HUGE ENGRAVING ARCHIVE....You all may find this interesting

[DeChristo]

Check out my pinterest site:

http://www.pinterest.com/dechristo/

7000+ posted hobo coin carvings...sorted and categorized to a degree...a work in progress....2 notes....1. I have posted some coin pictures from this site, if anyone does not want their stuff on display, please let me know...2. Monk, I would like to post your real name on your coins, if ok with you, tell me who you are? Thanks, enjoy, Chris

 

[Dulltool]

Very cool..... The Willie Nelson coin just blows me away.

 

[Willem Parel]

Wow Chris, thank you very much for sharing it here.

 

[DeChristo]

Dennis, the Willie coin is amazing, yes. But for all the engravers out there that think that hobo nickel carving is the redhead stepchild of the engraving world....Check out the rest of Aleksey Saburov's exquisite nickels...I have uploaded, by permission, all but his most recent carvings....only because this is a massive project to keep up with...


http://www.pinterest.com/dechristo/saburov-aleksey-buffalo-profiles/


http://www.pinterest.com/dechristo/saburov-aleksey-various-other-carvings/


http://www.pinterest.com/dechristo/saburov-aleksey-two-sided-carvings/

And Aleksey's buddy, Alex Ostrogradsky is no flash in the pan either:

http://www.pinterest.com/dechristo/ostrogradsky-alex-various-carvings/

I have actually maxed out the number of boards I can post on pinterest...am looking into setting up a dedicated website for the promotion of hobo nickels as an engraving artform....These two guys are some of the best.

 

[Keith]

Dennis,
I am the proud owner of the Willie coin.
He sits on my bench for inspiration.
I commissioned Aleksey to carve the coin and he told me it would be a while as he had other work to do first.
He finished the coin on Willies 80th Birthday and it was his 80th carving, which I thought was pretty cool.

If you have carved a hobo nickel, send the pics to Chris so he can archive the coin, good or bad.
Thanks Chris for all the work on the archives posting and cropping, I know it is a lot of work.

 

[Dulltool]

Keith,
Wow..... you lucky lucky pup. I spend a lot of my engraving time with Willie..... well his music.

 

[Arnaud Van Tilburgh]

thanks for the link, that is cool

arnaud

 

[Roger Bleile]

I was pleased to meet Alex, Aleksey, and Keith for the first time at Scott's Engrave-In. There is nothing like seeing their work in person. Thanks for the access to your image archive.

Roger

 

[monk]

chris: my real name is jd swartzfeger. my first name is just 2 initials, hope this helps you. btw this is something to behold. thanks so nuch for taking the time to do this,

 

[DeChristo]

Thanks, Monk for your reply...do you have any pictures of hobo nickels that you would like for me to post??? Please share....can you just upload to this thread and I will make sure to add them to the archive...thanks, Chris

 

[golden forge]

Chris, thank you for posting this link, the artwork and skill that goes into those coins is amazing.

 

[monk]

i have the coyote & courage dog both in progress. because of a head & hand tremor, i have not finished them, or any other "delicate" stuff. been away from the detailed stuff for about 3 years now.
fortunately, the 24th. of this month, am going for a bilateral thalamic deep brain electrode implantation. with luck, i may be able to finish the hobos, and get back to the "real stuff". other than the 2 you have, i sold a couple more on ebay back then. say one for me !