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Gold
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On Mar 11, 7:51*am, Frank Warner wrote:
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On Mar 10, 4:20*pm, Frank J Warner
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Forgive me. I am abysmally ignorant about this.
I need to know how much to pay for a small bit of gold.
I'm asking for a piece, a cylinder .1875" diameter x .1875" long. Karat
weight is negotiable: 18 karat, 24 karat. Doesn't matter. Price will
probably differ with each, and I understand that.
I can google the spot price of gold and calculate it out, but I have no
idea how much a piece of gold this size weighs. Archimedes wasn't my
best friend in high school.
Steel prices are bad enough, and titanium, whoo boy. But I am totally
lost when dealing with truly precious metals. Gold-mongers in my
experience are notoriously reticent with a little thing called honesty,
so I'd like to know what to expect as a reasonable price.
Little help here? Ed? Where are you when I need you?
-Frank
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Here's some of my work:http://www.franksknives.com
After looking at your knives I think you should make friends with a
goldsmith. A goldsmith that likes knives could become a very good
friend. What you need could be made out of scrap. Why that much
precision? What kind of timeline?
Karl
Unfortunately I live in a very small town with not too many craftsmen
like that, although I'm looking. The local jewelers are less than
helpful. They won't even talk to me unless I want to buy a bag of
Krugerrands or something.
This is just a thumb stud for a lady's folding knife. Tiny bit of gold
with an opal cabochon inset.
-Frank
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Here's some of my work:http://www.franksknives.com/
I usually buy from he
http://www.riogrande.com/MemberArea/SearchPage.aspx?page=GRID&category|category_root|1 04=Metals&category|cat_104|170=Gold
Karl
Yes, I've bought from Rio Grande before, but this was such a
ridiculously small amount of gold I doubt they would have accepted the
order.
-Frank
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Here's some of my work:
http://www.franksknives.com/
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