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Old 05-29-2011, 05:55 PM
Steve Shepherd Steve Shepherd is offline
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Default Re: "The Ultimate SR Johnson Dagger" Engraved by Barry Lee Hands

Hi Barry

Magnificent work! The leaves appear to just float upon the MOP. I have a question for you, back in the late 70’s I was the supervisor of the inlay division for Doc Lanning of Lanning Silver of Phoenix. We had an ultra sonic drill press which would cut stone like butter and we did multiple stone inlay. I just never thought at that time to inlay metal into stone or shell, so long story short, are your gold leaves inlayed or raised on the MOP?

Have you moved to Oceanside and no longer in Montana? The coast is nice and I did a lot of fishing out of Oceanside.

Third but not least I saw your post a while back on the fashion show in Palm Springs and how you wanted to add color to your work and was thinking that fancy color diamonds would be a great option for you .

All the best,
Steve Shepherd
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