The coin-wolf, and copperhead snake are up right now at pretty cheap starting bids if anyone is interested! 
Hobo Pennies
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Hobo Pennies
by blackrabbit » Thu Jun 21, 2012 9:53 pm
I just wanted to show off some of my latest engraving work which I have been selling on e-bay. It is the only honest way I can sell an average or worse penny for sometimes over 40 bucks. The coin-wolf, and copperhead snake are up right now at pretty cheap starting bids if anyone is interested!
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Re: Hobo Pennies
by henrysmedford » Thu Jun 21, 2012 10:06 pm
Mister Google helped me find a link to your listings http://www.ebay.com/sch/ottokane/m.html?_ipg=50&_sop=12&_rdc=1 for any one you wants to bid on them. Great work.
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Re: Hobo Pennies
by John_doe » Thu Jun 21, 2012 10:21 pm
those are awesome. nice work!
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Re: Hobo Pennies
by twentybux » Thu Jun 21, 2012 10:45 pm
Very nice!
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Re: Hobo Pennies
by scyther » Fri Jun 22, 2012 1:58 am
Nice. Especially the middle one.
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Re: Hobo Pennies
by OtusLotus » Fri Jun 22, 2012 10:51 am
looks like the '68 is a double die.......
nice work!
nice work!
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Re: Hobo Pennies
by Dano » Fri Jun 22, 2012 11:07 am
Very Cool!
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Re: Hobo Pennies
by blackrabbit » Sat Jun 23, 2012 12:16 pm
Thanks for the kind words! The wolf coin went for 81 dollars! I love appreciators of the arts! I need to hack up some more coins. 
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Re: Hobo Pennies
by penny pretty » Sat Jun 23, 2012 7:32 pm
americas got TALENT! very nice, wish I could afford to comission a darth vader!
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Re: Hobo Pennies
by deacon » Sat Jun 23, 2012 8:30 pm
Sweet hobos. Looks like I need to invest in a dremel.
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Re: Hobo Pennies
by NHsorter » Sat Jun 23, 2012 8:44 pm
blackrabbit wrote:Thanks for the kind words! The wolf coin went for 81 dollars! I love appreciators of the arts! I need to hack up some more coins.
$81, cool. Do you mind if I ask how much time the wolf took to carve? I watched some hobo nickel carving vids on youtube and now i need to find a place where I can get a good deal on one of those spinning coin vice setups.
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Re: Hobo Pennies
by RichardPenny43 » Sat Jun 23, 2012 9:47 pm
Awesome work!
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penny pretty wrote:americas got TALENT! very nice, wish I could afford to comission a darth vader!
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Re: Hobo Pennies
by jasmatk » Sun Jun 24, 2012 6:52 am
very nice work.I really like the skull face.how long have you been doing this?
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Re: Hobo Pennies
by Rodebaugh » Sun Jun 24, 2012 8:07 am
Nice work Andy. Your work is much better than when you started. And your coins looked great then.....so now they are amazing.
you signing them?
you signing them?
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Re: Hobo Pennies
by blackrabbit » Sun Jun 24, 2012 9:00 am
I don't know how long they take to carve but that wolf did not take very long. I just looked at my dog who is mixed with wolf and it came easily. I have been thinking of timing myself but I want to keep it fun for me to do. It is very good for my mental health like meditation. Gave the nice model a few nice chunks of cow for her work, she earned it!
Check e-bay for a ball vise. That is one tool that really helps. They sometimes go for pretty cheap. Good tools can be expensive for engraving but they hold their resale value well even if they are really old. For example I bought a bunch of old hand gravers and then resold the ones I did not want and made a profit.
I have been playing with this as a hobby for a couple years now.
Yea I have been progressing pretty well since I got some good magnification, I will do another Darth Vader one of these days now that I am better at it. I sign my initials on the rim of all the coins I carve now.
Thanks again!
Check e-bay for a ball vise. That is one tool that really helps. They sometimes go for pretty cheap. Good tools can be expensive for engraving but they hold their resale value well even if they are really old. For example I bought a bunch of old hand gravers and then resold the ones I did not want and made a profit.
I have been playing with this as a hobby for a couple years now.
Yea I have been progressing pretty well since I got some good magnification, I will do another Darth Vader one of these days now that I am better at it. I sign my initials on the rim of all the coins I carve now.
Thanks again!
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