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Comment by Dave Lynas on February 16, 2016 at 1:10am

Wow Peter. That's wonderful! Heavenly Opening does it. Thank your sweetly for the gift. She knows her stuff. Kind of an old coin eh. So Tian means Tin right? Then Qi must mean Jo...

Comment by Peter Otto on February 15, 2016 at 11:19am

Okay Dave, after some translation work and some research: The characters from the top and clockwise are "Tian Qi Tong Bao". "Tian Qi" is the name of the reign of an emperor (Temple name Xi Zong, 1621-1627) "Tong Bao" means "currency". So the full translation would be something like "Currency of the reign of emperor Tian Qi". Where "Tian Qi" means "Heavenly Opening". :-)

Comment by Dave Lynas on February 15, 2016 at 10:07am

Thanks Peter. It would be fun to know. Sorry if I offended your delicate constipation Uncle....

Comment by Peter Otto on February 15, 2016 at 6:55am

I'll ask the missus about the characters on the coin. After four years of Chinese evening classes she might be able to translate some of it :) But it sure looks nice... 

Comment by Uncle John on February 15, 2016 at 12:28am

Well, to coin a phrase. 'So sorry, Dave.'

Comment by Dave Lynas on February 14, 2016 at 2:46pm

Well you guys. I was referring to the Chinese words sculpted into the coin. Not TinJo. He does my laundry. The light blue poly is actually a light wash of my blue oil paint. I didn't wait for the oil paint to completely dry before I did one light coat of poly. The rest of the neck got two more coats of varnish. Unc, I sustain your remarks sir. Bullwinkle.

Comment by Gary W aka Rev. Bluejeans on February 14, 2016 at 1:57pm

Thanks for edjamucating us Unk!

Comment by Uncle John on February 14, 2016 at 1:21pm

Interesting how you angled the nut slots.   Good idea.  And seeing it up close, it looks like you maybe used blue polyurethane stain/finish.   It looks good.

I looked up Tinjo in the English Chinese translation guide.  It said Tinjo translates as, "Dave is full of baloney on the balance and sustain thing."

Comment by Peter Otto on February 14, 2016 at 8:00am

Hate to disappoint you guys... I asked my wife and "TinJo" is definitely not Chinese :-) 

But I love what you did with the headstock, Dave!

Comment by Dave Lynas on February 14, 2016 at 7:07am

You speak Chinese? I'd love to know what TinJo says.

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