Antique Dealer

Chapter 134 Reaction
Fang Hao picked up one of the walnuts. As soon as the walnut was in his hands, he felt that it had some weight. The texture was fine and firm, and when kneaded it was as smooth as suet jade. These are the manifestations of old walnuts.

In addition, its engraving is also very exquisite. The craftsman's technique can be said to be proficient. The carved lines are as thin as hair, flowing like clouds and flowing water, with clear veins and distinct layers of details.

No carving is not expensive, double the labor!This is a saying often said by players who carve walnuts. Why is it so?All because of the unique characteristics of Wenwan walnut.

The cortex of Wenwan walnut is hard, and the carving process is very difficult for the sculptor, and the strength of the fingertips is far greater than that of olive or peach pits.And because of the different growth patterns of Wenwan walnuts, the difficulty of composition has been raised to another level.It is precisely because of this that nuclear carving is also regarded as a unique skill in my country's traditional handicrafts.

Fang Hao nodded inwardly. He was very satisfied with this walnut, but his thoughts could not be seen from his face. This is the basic skill for entering the antique business. Will also consider it.

Immediately afterwards, he picked up another walnut. This walnut was also the same as the one just now. It was excellent in every way and should be genuine.

Just as he was about to put the walnut back, a detail caught Fang Hao's eyes suddenly, which made him startled: "No way, there is something wrong with this walnut?"

In astonishment, Fang Hao put the walnut in front of his eyes and looked at it again, then picked up the walnut just now for comparison, thinking, fortunately, he was still focused just now and could remember some details, otherwise he would have capsized in the gutter.

He raised his head, looked at Boss Qiu, and saw Boss Qiu smiling at him, but his eyes were a little dodged.

Qian Min was the first to ask, "Xiaohao, are you satisfied with walnuts?"

"Is this..." Fang Hao's face showed some concern.

"What, is there a problem?" Qian Min's expression changed.

"How could there be a problem!" Boss Qiu was a little excited, pointing to the walnuts and said, "This pair of walnuts has been with my grandfather for at least 40 to [-] years, and I also asked our famous experts in Xijing to appraise them. It’s impossible to sell them without using money!”

"Boss Qiu, don't get excited." Fang Hao smiled slightly. At first he thought that he might have made a mistake in his judgment, but now that he saw Boss Qiu's appearance, he could confirm his judgment.

Qian Min also smiled and said, "Boss Qiu, don't be angry. After all, it's a 10,000+ business. It's normal to be cautious."

Boss Qiu snorted coldly: "Let's think about it differently. If you have a similar artifact in your hand and it is slandered by others, will you be angry?"

"Sorry, Boss Qiu, just interrupt." Fang Hao raised his hand: "I have a question I want to ask."

Boss Qiu said with a straight face: "You say."

"Let's compare these two. How did I find out that not only the lines and wrinkles in several places are exactly the same, but also the lines and seams of the peach edges are very similar?" Fang Hao pointed to several places on the two walnuts. Place: "Have you ever seen a walnut that looks so similar in the world? I haven't."

Qian Min leaned over and looked at the place Fang Hao pointed out, and it was very similar.

After Boss Qiu saw it, he immediately retorted: "Isn't this normal? For good Wenwan walnuts, you should choose walnuts with basically the same texture. What's more, these two are nuclear carvings, so the decorations must be the same. Combined, don't some places look like normal?"

"What you said makes sense!"

Fang Hao nodded, just when Boss Qiu thought that Fang Hao was convinced by him, he saw Fang Hao take out a high-power magnifying glass: "Oh, I forgot just now, let's take a look with the magnifying glass. Generally speaking, if the walnut is wrong, its surface The features are very obvious under a magnifying glass."

"Uh……"

Boss Qiu didn't expect Fang Hao to have such a trick, his eyes flustered suddenly, and his forehead was slightly sweaty.How could he hide such a reaction from Qian Min, an old detective?
"Boss Qiu, what's the matter? Is there anything wrong with this proposal?" Qian Min looked at Boss Qiu with piercing eyes.

"This one……"

Just as Boss Qiu was thinking about how to solve this problem, Fang Hao was already observing with a magnifying glass: "These two walnuts look quite different, why are there some small bubbles that burst on them? And this one... ..."

"Give it to me! I won't sell these walnuts!"

Boss Qiu suddenly snatched the walnuts from Fang Hao and put them into the box, then pointed at Fang Hao and Qian Min and snapped, "Please go out, I won't sell you my walnuts! Get out!"

Qian Min and Fang Hao didn't talk nonsense, they got up and walked outside the door.

Fang Hao looked back and chuckled, "I'm getting angry from embarrassment!"

"Bah!"

The answer to Fang Hao was a heavy closing sound.

"Let's go."

Qian Min took Fang Hao to the elevator: "To be honest, if you hadn't pointed it out, I wouldn't have seen the problematic walnut."

Fang Hao smiled: "Don't talk about you, I almost said too."

Generally speaking, the production process of many high imitation walnuts now is to use a digital laser engraving machine to make a cast aluminum mold, select clean walnuts, remove the kernels and crush them, and then grind them on a centrifugal grinder to make super walnuts that are more delicate than edible starch. Fine powder, mixed with resin added with curing agent, kneaded into a dough, and then pressed into the mold.

This kind of finished product will not have any air bubbles and trachoma as a whole, and the surface is very neat, and it will be enough to polish it at the end, which is very bluffing.

However, if such fakes are made old, part of their advantages will be lost. After all, no matter how they are, they will not be able to make traces left by the real years.

But the high imitation just now is different, the old-fashioned technique is simply superb, if the engraver didn't hold back, let Fang Hao see some problems, and then found clues, Fang Hao must have made a hole in the eye.

Today's incident also taught Fang Hao a lesson. Now that technology is more and more advanced, we must keep pace with the times, always pay attention to the fakes in the antique market, and know ourselves and the enemy. We must not be careless.

Fang Hao scratched his head: "Uncle Qian..."

He originally wanted to say "Officer Qian", but fortunately he reacted in time, but Qian Min interrupted him: "Let's talk about it after we get out."

After the two got out of the elevator and walked out of the unit building, Qian Mincai said: "In the future, remember, don't talk about important things in the elevator, it will be recorded by surveillance."

"clear."

Fang Hao nodded again and again. After all, he was a policeman. After all considerations, he said, "Uncle Qian, if we didn't buy anything this time, will it disrupt your plan?"

Qian Min said with a smile: "No, originally I was just trying to get in touch with the introducer, and this way, I have even more reason to look for him."

(End of this chapter)