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Isotelus
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« on: September 05, 2014, 09:00:10 am » |
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Thought i would share a few classic Morgan Hill poppies with you and one Stoney Creek
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Bryan
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Justin
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« Reply #1 on: September 05, 2014, 09:04:22 am » |
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Sometimes? I think it's always hard to let go of a good cab. On the flip side I think that's how you tell when you are selling a quality product. When your buyer is estatic and you are heartbroken it's good customer service.
Awesome cabs!
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Carol M
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« Reply #2 on: September 05, 2014, 09:47:01 am » |
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WOW!!! Really gorgeous Bryan. Such lovely 'control'. Well done  |
Ciao, Carol M "Pursue Your Passions....." "Imagine the Possibilities!" "Mistakes are simply a form of practice!" "People who never make mistakes.....probably never do anything!"  |
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abuahmad
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« Reply #3 on: September 05, 2014, 10:08:53 am » |
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i feel the same way when i have to give or sell my cabs to somebody.  |
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Isotelus
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« Reply #4 on: September 07, 2014, 08:03:52 am » |
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Here are a few Bruneau Jasper's cut last week, I thought you might enjoy.
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Bryan
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Carol M
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« Reply #5 on: September 07, 2014, 08:37:36 am » |
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WOW, REALLY GORGEOUS!!! Well done Bryan |
Ciao, Carol M "Pursue Your Passions....." "Imagine the Possibilities!" "Mistakes are simply a form of practice!" "People who never make mistakes.....probably never do anything!" |
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Alvin
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« Reply #6 on: September 07, 2014, 07:20:41 pm » |
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working with the good stuff. great job
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domdeslagons
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« Reply #7 on: September 08, 2014, 04:10:44 pm » |
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Nice cabs! I really like bruneau jasper, it is "smooth" or tender should I say?
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GregHiller
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« Reply #8 on: September 09, 2014, 08:05:33 am » |
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Nice work. >I really like bruneau jasper<
Agreed, it's hard enough to shape properly without 'melting away', yet takes a phenomenal polish and rarely has any pits or cracks. The trouble is getting material that has anything interesting in it without going broke buying it.
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'Relax it's just a freakin' rock (insert name of interest) forum' - immortal words of a 'sage' from the fish forum I used to run
Always interested in trading slabs or rough
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Isotelus
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« Reply #9 on: September 09, 2014, 01:57:13 pm » |
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Cutting these stones from the rough Bruneau has been a pleasant trip down memory lane for this cutter.
In 1970 while on a family vacation as a young kid we looked up a guy in Nampa , Idaho who had a claim on the snake river dendritic jasper agate at the time. I bought some and as we were leaving he began to unload his truck and had all these milk crates of Bruneau Jasper he'd just acquired. As I fingered through a crate of broken pieces he said some of them might cut some nice cabs for someone who had the patience. I was allowed to pick out a couple boot/ shoe boxes of broken pieces- anything showing orbs, I bought all I could afford. He said it was tumble rough. 1-21/2 inch pieces and some very thick chips off really large nodules.
I could not find anything like this today-- my Mom passed a couple years back and I rediscovered this rough in my old basement shop- - 44 years had passed.
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Bryan
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Carol M
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« Reply #10 on: September 09, 2014, 03:55:05 pm » |
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How large are the cabs, Bryan? roughly  |
Ciao, Carol M "Pursue Your Passions....." "Imagine the Possibilities!" "Mistakes are simply a form of practice!" "People who never make mistakes.....probably never do anything!" |
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Isotelus
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« Reply #11 on: September 09, 2014, 05:17:39 pm » |
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The Ovals are kind of a custom size I cut for pendants and have for years
32mm x 16mm
The Tapered Rectangle is
27mm x 17mm
The Sail shape Triangle
28mm x 28mm x 28mm
These were cut for pendants, some of the larger chips in the rough will easy cut
50mm x 40mm . I thought because of the pattern they were well worth cabbing-- forget the tumbler.
I could never figure why he called it tumble rough Most of the rough is smaller split halves and 1/4 nodule pieces many 2" in one dimension none smaller than 1" x 1"X1". They were selected for pattern. The mans whole nodules were bigger than a softball- those were not for sale.
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Bryan
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Bentiron
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« Reply #12 on: September 09, 2014, 05:52:29 pm » |
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Sure wish I had the wherewithal to purchase silver, those would make beautiful jewelry for sure.
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Isotelus
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« Reply #14 on: September 10, 2014, 10:07:06 am » |
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Here is a fun one that was a keeper for me. The material is a natural largely black agate from the Challis Volcanic Area of Idaho. It has been a recent cabbing favorite of mine. One Shot by transmitted light shows a kinda cloud like fortification pattern around a black core. Other side is the Drusy/White side.
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Bryan
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itsandbits1
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« Reply #15 on: September 10, 2014, 02:00:03 pm » |
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the black agate is very nice; well done, and you can see some of the cloud showing to the front bottom of the cab too.
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The wheels of life go round and round, round and round, round and round, and then they hit a rock |
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Bentiron
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« Reply #16 on: September 10, 2014, 06:12:26 pm » |
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That's very pretty, WOW! You done good on that one for sure  |
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Carol M
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« Reply #17 on: September 10, 2014, 06:43:28 pm » |
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Gorgeous Bryan. And what great control you have over the shape [the left side versus the right side look like mirror images]
Do you just do that 'by eye'??
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Ciao, Carol M "Pursue Your Passions....." "Imagine the Possibilities!" "Mistakes are simply a form of practice!" "People who never make mistakes.....probably never do anything!" |
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Isotelus
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« Reply #18 on: September 10, 2014, 09:09:52 pm » |
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I loved the shape early on in learning to cut, originally it was from a template but I have not needed a template to cut this shape for years. All by eye now
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Bryan
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gjones
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« Reply #19 on: September 12, 2014, 12:48:59 pm » |
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You are truly an artist with stone!!! |
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