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>>56634408
>is this knife sterling hollow handle with a stainless blade or is it sterling throghout?

That is a typical hollow sterling handle with stainless blade cake knife. What you probably want is either a big long solid sterling fish serving knife, or an ice cream knife, search around and look at some examples to see if they'll work for you. They are available, but those big solid knives are scarce enough that finding a good deal would likely take some time. The closest thing I have is this solid fish knife.

>>53766584
>Those fish knives you talk about, do they are the ones with a different shape than normal knives and no teeth?
Yeah, some makers offered sets of forks and knives that were specifically made for fish. This is my only one, I'd like more but they're kinda scarce so cheapies don't show up often.
>How much did you pay for those coins for example? Since you live in the US, it must be adding quite a premium to anything helenic/roman, right?
I approach numisfagging the same way I stack; I usually buy only when it's a good deal significantly below retail value so I can generate a profit if I was ever forced to liquidate. The big one was only $34.26 USD shipped, and I got a batch of 5 silver obols for 35 or $40 shipped then sold 2 individually to pay for what I kept. The bronze was $28.78 and definitely worth it, when I figure out where I put it I'll show a pic. Even at retail price ancient coins feel criminally undervalued for how interesting they are, and when you can get them cheap there's no comparison to the boring mass-produced sovlless machine-made modern junk most people collect.
>Do you have any lil tips to recognize a genuine coin from a falsely aged repro?
Unfortunately no, ancient coins are a complicated realm that only an autist can really wrap their mind around, the best way to avoid fakes is to buy from reputable ancient-specialist sellers, but those coins usually cost closer to retail. The good deals are usually from people who don't have an established store or customer base who are selling collections or consignments, but determining whether the coins are legit and if the chances are high you'll get good deals takes experience and intuition. You are definitely wired right to do it but it takes a while to build the core knowledge and experience.

>>51187829
>I will fashion my gold and silver into knives and stab banking executives with them

Based. I want to cast a silver blade in the shape of bronze age daggers, then attach it to an ebony wood handle with gold peg rivets. I bought the graphite blanks for carving out molds and have ancient blades to model it from but haven't gotten around to it yet.

Remember to pack a silver blade in your bugout bag frens, never know when you might encounter a Judenthrope.