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legendary
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December 03, 2014, 02:35:41 PM
#43
He should issue 0.01 BTC fines for offending members.  Smiley

I'm game if you are?

I love languages and grammar. No matter how hard you try there are always errors / misconstructions.

*Just edited as I wasn't happy with the comma I used. Full stop is far more efficient in this case.*
donator
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December 03, 2014, 02:33:05 PM
#42
Please feel free to ask any questions below, and if your board and just browsing the web, take a minute to check out my other Bitcoin artworks.

Bored*

My new favourite bitcointalk member  Grin

He should issue 0.01 BTC fines for offending members.  Smiley
legendary
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December 03, 2014, 02:31:40 PM
#41
Please feel free to ask any questions below, and if your board and just browsing the web, take a minute to check out my other Bitcoin artworks.
Bored*

My new favourite bitcointalk member  Grin

You do know that Nazi is a colloquialism itself?

The 24th edition of Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (2002) says the word Nazi was favored in southern Germany (supposedly from c.1924) among opponents [my emphasis] of National Socialism because the nickname Nazi, Naczi (from the masc. proper name Ignatz, German form of Ignatius) was used colloquially to mean "a foolish person, clumsy or awkward person."

Your posts would have more gravitas if you change your username to "Grammar Nationalsozialist"

All the best
newbie
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December 03, 2014, 02:22:57 PM
#40
Please feel free to ask any questions below, and if your board and just browsing the web, take a minute to check out my other Bitcoin artworks.
Bored*
legendary
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December 03, 2014, 02:10:53 PM
#39
I have had a recent surge in commissions from clients that are wanting exotic wood Bitcoin Bongs made and i need a new place to buy the stems and down tubes from that will accept my Bitcoin as payment. As much as i would like to make wooden stems and down tubes to match the bongs it is not economical in terms of price i would have to charge the clients for them. Since my introduction to Bitcoin i have all but refused to do business with anyone who will not take my BTCitcoins as payment and the only place i can find that sells stems and down tubes for BTC is in the UK and charges an arm and a leg for shipping to New York or Maine.

Also if any of you know any glass blowers, i would be seriously interested in finding someone who can make custom stems to match each art piece so long as they will accept Bitcoin as payment.

Thanks for allowing me to hijack my own thread for a minute!!!!!!!
Hi

Hows it going?

Love the projects you have shared with us so far.

I have access to all the stems, downpipes & fittings you could ever need - Glass / Wood / Steel / Ceramic etc. I have everything from cheapest Chinese glass to German made quartz & titanium attachments.

I am UK based but ship to US all the time. If you wanted a job lot (10 - 50 pieces) then shipping isn't too bad as weight on the fittings is minimal. I can ship up to 2kg parcel to US tracked and insured for around £15 - £20.

Would also be interested in pushing some of your smoking creations over here - PM me and we can talk further..

Payment by BTC is perfect or even better you can do me a wooden piece and I can match the balance in fittings.

Lets talk - PM here or bitcoinaccepted (at) countermail (dot) com

All the best.
full member
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December 03, 2014, 12:50:46 PM
#38
The person who claimed to be buying Mazuma has not sent payment or a reply so i am listing it for sale once again!

Excellent piece of work but the price is a bit too high I guess!

I can create something smaller or out of cheaper wood for you if you would like to get a piece. I can work within most any budget for the bitcoin community.
Id be interested if you would make smaller and cheaper ones.

Sure, i would be happy to make you a piece. Message me with your budget and ideas and we can for sure come up with something for you.
full member
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December 03, 2014, 12:45:43 PM
#37
The person who claimed to be buying Mazuma has not sent payment or a reply so i am listing it for sale once again!

Excellent piece of work but the price is a bit too high I guess!

I can create something smaller or out of cheaper wood for you if you would like to get a piece. I can work within most any budget for the bitcoin community.
Id be interested if you would make smaller and cheaper ones.
full member
Activity: 168
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December 03, 2014, 12:03:17 PM
#36
The person who claimed to be buying Mazuma has not sent payment or a reply so i am listing it for sale once again!

Excellent piece of work but the price is a bit too high I guess!

I can create something smaller or out of cheaper wood for you if you would like to get a piece. I can work within most any budget for the bitcoin community.
legendary
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December 03, 2014, 02:58:53 AM
#35
Excellent piece of work but the price is a bit too high I guess!
donator
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December 03, 2014, 01:29:24 AM
#34
I believe Mazuma has found a home in the UK and it will confirmed within about 8 hours. I thank you all again for your support and kind reviews of my art.

Congratulations!
full member
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December 03, 2014, 12:13:54 AM
#33


At 8" round and 2" thick Mazuma weighs in at just over 12 pounds and is carved from the highest grade Purpleheart wood a person can ever get their hands on. This high grade Purpleheart only comes from the top 3 or 4 feet of trees that exceed 160 foot tall and contains the highest resin concentration of Purpleheart wood which leads it to turning the deepest "crown royal" purple color you will ever find.

