adrian65
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Post by adrian65 on May 9, 2008 23:12:11 GMT -5
Hello, everyone! Some weeks ago I won one of the three prizes in Tony's (Catmandewe) contest about how many slabs is he able to cut during a week. The prize was one of Tony's "books" of slabs, pretty well known by now. yesterday the package arrived at the post office and, thinking it's a relatively light package, I decided to take a walk to the PO (about 2 km - a mile and a half). WRONG DECISION! The package from Tony was HUGE and HEAVY! I felt every step on the return way. This is the whole content, partially unpacked (you can see the "book" among a lot of other great stuff): And now totally unpacked: Karen thought i might need a road atlas in my planned trip in US next summer so she sent to me that one. Thank you Karen! And some close-ups: The "book" Some extra slabs: Some cool, purple Dugway geodes and a bunch of Apache tears: Two agatized whale bones from Harley (Agatemaggot) - thank you so much Harley, this is a great material, amazing bone structure and it seems very solid: And, the rocks that really were for me the cherry on the cake were two gorgeous pet woods. One of them is from Oregon, it's Very big and it stands vertically alone: The other one is a pet wood from Arizona, with the most incredible combination of warm colors I've ever seen: I cannot wait to polish those two pieces. I just can't decide which one is my absolute favorite, they're both outstanding. And I should add here Tony does some amazingly accurate cuts, they seem to be half polished! THANK YOU Tony, my words are so poor for your generosity! Thank you all for looking, Adrian
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Post by deb193redux on May 9, 2008 23:26:52 GMT -5
Great package - but my eye goes to the whale bone. DO you have other petrified bone?
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rockonsister
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Post by rockonsister on May 10, 2008 0:13:24 GMT -5
What a haul! And I mean you really had to haul it. Well worth the effort, I'd say, Adrian. Never understimate the generosity of fellow RTH ers. Congradulations! I love the Arizona Pet Wood and the Oregon Wood and can't wait to see what you create. Mary
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adrian65
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Post by adrian65 on May 10, 2008 4:50:34 GMT -5
Great package - but my eye goes to the whale bone. DO you have other petrified bone? Daniel, I have a few dino slabs too, from Stonsthatrock (Mary Ann & Ralph). I also picked some pet bones from riverbeds, but not so nicely agatized (the bone cells are still empty). Adrian
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SteveHolmes
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Post by SteveHolmes on May 10, 2008 7:49:06 GMT -5
Congratz Adrian! Tony is one generous and thoughtful dude! You have lots of really cool material...and that Arizona Pet Wood looks fantastic. Steve
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Post by Bikerrandy on May 10, 2008 8:00:18 GMT -5
Great package, that's some beautiful stuff. Post more pics after the polish
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MidNight~Rocksi3
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Post by MidNight~Rocksi3 on May 10, 2008 13:59:32 GMT -5
Awww what a great gift! and for good reason! Me too I can't wait to see how they look all polished up...
*smiles*
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huffstuff
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Post by huffstuff on May 10, 2008 16:08:01 GMT -5
Wow! Beautiful stuff. Tony is a very generous prizegiver!
Amy
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Post by joe on May 11, 2008 1:12:28 GMT -5
Whew! That is a tour de force of fine material.
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Post by texaswoodie on May 11, 2008 7:24:54 GMT -5
WTG Tony and congrats Adrian!
Curt
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Post by krazydiamond on May 11, 2008 8:47:38 GMT -5
wow! what a day to decide to WALK to the Post Office! nice haul, Adrian! wtg, Tony!
KD
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Post by creativeminded on May 12, 2008 9:03:57 GMT -5
Those are beautiful, you are going to have fun with them. Tami
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karenfh
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Post by karenfh on May 13, 2008 2:18:54 GMT -5
Thanks so much, Tony, for obtaining and sending the atlas! I O U!
Harley, my eye went straight to that whale bone stuff, how cool! You guys rock! What a great package for Adrian and family! K
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