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Old 25th February 2011, 05:27 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by vantique
It had a greenish patina which I
cleaned up.
So, is this copper then. Looks a bit like bronze in the pics, but copper would turn green.
Iron and wood are the common materials for real phurbas (occasionally gold and silver). Lot's of tourist ones are brass.
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