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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 414788, member: 2844"]I would be very surprised if this were bog oak. It could have been an old menuki attached somehow to a sterling pin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, shakudo is a copper and gold alloy. Menuki were made of different metals, depending on how much money the owner was able to spend, but mostly shakudo. Some were silver or gold.</p><p><br /></p><p>Someone who is used to delicate soldering can solder a shakudo menuki to another material. It could also have been attached another way.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 414788, member: 2844"]I would be very surprised if this were bog oak. It could have been an old menuki attached somehow to a sterling pin. Yes, shakudo is a copper and gold alloy. Menuki were made of different metals, depending on how much money the owner was able to spend, but mostly shakudo. Some were silver or gold. Someone who is used to delicate soldering can solder a shakudo menuki to another material. It could also have been attached another way.[/QUOTE]
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