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V-Dubya's
Nickel Carving Vignettes
29 September 2004
Links to a Multitude of Nickel Carving Related Vignettes
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RoadTrip!  •  Report on V-Dubya's Fall 2004 vacation ... 9/04
The Grat Brothers Try Nickel Carving  •  Two "FIRST" carvings by Tony and Tim ... 7/04
Landis 2004 GNA Demonstration Carving  •  Simple carving done to show public the process ... 5/04
Joe Rust and his racing armadillo "Future Luggage"  •  2004 Annual GMM Hobo Tokens ... 3/04
I've Been Off Playing!  •  Introduction of this webpage in the GMM ScrapBook ... 3/04
Three 1995 Landis Hobos  •  Landis 1995 1.5ozMedal/SilverEagle/Krugerrand hobos ... 2/04
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A Handful Of Nickels  •  BobFinlay's FIRST ten nickel carvings ... 2/04
OHNS President's Award Trophy  •  RogerWollam's award for two years hard work ... 1/04
2004 OHNS Hobo Tokens Available  •  Announcement of 2004 Hobo Tokens ... 1/04
Carving Nickels And Engraving Works Of Art!  •  SteveAdams's engraving tools... 1/04
The Only Old "3-Sided" Hobo Nickel?  •  Double sided 1919 Vladivostok, Siberia carving ... 1/04
Taking A "Cutout Hobo" To A Whole New Level  •  1996 Hobo Token struck thru $1 bill ... 1/04
Active Nickel Carvers Abound At FUN2004  •  OHNS group photo taken in Florida ... 1/04
If My Dad Can Do It I Figure Anyone Can!  •  LuciGriffiths' FIRST nickel carving ... 1/04
Being "Hoe Boys" Is Hard Work  •  Two of LeeGriffiths' hobos "Resting Comfortably" ... 1/04
Watching A Griffiths Carving Develop  •  Progressive scans of nickel being carved ... 1/04
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Howard Fogg's Favorite Painting  •  1890's 2-6-0 Mogul type steam locomotive ... 1/04
Steven G. Adams' First Steam Locomotive  •  MKT #620 locomotive carving ... 1/04
WinoSanta's Reindeer  •  A bit of "blarney" about two nickel carvings - Bull and Santa ... 12/03
"Girl With Braids" And "Griffin"  •  Two RonLandis carvings from 1995 and 1997 ... 12/04
The Slot Machine Boxcar  •  ES&NA boxcar carved by RonLandis circa 1994 ... 12/03
Sonny's "Baker's Dozen" - 2 carved JFK proofs  •  1998 Carpenter carvings ... 12/03
Sonny's "Baker's Dozen" - 5 carved Jeffs  •  1997 Carpenter carvings ... 12/03
"Cupid Tuning A Banjo"  •  1995 RonLandis carving on a Morgan dollar ... 12/03
"Eureka South" Krugerrand  •  1995 RonLandis carving on a GOLD Krugerrand ... 12/03
"Circus Elephant"  •  1995 reverse carving by RonLandis ... 12/03
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Sonny's "Baker's Dozen" - 3 later carved Buffs  •  1997 and 1998 Carpenter carvings ... 12/03
Sonny's "Baker's Dozen" - 3 early carved Buffs  •  1996 and 1997 Carpenter carvings ... 12/03
How Many Hobos Can Dance On The Head Of A Nail?  •  BillZach carving on nail ... 11/03
The Head of A Screw Makes An Interesting Canvas!  •  BillZach carving on screw ... 11/03
You Want How Much For Postage&Handling?  •  CliffKraft Halloween carving ... 11/03
Four Nice 2003 Bill Zach Nickel Carvings  •  First carvings done after shoulder surgery ... 10/03
Better Late Than Never  •  2oz. silver round Landis carving for BillFivaz ... 10/03
Headed For Florida For The Winter  •  Three carvings to be sold at FUN2004 ... 10/03
