this is my latest 2005 nickel carving with the subject being joan of arc...
this is a 2005 nickel recarved into a subject with the early bowery of new york in mind..
this recarved 2005 nickel would draw a lot of looks and questions at a coin show....carved by hobo nickel carver billzach....not one of my 10 to...
this is my latest morgan dollar carving, it,s a old paddleboat captain by the name of " captain willie " carved on a 1921 morgan, carved by hand...
this was a carving i did for my brother in law of a lion on a 1942 walking liberty half...carved by hobo nickel carver billzach...
hobo and cattails it took about 8 hours to carve and the tone on nickel was done by a solution i mix myself of mostly houehold items...
i,m back to carving and here is a hobo nickel i just finished...i got behind and plan on spending a good deal of time in carving shop and hope to...
sorry about not answering you question before, the u.s. mint does have a program for submitting new designs, but a person has to be high up in the...
i use the same tools that knife and gun engravers use, click on a hand engraving site and you can view the tools...
the answer to how do i make them may sound strange, i can,t draw anything with a pencil, pen, artist brush, etc. my drawings look like a 3 year...
my fishing and hiking got delayed because of the rain we,ve been having and a ideal popped up in my head for a new carving, it,s "leo the hobo...
this was a tennessee state quarter i recarved last year..they are hard to recarve because the copper can be close to the surface....i think i,ve...
i carve about 2 days a week, most of the carvings i,m showing are pictures of are from last year...
forgot to tell you what apron had on it...it has....o.h.n.s. print shop..
in the old days when hobos would carve a hobo nickel, they would put it in a tobacco bag to keep it safe until they sold or traded it...the reason...
this what i call a penny-bo carvings...elder man with hat, beard stubble, apron, etc....
sorry about not replying back on your question....it took me a number of years to come up with a mixture to tone coins...if you need more...
this is carving i named farmer brown, it,s on a 2001 jefferson nickel..i don,t get a lot of requests for a jefferson carving, maybe 3 or 4 per...
there is almost no demand for carvings on any newer coin...if hobo nickel carvers started carving on such newer coins, our part in helping young...
i thought i would let members know what we [ hobo nickel carvers ] do for the coin world...each year a number of us donate carvings for the...
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