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I guess nobody can call me out or criticize me for showing something I think is really, really cool and having no opinion. And, if so, have fun. I was just writing my blog and the chapter is entitled "Cabinent of Curiosities" and it included this item ... Something you don't see every day ... for sure. Let me tell you about it. Perhaps thirty years ago, I was gifted a piece of Chinese burial jade that is six-inches long and three-inches wide; a surgical cutting tool used by a Chinese doctor (or doctors) well over one-thousand years ago. The piece is nephrite jade ... I tested it and I'm a Graduate Gemologist, so no opinion there; just fact. On the "head" of it, there's either a dragon or a foo dog. The body is carved "en cameo" (raised figures) with Chinese characters on one side in the "old language" (noted scholar Dr. Chi Woo Chang looked at it and that's what he told me). The reverse side features a spreading figure, a stylized animal or even a human face ... your guess is as good as any. The nephrite was a mutton fat color, but the many of years of being buried with a human body have turned it a gorgeous dark brown color. It's cool to the max. Here are photos; I believe some of you will be fascinated. May God Bless All and Merry Christmas Steve ![[Linked Image]](http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a180/dogzapper/P1000042_zps4tafjm0j.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a180/dogzapper/P1000043_zpsi4agrmis.jpg)
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Steve, that is neat, thanks for sharing!
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Nice! Always look forward to your stories, you know which one is my favorite.
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Just curious as to how the edge held up over all that time? Would that have been ground as opposed to flaked off like obsidian?
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Cool as Hell!!!!! Thanks!!!
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Have their round haunches gored."
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Can you imagine getting an appendectomy with that thing before anesthesia was invented - "Here, bite down on this stick.... It's going to sting for a few minutes..."
Any chance DNA could be lifted from it?
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That's very cool! Any idea how old?
It's good to see you posting and Merry Christmas to you and yours.
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That is very unique! Thanks for sharing!
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That's awesome! And I KNEW the Chinese used the standard system.
Happy Thanksgiving Steve.
Travis
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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Steve,
THANK YOU, for sharing that.
It is GOOD to see you well and see you back.
America needs to understand that our troops are not 'disposable'. Each represents a family; Fathers, Mothers, Sons, Daughters, Cousins, Uncles, Aunts... Our Citizens are our most valuable treasure; we waste far too many.
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Steve,
THANK YOU, for sharing that.
It is GOOD to see you well and see you back. AMEN. Have a blessed Christmas friend.
George Orwell was a Prophet, not a novelist. Read 1984 and then look around you!
Old cat turd!
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I am too old to fight but I can still pull a trigger. ~ Me
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Thank you for posting today Steve. Good to hear from you.
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Steve, that is cool as hell. Thanks for posting.
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Steve, that almost looks like a hatchet - very cool!
Nice hearing from you again. How's Karen doing?
My prayers go with you both.
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What a treasure. Thanks for sharing with us Steve.
The first time I shot myself in the head...
Meniere's Sucks Big Time!!!
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Ho Li Wow!
That is a treasure sir, thanks for sharing!
Dan
I am..........disturbed.
Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain
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That's cool Steve, I mean really Cool.
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That rates a Two-Cool! 
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Pretty cool.
It'd be way cool to know what it was all used for in it's lifetime.
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