I did notice the guides were cleaner and fit better on the other bolos @Steve. And @chicfarmer made a good point of it being high retail. But if he had a shop worker make it or farmed it out, they may have had their own idea. A nice exercise.
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Its all business in the front and a wild party goin on in the back.
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Good post and in my experience/opinion, such useful and important notes to consider, especially with artists like those prolific throughout the 70’s. Thanks as always for taking time for the thoughtful reply.
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Welcome! I see you have been on the forum quite a bit. Would you mind telling us a bit about yourself? What brought you to Turquoise People?
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Hi, thanks for the welcome. I am a long time enthusiast, appreciator and learner of NA Turquoise (aka “the turk” as I affectionately refer to it). I am a former NM and AZ resident, amateur archeology “sherd nerd” as well. I hesitate to use the phrase “collector” but looking through my turquoise etc., I suppose I am a small scale collector of turquoise jewelry, favor older, but some newer as well. Mostly I am a passionate seeker/observer/student of turquoise and historic/prehistoric craft and art in general, particularly using natural material - Turquoise being the top of that big category for me. I so appreciate the discussion and knowledge sharing here! Many Thanks.
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Sounds like you are someone that will highly enjoy this forum! We get many people that pop in, ask a few questions, and then disappear, so it’s nice to have members that want to engage (and unfortunately we’ve even been getting a few bots 
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How awesome to have lived in both NM and AZ! I’ve spent lots and lots of time out there due to having family and friends in the Southwest plus the fact that I love the area, although I have always called northeastern IN home (unfortunately quite the distance from the four corners area).
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Very much enjoy the forum and of course, before I became a real member, studied it as best I could (what a surprise) Lol. As a kid, I was also a ‘summer assistant’ to a juried silver jewelry artist in Michigan, so learned a bit about metal /stone smithing and working. I definitely lack the required patience for it myself, but so love the outputs, so developed early appreciation for it all the more. As a very young one I also stayed on Zuni rez. for long periods with close friends of my [very excentric] grandmother, when she traveled which also gave me very early NA cultural ‘infusion’ on many levels for sure.
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What great experiences you have had! I’m curious because I spend a lot of time in Michigan for vacay/visiting family; do you remember whereabouts you were at in MI as an assistant?
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Yes, I actually was raised in Michigan after age 4… artist was a woman friend of my late mother’s from Bloomfield Hills, MI (I think she studied/taught at Cranbrook Academy), she’s been long divorced and don’t know her last name. Will try to dig up some of her beaded pieces when I make it to our storage area, she made them all by hand and used a lot of stone as well.
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