Simply WOW!  •  "An Engraver's Point of View!" −by Steve Adams ... 8/03
...but it's not in me!  •  Discussion about "quickie" nickel carvings ... 8/03
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Quite Simply Over The Top!  •  A Kraft banjo carving for DavidSchenkman ... 8/03
Tom Always Was Larger Than Life  •  A Kraft carving with some "blarney" on the side ... 8/03
From the Bill Fivaz Collection  •  "Bo" Hughes carvings sold at ANA auction ... 8/03
Brother Can You Spare a Dime?  •  Kraft's "Hobo Abatement Program" carving ... 7/03
The Doe Brothers  •  RonLandis and JoeRust carved on a SilverEagle ... 7/03
Bill Monroe - Father Of Bluegrass  •  RonLandis' Monroe tribute carving on a SilverEagle ... 7/03
Del Romines Store Cards  •  BillFivaz historical commentary/reminisces ... 7/03
Watchin' Fer Revenuers  •  Snuffy Smith overlooking Hootin' Holler ... 7/03
Tres Alfano Hermanos  •  Three SUPERIOR SamAlfano carvings ... 7/03
A Dragon From Blackfoot Idaho  •  Griffiths carving PLUS original pencil artwork ... 7/03
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A Yankee Fan... Also From Idaho!  •  Crusty oldtimer carved by LeeGriffiths ... 7/03
Five Legs Are Better Than Three  •  A risque carving by RonLandis ... 5/03
Send In The Reinforcements!  •  BillZach's "Turtle Hill" logo carvings ... 4/03
Nothing Worthwhile Is Ever Easy!  •  RonLandis' 2003 GMM Hobo Tokens ... 4/03
Set Of Four Bill Zach 1937 Carvings  •  BillZach at the top of his carving form ... 4/03
A Face Full Of Life Experiences  •  LeeGriffiths' "signature" Pittsburg street musician ... 4/03
LG1 And LG2...Too COOL!  •  LeeGriffiths' debut to nickel carving ... 4/03
Another Steve Adams Creation  •  BillFivaz's FIRST 2oz "Giant Nickel" carving ... 4/03
Chronological Log Of Landis Carvings  •  Ron's "Log of Hobo Nickels" personal record ... 4/03
Sam's The Man!  •  Two SUPERIOR SamAlfano carvings ... 3/03
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Fill Her Up Sir?  •  Three "softhat" BillZach carvings ... 3/03
Nickel Carver Registry  •  Carver's Names~Webpages~EMailAddresses ... 3/03
Watching Nickel Carvings Gestate  •  Progressive views of two carvings in process ... 3/03
A Steve Adams Creation  •  SteveAdams' carving for DaveSchenkman ... 3/03
A Bill Zach Creation  •  BillZach's carving for RonMcCord ... 3/03
Two Ron Landis FIRST's  •  RonLandis' debut to nickel carving ... 3/03
Banjos Galore  •  Alfano and Zach carvings for DaveSchenkman ... 3/03
Bill Zach Carves In Solid Gold  •  In process shots while carving a DoubleEagle ... 2/03
Baby Girl Hanna's Namesake  •  Carving named after V-Dubya's newest granddaughter ... 2/03
2003 OHNS Tokens ... Whoops!  •  Wrong die used thus creating a "mule" token ... 2/03
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The Best Hobo Tokens Yet!  •  RonLandis self-portrait graces 2003 GMM tokens ... 1/03
The World Of Steven G. Adams  •  Recent carvings by a primer nickel carver ... 1/03
Just A Clown  •  Finally a cut-out coin that everybody will admire ... 1/03
In The Desert Too Long  •  A high relief carving that retained "LIBERTY" ... 1/03
Miniature Art Medals  •  Top end cravings almost aren't recognizably hobos anymore ... 1/03
Secondary Market  •  Two of Steve's older nickel carvings resell ... 1/03
An OHNS Tradition Continues  •  2002 OHNS "Literary Award" tokens ... 1/03
