My father passed away in 2007 and we went to the funeral home to pick out his casket and they only had batesville I believe his was a 18 gauge blue steel , But none the less he loved reading his bible everyday and always wanted a rainbow text one like mine so when he passed I laid mine in his casket open to his favorite verse to be buried with him inground because you never saw my father without a bible and a highlighter, after reading all of these informative comments I wonder if it was wrong of me to place a bible with him? of course grandchildren and great grands placed pictures and little notes with him also I just wonder if its all just rotted away