Please feel free to ask any questions below, and if your board and just browsing the web, take a minute to check out my other Bitcoin artworks.
Awesome.  This is a truism come to life: "making money is an art"!

I do have questions about how you managed to get this wood imported to the USA, which has very strict import laws (even Fender guitar has problems with getting rare woods imported).

Maybe you have connections, or found some local source, or don't care to say, that's fine.

TonyT

Sure Tony, i dont mind sharing.

I have been in the trade craft of wood carving, wood turning and wood collecting  for over 2 decades now. With that, i have made literally hundreds of connections around the world with people with direct access ( meaning they can go cut it down ).

Fenders problem was the commercialization of what they were doing. The didnt care about law, regulation, process, or time/due diligence. To them it was all about how much rare or exotic wood they could get for the best price and how fast as the more they could get the faster they could get it the more profit they could make and their pitfall was records keeping. When they were raided, the were unable to provide necessary documents for the wood they were in possession of, that was the same area lumber liquidators got in trouble for when they were raided. 

In order to keep your head above hot water you really only need a few things to get any wood in the world.

1: a certificate of origin (if the wood is protected, endangered or on the watch list )
2: a forestry permit ( again if the is protect endangered or on the watch list )
3: a fumigation certificate ( if the wood comes from a region known to have wood dwelling hazards )
4: a good set of book keeping skills

Although i do import a lot of wood for what i do with it, its nowhere near on the scale as the guys who get in trouble all the time like fender so i do not draw much attention. I have never been raided but i did have a pretty nasty surprise inspection from a few different government agencies that all showed up at my storage warehouse at the same time. Even one guy with a gun is never good so a few of them wasn't pleasant. All in all, it didnt take more than 10 minutes for the nightmare to stop. They asked for documents, i pulled out dozens of 3 ring binders full of documents on every piece of wood in my possession that required them and each piece of wood on the shelves that required paperwork was tagged with a number which corresponded to a page in one of the binders. I looked at them, smiled and said "i'll be in my office having some coffe, please let me know if you have questions or when the audit is done" The guy who appeared to be in charge looked at me and said " No need, it appears you have everything in order" then they left.

If required, i always get the paperwork, i will not make a purchase without it, Once i have it, it really takes me only 2 minutes to write a number on each piece of wood, and slide all the documents into a page in a 3 ring binder.

Put simply, i play by the rules for the most part, i know what all the rules are, i have the connections to the people to get what i want, and because of that, there is nothing i cannot get. I have species of wood which have not been able to be harvested for over 40 years now. i have wood that has been extinct for over 100 years, and wood that is over 52,000 years old. For every piece i have the proper documents for it, and when i turn it into art and ship it, the documents go with it if required. 

If i cannot play by the rules for some reason, i do not store it in the USA, and i travel to my "offshore" storage facility and wood shop when i need to work with it and i do not ship the art piece to anywhere in the USA. Now if the client has it shipped to Paris or some other place where it is legal to import then decides to bring it home with them to the USA in their luggage to display in their home / office. It then becomes their problem not mine. I never violated any rule or law and cannot be held liable for its possession in the USA.  Knowing ALL the rules is the best way to know how to work around them when a person needs to. Big companies always try to take shortcuts for profit, i don't care about the money aspect of it, my clients over the years have set the tone for what i charge and even if i couldn't make a dollar i would still create art and hoard it in every corner i could find like one of those old ladies you see on TV. I am an artist and a collector first, the business aspect comes second. Fender is a business first and only and all they really care about is quarterly statements for their investors. Too many hands and the one responsible for the paperwork didnt do it.

Hope that answers your question, sorry if i went into to much detail, i didn't really know how to summarize all that.

full member
Activity: 210
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December 02, 2014, 11:30:43 PM
#32


At 8" round and 2" thick Mazuma weighs in at just over 12 pounds and is carved from the highest grade Purpleheart wood a person can ever get their hands on. This high grade Purpleheart only comes from the top 3 or 4 feet of trees that exceed 160 foot tall and contains the highest resin concentration of Purpleheart wood which leads it to turning the deepest "crown royal" purple color you will ever find.

Please feel free to ask any questions below, and if your board and just browsing the web, take a minute to check out my other Bitcoin artworks.
Awesome.  This is a truism come to life: "making money is an art"!

I do have questions about how you managed to get this wood imported to the USA, which has very strict import laws (even Fender guitar has problems with getting rare woods imported).

Maybe you have connections, or found some local source, or don't care to say, that's fine.

TonyT
hero member
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December 02, 2014, 11:28:28 PM
#31
Oh my god such beautiful piece of creation  Shocked
full member
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December 02, 2014, 11:05:43 PM
#30
Not to hijack my own thread, but since i have all of you wonderful guys here on this thread already i figured it would be the best place to get a quick reply.

I have had a recent surge in commissions from clients that are wanting exotic wood Bitcoin Bongs made and i need a new place to buy the stems and down tubes from that will accept my Bitcoin as payment. As much as i would like to make wooden stems and down tubes to match the bongs it is not economical in terms of price i would have to charge the clients for them. Since my introduction to Bitcoin i have all but refused to do business with anyone who will not take my BTCitcoins as payment and the only place i can find that sells stems and down tubes for BTC is in the UK and charges an arm and a leg for shipping to New York or Maine.

