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Old 24th November 2016, 02:34 PM   #1
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Hello,

Not that I am a specialist in gold alloys but 14k is already gold, as gold is the base metal (14k I think means 14 parts pure gold in 24 parts total alloy).

I didn't think it can have such a copperish colour.

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Old 24th November 2016, 05:20 PM   #2
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I didn't think it can have such a copperish colour.
Hello Marius,

have look here, written from Russel: "Robert tested the handle three times, the result was 14k each time." Maybe the pictures feint a little bit.

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Old 24th November 2016, 05:33 PM   #3
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Hello Marius,

have look here, written from Russel: "Robert tested the handle three times, the result was 14k each time." Maybe the pictures feint a little bit.

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Yep, got it. So it is gold. I guess it is just gold and copper and it got the colour from the copper within.

I just never seen such reddish gold (not that it means anything).



PS: I like this colour much more that that of pure gold.
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Yep, got it. So it is gold. I guess it is just gold and copper and it got the colour from the copper within.

I just never seen such reddish gold (not that it means anything).



PS: I like this colour much more that that of pure gold.
I don't know by which reason it's like this but I know for example that gold from Bali look different than gold from Java, Javanes gold is more yellow and Bali gold has a reddish colour.

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