[Jewelry making - Article 00038] - Re: [Orchid] Strange Customer Requests

[Stan McCall]

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Sooo many but here's a few

    A heavily tattooed and pierced man came in the shop with a bag of
    large glass marbles. He wanted them cut in half and the sharp edges
    rounded off. Out of curiosity, I asked him what he was going to use
    them for. He said that he was going to have them implanted under his
    skin along his shoulder blades for a dinosaur affect. ??? 

    A couple came into the shop with a diamond solitaire type ring with
    2 open teardrop areas on each side of the diamond. they presented me
    with 2 elks teeth and wanted me to inlay a portion of each tooth
    into the teardrop area on each side of the diamond. After I finished
    the job, I inquired about the reason they wanted to use the elks
    teeth. Turns out their first date was a hunting trip and the future
    bride had shot the elk. 

    This is one of my favorites 

    I was working for this shop and a guy came in Inquiring about
    selling dental gold. It was around noonish and the Owner and Manager
    were at lunch together. So I was in the shop with the owners
    daughter that came in usually once or twice a week just to help
    around lunch time. She really didn't now much about the biz. Well,
    we tell the guy that we buy dental gold and I place a pad on the
    counter figuring the guy will pull out a bag of old bridges and
    crowns. This guy reaches into his mouth and yanks out a crown from
    one of his back teeth and lays it on the pad and asks how much. The
    owners daughter goes to grab the crown with her bare hands, I jump
    in and tell her "don't touch that nasty thing". After picking it up
    with tweezers and soak in alcohol, I weigh the crown and give him a
    price. He says "o.k. thanks for the price" pops the crown back into
    his mouth, and walks out the door. 

Stan McCall
Custom Creative Gem Cutting
http://home.earthlink.net/~custom-creative
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