Post #332587 by Bongo Bungalow on Sat, Sep 15, 2007 4:32 AM

You confront the guy with the facts. If he coughs them up- good! If he doesn't- you walk away.

I had a situation like this with a carved walking stick I made. It was stolen. A year later I see a guy with that very walking stick. So I say to the guy, "What a unique walking stick you've got there!" And described every detail of the carvings, the meanings, etc., without having to look at the stick itself. He was taken aback. I told him that I knew it well because I carved it myself, and described exactly how and when it was stolen from me, then I shut up. After a long pause, the guy says, "Well, is your name on it?" I COULDA SLUGGED HIM! But, I didn't, I walked away. I can live without that carving, but I wonder how well he lives with himself.