Cuttle Bone Casted Silver Hookah

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So I was visiting my dad last weekend, and in the morning of the day I was leaving I went into his workshop. And I got to carve out some Cuttle Bone (Cuttle Fish) and I carved a hookah and got to make a .999 Pure silver Hookah. I'll get some photo's up later when I find my camera, but I think you will all like the results.

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I am very intrigued.

[Travis]

*sigh*....pics or it never happened. I hate saying that, but it's appropriate.

[Dr. B]

how much metal loss did you have on that silver? how did you make it?

pics!

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First off here is a link for Cuttlebone Casting : [url="http://www.pennabilli.org/tecniche/CUTTLEBONE.htm"]http://www.pennabill.../CUTTLEBONE.htm[/url]

Second off why the 'Pics or it didn't happen' I've never lied nor am I a political candidate : D

But anyway here are the pictures, it's around $65-$80 in silver somewhere in there don't remember the exact number but because it came out nice on my first time I got to keep it which is nice, it is .999 pure silver and even has the stamp to prove it : P, Which kind of sucks because it would be awesome as a keychain but because of it's purity it's softer so I don't want it to bend..But I'm thinking of taking it up as a hobby and selling cheaper hand made metal castings of hookahs for you guys if you are interested. Or first try my hand at sand casting...it would allow for a nicer end product with a higher success rate : P

So if you guys are interested the price is straight forward, cost of metal + S & H, depending on when I'm able to make them it will have to be done over a weekend in a month or less in Portland at my dad's place since I'm in Albany Oregon at the moment.

P.S. Sorry for making a sales pitch but when I finished casting my Hookah I thought some of you guys would be interested in something like this as well, except cheaper with out the higher price of silver : P

EDIT: And sorry you can't see the detail on front as soon as I find my camera I'll take better pictures... I worked almost three hours and a six pack of Dead Guy Ale to make this and this was only my try out to get used to it.. The one I was originally going to cast really sucked hardcore : P