
I found a couple of days off work for the holidays.
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Everybody is so talented! This is me on the mandolin, my wife Mimi on the autoharp, with a band called "Constellation's Crew" featuring Hank...
It doesn't look like any kind of tribal item that I am familiar with; not NW Coast native for sure. Other than that, I don't know.
It does seem that the Gerbrands Co. made a wide variety of devices for use in behavioral research; I've found online references to devices for...
also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysanthemum#Japan But I bet you knew that already..... ;)
"The sixteen petal chrysanthemum, usually white or orange, is the crest or mon (紋) of the Japanese emperor" per...
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