[Jewelry making - Article 01359] - Re: [Orchid] Strange Customer Requests

[R . E . Rourke]

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    One of my all time favorites was to melt down a stolen monstrance
    from a cathedral...it was gold plated for starters.. 

    another was appraising a wooden scarab that a customers mother had
    brought from egypt to find out what gemstone it was made of. i too
    had an eyeglasses repair request- but they were antique18 kt gold
    frames that someone's great grandfather wore...they wanted me to
    preserve the lenses that were original, but asked if i could grind
    them to their prescription because they couldn't see through them!-
    go figure.. 

    the topper:a man came to me fairly recently and asked if I could
    modify some ku klux klan pin he had for years, to give out to the
    groups membership...he wanted the hoods to be "pointier" and to have
    the KKK initials followed by a 10 point diamond after each "k"
    instead of periods in metal...he also wanted the hoods in silver on a
    red enameled background..need i say more?
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