Tommy
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Post by Tommy on May 5, 2013 1:22:49 GMT -5
Or was that OH psilomelane? My slab is gone and I'm officially done with this PITA stuff :-) beautiful but very hard to get right. I've got a couple of new wheels since I last worked this stuff so I think this one turned out better than the others. Here's a little plume agate tear-drop with amazing depth that I plan on entering in the club shape-o-the-month contest on Monday. Wish me luck - there's some seriously talented competition in that contest. Another natural-edge montana - this one has unbelievable depth of color - the orange pattern goes all the way through in a 3d effect that the camera can't quite capture. A little drilled montana piece. I don't know why but I really like this one. Banded onyx I think... this one was fun to work with - it was very soft but took a very nice shine and the fractures were all nicely healed. Thanks for looking :-)
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Post by susand24224 on May 5, 2013 1:38:49 GMT -5
Great workmanship and material in all of those--I can't pick a favorite.
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Post by talkingstones on May 5, 2013 4:57:17 GMT -5
Beautiful work, Tommy! You'll do well in the competition!!! I'm getting so that I can recognize your work as there is a certain quality to the shine in all of it! Excellent pieces, all!!!
Cathy
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Post by Donnie's Rocky Treasures on May 5, 2013 7:37:26 GMT -5
Tommy, AWESOME cabs!!!! Love the onyx!
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Deleted
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2013 7:52:57 GMT -5
Beautiful cabs and very good photography. Jim
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Post by Toad on May 5, 2013 8:13:49 GMT -5
Great work. I especially like the psilo.
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on May 5, 2013 8:18:17 GMT -5
The rough edge is a great piece.The first one is eye catcher.Got to look it up-botyroidal hematite!Looks like damascus steel.Yours is the shinniest of all the ones on google images
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deedolce
fully equipped rock polisher
Member since October 2006
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Post by deedolce on May 5, 2013 10:22:30 GMT -5
Love you psi, and yes, it's a mess and a half to work! You did it justice, though. Beautiful bunch of cabs.
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Post by beefjello on May 5, 2013 12:13:09 GMT -5
Great job with the Crown of Silver!! Messy stuff but well worth it with results like that! Blinding shine on them all
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Post by Tonyterner on May 5, 2013 12:54:38 GMT -5
That psilomene cab rocks. That stuff is messy as hell but it is more than worth it. Good luck with your teardrop shape in the contest. That Montana cab is great and I love that onyx cab.
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grizman
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Post by grizman on May 5, 2013 14:46:14 GMT -5
I love them all, but the psilo is beyond descriptive words!
"grizman"
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Post by Pat on May 5, 2013 14:49:47 GMT -5
Beautiful work! The psilomelane must be difficult to photograph, but you aced it.
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Post by Bikerrandy on May 5, 2013 15:38:54 GMT -5
Those are all beautiful, I really love the plume agate!
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Post by rockjunquie on May 5, 2013 18:07:19 GMT -5
Oh my word! That psilomelane is the bomb diggity! I have yet to work on any. It is infamous, isn't it? The rest of your cabs look great, too. I'm liking those natural edges.
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blarneystone
spending too much on rocks
Rocks in my head
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Post by blarneystone on May 5, 2013 20:03:39 GMT -5
You do some great work! Some beautiful cabs. I really like the natural edged cabs... I think I was looking at some of the other ones you've done in a different thread... I can definitely see those in a prong setting to show off the edge.
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