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just finished this one...
WOW Bill!!!! Thats soooo totally awesome. Bobby gave me a quick tutorial on hobo nickels. I think they are awesome. What an great talent you have. Is that of someone significant?
QUOTE(SugarCheryl @ Jan 19 2006, 01:30 AM)
...Is that of someone significant?
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I guess it depends on how you see things....
(It looks like Dubya to me.)
QUOTE(Sir Sisu @ Jan 18 2006, 06:43 PM)
I guess it depends on how you see things.... (It looks like Dubya to me.)
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yes, it,s g.w.
Great job! 
Yet another true work of art. Some of these belong in art museums.
Wonderful 
Very nice piece!
An amazing pirce of work. 
How long does it take to make one?
How long does it take to make one?
Really incredible, Bill. What a talent you have!!
QUOTE(Mr Lee @ Jan 18 2006, 11:06 PM)
An amazing pirce of work.
How long does it take to make one?
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How long does it take to make one?
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it took about 8 hours to carve it..
QUOTE(billzach @ Jan 18 2006, 10:14 PM)
it took about 8 hours to carve it..
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Whew! You must really enjoy doing those. Maybe sometime you could post pictures of a work in progress. I know I'D love to see one evolve from an Indian Head to a work of art.
Lee
Do you create a sketch for yourself first as a guide or do you just directly begin carving?
QUOTE(Sir Sisu @ Jan 19 2006, 12:02 AM)
Do you create a sketch for yourself first as a guide or do you just directly begin carving?
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on this one i tacked a picture on the wall and carved what i saw...my pencil drawings look like a 2 year old drawings, but i can cut metal with gravers and create subjects, i don,t understand it and have given up trying too..sometimes i start carving on a coin and have no ideal what it,ll end up being...
QUOTE(billzach @ Jan 18 2006, 11:43 PM)
on this one i tacked a picture on the wall and carved what i saw...my pencil drawings look like a 2 year old drawings, but i can cut metal with gravers and create subjects, i don,t understand it and have given up trying too..sometimes i start carving on a coin and have no ideal what it,ll end up being...
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Well, you've come to the right place! We have ALL KINDS OF IDEAS here at this place! 
You are an artist!
http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.c...threadid=468613
Just in case people don't look at CU. Billzach has a hobo nickel for sale.
Just in case people don't look at CU. Billzach has a hobo nickel for sale.
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