Just Because You Look Hungry  •  "Kraft Memorial Menagerie II" acquires a lion ... 1/03
Someday You Will Be A Real Boy  •  SteveAdams playing with his GraphicsEditor ... 1/03
Traditional Subject - Nontraditional Carver  •  Modern carver's nostalgia patently obvious ... 1/03
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Critter Carvings  •  Kraft and Pezak both obviously have an eye for animals ... 1/03
Better Than Riding The Rails To Florida  •  BillZach carvings headed out on the road ... 1/03
Turtle Hill Banjo Co.  •  A definitely SUPERIOR 1996 Landis carving ... 12/02
Traveling Companions  •  Kraft crafted Black Diamond and Dahl Sheep carvings ... 12/02
Squaw Lake Bear Hunter  •  A nice "tale" about a Kraft bear carving ... 11/02
Time Is Running Out Folks  •  2002 GMM HoboTokens near end of annual production ... 11/02
There Are Other Active Nickel Carvers!  •  Paonessa and Kraft FUN203 carvings ... 11/02
Nickel Carvings From The Kentucky Hills  •  BillZach FUN2003 carvings ... 11/02
Now THAT's A Dragon!  •  RonLandis FUN2003 carving ... 11/02
Nickel Carvings From The Past  •  "Bo" and "Bert" FUN2003 carvings ... 11/02
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The Answer, Simply, Is Tradition  •  TAMS Journal article on Landis carving ... 10/02
Treasures From The Past  •  FANTASTIC Landis playing banjo self-portrait ... 10/02
Variations On A Theme  •  V-Dubya carved on nickels by BillZach ... 10/02
Dragon Blood In Con$ept Family Tree  •  1994 Landis Rampant Dragon carving ... 10/02
Another Nickel Carver's Silver Signature Round  •  BillZach's contribution to the set ... 10/02
Skulls And Steam Engines  •  "CeeBo" acquires two top drawer Landis carvings ... 10/02
Ron Landis' Aluminum Carving Of A Hobo  •  KenBressett's oversized carving ... 10/02
Steve Adams' OHNS FUN2003 Aluminum...  •  OHNS donation (with nickel insert) ... 10/02
Nickel Carver's Silver Signature...  •  Alfano, Adams and Kraft early entries for set ... 8/02
Another Wonderful Critter Carving  •  A whimsical "tale" about a Kraft elephant ... 8/02
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The Smile Tells The Whole Story  •  Top notch SteveAdams carving of a King ... 8/02
Little Eva Vote For Women/Sure I'm Irish Too  •  Great circa 1920 nickel carving ... 7/02
Hobo Nickel by Sam Alfano  •  COOL 24K heavy gold running leaf border ... 7/02
Bear Country!  •  Two superlative Kraft carvings of bears ... 7/02
Ask And Ye Shall Receive!  •  A couple more Grrr8 Kraft bear cavings ... 7/02
Lewis Or Clark?  •  A fantastic SteveAdams double portrait carving ... 6/02
A.Word.A.Day--Yeggs  •  Word plus 24 HoboSigns defined ... 6/02
How Do You Get To Carnegie Hall?  •  Process scans of Kraft's Sow&Cub carving ... 6/02
Phineas Taylor Barnum  •  Tied for my favorite BillZach carving ... 6/02
From Buffalo Nickels...  •  Discover: The World of Money article from ANA ... 6/02
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Mail From PaulBunyan.Net  •  Off topic blarney from carver CliffKraft ... 6/02
Scruffy: Storyteller, Carver And Fisherman  •  Three recent CliffKraft carvings ... 5/02
An Emmett Kelly Masterpiece By Steve Adams  •  Best clown carving I've ever seen ... 5/02
Locomotives On One Ounce Silver Rounds  •  Start of Carver's Silver Signature project ... 4/02
