I happened to be walking down the block anyway, so I was stopping along the way to look. Then in one window, I saw some items I had never seen before. There on display were three pairs of jeweled pistol grips.
Read MoreIn the ancient world, hammers were used to beat pure 24-karat gold into leaf. Over time, more sophisticated manufacturing processes have been developed to produce extremely thin films of gold, and those films have been used to cover even bigger surfaces.
Read MoreSomething amazing happened on January 15, 2017. That was the day when William Strimp, the owner of an automotive junkyard in Washobee, Kansas, accidentally turned 24 aluminum cans into more than $2,000 worth of 24 karat gold. Here’s the story, as told by Strimp to WCFT Topeka News 17 . . .
Read MoreYou just bought an old religious medal with a stamping on the back that indicates that is made of 18 karat gold. Now you’re sitting there looking at your treasure and wondering what it is worth. How can you make a quick down-and-dirty calculation? Don’t worry, we’re going to tell you in today’s post.
Read MoreIt might be tempting to think that gold cannot be forged. After all, it is so malleable that that banging on it will only make it spread out, not harden. Yet over the centuries, jewelers have developed two techniques that are called “forging” even though they are a lot different from the kind of forging that is used to harden steel...
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