Also if any of you know any glass blowers, i would be seriously interested in finding someone who can make custom stems to match each art piece so long as they will accept Bitcoin as payment.

Thanks for allowing me to hijack my own thread for a minute!!!!!!!

Back on topic, I believe Mazuma has found a home in the UK and it will confirmed within about 8 hours. I thank you all again for your support and kind reviews of my art. If you need something for the Christmas season please do not hesitate to message me and i will do my best to get your piece done and delivered by Dec. 24th. Options are not restricted by anything, any wood, any design, anything you can think of. I will turn your thoughts from the furthest depths of your imagination into one of a kind art masterpieces. You can view other works i have done in my signature.
legendary
Activity: 1890
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December 02, 2014, 08:16:52 PM
#29
Have to ship a $17,000 bitcoin art piece and there is no way it leaves my hands without funding from someone who who has 0 reputation in this community and only 9 posts as of today.

Looks like the market for Bitcoin art is maturing significantly.

Perhaps it is time for me to create another website to track all significant pieces of bitcoin art and artists, especially useful in preventing counterfeits.

What do you think?


I think that would be a great idea, after browsing the Bitcoin art markets i have found a lot of great originals, and even bought a few acrylics myself to display in my office for inspiration. But as with any significant art there are quickly counterfeits reproduced. I use Bitcoin and Blockchain technology for Certificates of Authenticity for my art as it makes the chances of someone being able to reproduce it about as likely as someone brute forcing a Bitcoin address. But i also intentionally hide a few secrets or intentional flaws not able to be noticed to the naked eye in case the authenticity of a piece ever came into question. I have even started using Bitcoin technology on my CoA's for work i do outside the Bitcoin community. My clients love the idea due to its "Uncrackable even by the NSA" Tech and it also lets me teach them a little about Bitcoin although i am still learning a lot myself.

This is one ugly wooden plate  Angry


It appears someone from /r/buttcoin has found their way to the thread. Welcome!!!! I can make you your very own ugly wooden plate for roughly $5,000 if you would like  Roll Eyes



Sorry I have children and a fireplace..
full member
Activity: 168
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December 02, 2014, 07:56:15 PM
#28
Have to ship a $17,000 bitcoin art piece and there is no way it leaves my hands without funding from someone who who has 0 reputation in this community and only 9 posts as of today.

Looks like the market for Bitcoin art is maturing significantly.

Perhaps it is time for me to create another website to track all significant pieces of bitcoin art and artists, especially useful in preventing counterfeits.

What do you think?


I think that would be a great idea, after browsing the Bitcoin art markets i have found a lot of great originals, and even bought a few acrylics myself to display in my office for inspiration. But as with any significant art there are quickly counterfeits reproduced. I use Bitcoin and Blockchain technology for Certificates of Authenticity for my art as it makes the chances of someone being able to reproduce it about as likely as someone brute forcing a Bitcoin address. But i also intentionally hide a few secrets or intentional flaws not able to be noticed to the naked eye in case the authenticity of a piece ever came into question. I have even started using Bitcoin technology on my CoA's for work i do outside the Bitcoin community. My clients love the idea due to its "Uncrackable even by the NSA" Tech and it also lets me teach them a little about Bitcoin although i am still learning a lot myself.

This is one ugly wooden plate  Angry


It appears someone from /r/buttcoin has found their way to the thread. Welcome!!!! I can make you your very own ugly wooden plate for roughly $5,000 if you would like  Roll Eyes

legendary
Activity: 1890
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December 02, 2014, 07:39:48 PM
#27
This is one ugly wooden plate  Angry
legendary
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The Cryptonumist
December 02, 2014, 07:38:26 PM
#26
Have to ship a $17,000 bitcoin art piece and there is no way it leaves my hands without funding from someone who who has 0 reputation in this community and only 9 posts as of today.

Looks like the market for Bitcoin art is maturing significantly.

Perhaps it is time for me to create another website to track all significant pieces of bitcoin art and artists, especially useful in preventing counterfeits.

What do you think?
legendary
Activity: 2128
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December 02, 2014, 07:09:54 PM
#25
Thanks Og, I will be messaging you in a bit or maybe tomorrow for an escrow if you wouldnt mind. Have to ship a $17,000 bitcoin art piece and there is no way it leaves my hands without funding from someone who who has 0 reputation in this community and only 9 posts as of today.

Sounds good.  I'm looking forward to seeing the rest of your creations.

You need him to do a NastyFans piece!
donator
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December 02, 2014, 06:26:17 PM
#24
Thanks Og, I will be messaging you in a bit or maybe tomorrow for an escrow if you wouldnt mind. Have to ship a $17,000 bitcoin art piece and there is no way it leaves my hands without funding from someone who who has 0 reputation in this community and only 9 posts as of today.

Sounds good.  I'm looking forward to seeing the rest of your creations.
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