Carved more hobo nickels

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What tools do you use to carve them ?

 

Really sharp ones! I spend a lot of time sharpening! I use hand gravers, hammer and chisel, (the hammer is very small but it moves metal very well), and a homemade engraver that's hand held made from a tire compressor so its mobile- like a little hand held jack hanmer.
The most important thing is sharpening the gravers! I use a 105 degree graver sharpened with a lindsay template!

 

Do you carve coins?

 

WoW! These are better than the last batch. What are your plans for these may I ask?

 

Nope, no carving coins here. I wouldn't have enough hand strength nowadays. I used to recarve emblems in clarinets.

 

I’d like to see your Indian Nickel Hobo with a football helmet (root for the New York Football Giants). What’s your team?

 

How about steam engines & moose.

 

a Moose driving a steam locomotive .. gotta have one of those !!

 

You do good work but where do you find the time?

 

@Clawcoins

 

That is a great idea! I have a Morgan dollar that is mostly smoothed off that I use.

 

Thats a great idea!

 

That would be funny!

 

In the words of a wise man that yelled really a lot- "If you eat or slept than you had time".
I wake up early and stay up late and dont watch TV.

 

I don’t have access to TV channels so I just watch a DVD movie when I’m in the mood.

 

I play a lot of podcasts when I work. Sometimes I have antv show on netflix playing on my phone but I just listen. It would be cool if there was a silver dollar tv screen I could put besides the coins I work on lol.

 

That would be nice.

 

DVDs are awesome!

 

Hey! Nice Pic. What train am I on again and don't say Crazy! LOL.
Remember, I have red hair (what's left).