2000 GMM Hobo Token Silver MULE  •  A token that should never have happened ... 3/02
Mona And Dandy Don Move To Kansas  •  Great "tale" woven around 3 Kraft carvings ... 3/02
"Plukajah" Ears On Hobo Nickel Carvings  •  Eight different carver's ears shown ... 3/02
Continuing The Set  •  1995 AnnualMedal c/s with 2002 GMM HoboToken dies ... 2/02
What would happen if...?  •  Magniformed nickel carving? No way! ... 2/02
Mission Accomplished!  •  BillZach carving of RonLandis completed ... 2/02
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Caution!!! Do Not Open This Lure...  •  A "Day Brightener" from carver CliffKraft ... 2/02
I Wish I Had Thought...  •  1995 AnnualMedal c/s with 2001 GMM HoboToken dies ... 2/02
Took It Right Off Her Neck!  •  Britt Hobo Museum brass token acquisition ... 2/02
Clifford "Scruffy" Kraft Is Learning The Craft  •  Four early Kraft hobo carvings ... 1/02
News From 2002 F.U.N. Convention  •  OHNS and GMM tokens unveiled ... 1/02
My Best Christmas EVER!  •  24K gold 2001 GMM Hobo Token mule gift ... 12/01
Only A Select Few Will Walk This Road!  •  SteveAdams' RobertE.Lee progress scans ... 12/01
Progress You Can Actually See!  •  Five Viking carvings from various carvers ... 12/01
1913 Was A Very Good Year!  •  Three ArthurHutchison carvings arrive ... 11/01
Romines Hobo Nickel Book Supplement  •  One of only two copies ever released ... 8/01
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Zach#34  •  Not one of Bill's favorites but DEFINITELY one of mine! ... 8/01
Landis Hobos and Trains on Buffalo Nickels  •  Two of Ron's best carvings ... 8/01
Landis Hobos and Trains on American Eagles  •  Three of Ron's best carvings ... 8/01
Not exactly!  •  BillZach's latest carving of "Bob", a fellow HoboNickelCollector ... 8/01
Well, here's another nice mess...  •  Study of 1994/5 OHNS Baseball Player dies ... 7/01
Carved Masterpieces By Ron Landis  •  Sacagawea and "Bo"Washington carvings ... 5/01
Original Hobo Nickel Society WebSite  •  Introduction to OHNS and recommendation ... 4/01
Bill Jameson... aka Bill Zach  •  Introduction to Bill's work and the Romines publications ... 4/01
Crude? Absolutely! ...but Original or Modern?  •  My first eperience with an "original" ... 4/01
Modern and Recent Carvers  •  Early 2001 Carver's directory (growing stale)... 4/01
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Gallery Mint Museum Hobo Tokens  •  1996-2001 GMM tokens pictorial inventory ... 4/01
Original Hobo Nickel Society Tokens  •  1992-2001 OHNS tokens pictorial inventory ... 4/01
I'm Peddling As Fast As I Can!  •  Precursor discussion about pictorial inventories ... 4/01
While We Are Looking At Strips  •  2000 GMM Hobo Tokens struck on copper strips ... 3/01
National Hobo Convention in Britt, Iowa  •  Comprehensive coverage plus special token ... 3/01
V-Dubya joins OHNS ... 1/01
The MintMaster's Hobo Tokens  •  Where I found out about the earlier OHNS tokens ... 12/00
Momentarily Unique 1995 Annual GMM Medal  •  The start of AnnualMedal c/s set ... 11/00
What Does Our Engraver Bid For On eBay?  •  Other carver's nickel carvings! ... 11/00
1997 F.U.N. Sale Of Landis Carved Nickels  •  Five carving lots with prices realized ... 8/00
A Few Good Buffalo Chips  •  My first encounter with an OHNS Hobo Token ... 8/00

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