Sabre52
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Me and my gal, Rosie
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Post by Sabre52 on May 27, 2013 13:49:38 GMT -5
Howdy folks, Have I ever mentioned how much I dislike cabbing? *L* Well, I find it pretty tedious and frustrating as I kind of suck at it, but I had to do one this morning as I promised my riding buddy a bola tie. While I was at it, I finished a few others I've had sitting around for repair or finishing. Here are some pics. Sorry they are so bad, we've got another rainy day going so no sun at all.....Mel This is a devil's Toenails redo. I had dropped it and chipped it and actually think I didn't get as good a polish this time as first time around. Most folks improve at cabbing with time but not me *L*. Another redo, Black crazy lace that the vibe tumbler ate up so I tried to fix it a bit: ![](http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b377/sabre52/cabachons/DSCN7542_zpse077b87a.jpg) My riding buddy asked me what I was up to the other day. I said I'd been cutting rocks. He asked me what kind. I said I'd been sawing a hunk of coprolite. He said what the heck is coprolite? I replied fossil dinosaur poop and he laughed so hard he almost fell off Pal , his horse. He was so delighted by the weirdness that I promised him a bola tie made from dino poop. here's the 30 X 40. It's actually a bit darker than the pic. I'll finish it as soon as the setting comes in the mail. ![](http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b377/sabre52/cabachons/DSCN7541_zps42215a6a.jpg) And finally, I had that strange palm/fern root slab from our George West stuff that was all fractured so I just did a fast and dirty cab from one of the broken bits of the slab. Actually much more yellow than the pic. Measures about 40 X 20mm. ![](http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b377/sabre52/cabachons/DSCN7543_zpsc6d7448a.jpg)
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Post by rockjunquie on May 27, 2013 13:56:31 GMT -5
Dude, you need to give yourself more credit! I think these look great!
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riverbendlapidary
fully equipped rock polisher
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Post by riverbendlapidary on May 27, 2013 14:06:52 GMT -5
nice lace!
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adrian65
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Arch to golden memories and to great friends.
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Post by adrian65 on May 27, 2013 14:08:51 GMT -5
The Toenails are superb! Not that the other ones aren't beautiful, but that first one eclipses everything else.
Adrian
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grizman
freely admits to licking rocks
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Post by grizman on May 27, 2013 14:21:35 GMT -5
For someone who claims that everything is a mistake, or a correction, you do wonderful work! I like them all, but the palm/root may be my fav.
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Post by helens on May 27, 2013 14:28:43 GMT -5
All beautiful, but I like the last one best:).
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Post by Toad on May 27, 2013 14:32:34 GMT -5
No. 1 is the bomb!
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on May 27, 2013 14:54:50 GMT -5
Those are all keepers but I really like that last one.
chuck
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Thunder69
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Thunder 2000-2015
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Post by Thunder69 on May 27, 2013 14:59:19 GMT -5
Those are pretty nice Mel....John
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Post by Bikerrandy on May 27, 2013 15:28:16 GMT -5
The devil's toenails is way cool! I actually have some too, I gotta cab it!!
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