After seeing that pic, it’s obvious that these two halves are dying to be butterflied. In the pic it’s hard to tell there’s a difference at all. You must have them so close.
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Finally finished sanding on the red half. Got the shapes to match and worked it down to 22O grit. Probably a solid 6 hours of front porch hand sanding went into this red half and I enjoyed every minute.
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Man that looks great!!
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I believe this yoyo is mentioned here as an “old man” yoyo. love to see it lol
Those aren’t diamonds. Lol.
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Surely it must be real gold though…right?? 
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Doubt it. I think this is just a gold anodized yoyo with rhinestones glued onto it. The diamond in the center looks to be hot glued on with a toothpick. Im pretty sure this was all done publicity on social media.
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Despite the reward for acceptance of this mission being ownership of the yoyo, and despite putting hours of work into restoring the yoyo, @TheThrowingGnome decided to return the Old Duncan to me.
As you can see, he also included a burlap bag, nice cotton string, and a Buckeye for good luck. I think it looks beautiful, and check out the gap, I can now play with this yoyo!
This yoyo is now a double gift, and I’ll be keeping it in my collection for good. Thank you @TheThrowingGnome for accepting this mission, and for then surprising me with it’s return.
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That looks fantastic and was so nice of @TheThrowingGnome 
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Well done!
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This is just completely awesome. The work was great but the thoughtfulness was priceless. This community is a small microcosm of consideration in a world filled with self satisfying people. Super fantastic job @TheThrowingGnome
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Beautiful! And @TheThrowingGnome being a kind and generous soul is no surprise but always nice to see another example.
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I’m glad you didn’t go with the “turn it into a Butterfly” route. I think it is perfect this way.
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That’s awesome. I imagine the second that was purchased during this journey is also getting some love and will eventually get its own spotlight but maybe I’m misremembering earlier in this thread.
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What a journey!
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It looks so good! Great work @TheThrowingGnome!!!
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Dude! I can’t get over the difference between the pics in OP and the finished project. You really did this thing justice @TheThrowingGnome! Sorry for tagging you twice back to back but I’m in awe. Bravo!
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