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Post by RWA3006 on Jan 5, 2023 8:02:58 GMT -5
Here's one that had numerous voids filled with calcite crystal. If the light and photography were better you could see the undercutting from the polishing process, the calcite being softer than the hard agate surrounding it.
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Post by RWA3006 on Jan 3, 2023 14:42:51 GMT -5
Wish I could vote for all of them.
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Post by RWA3006 on Jan 3, 2023 14:18:15 GMT -5
when is Dung Beetle award Night? Maybe Dr. Seuss thought beetles battled for awards?
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Post by RWA3006 on Jan 3, 2023 8:08:31 GMT -5
TURD TUESDAY
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Post by RWA3006 on Jan 3, 2023 0:07:28 GMT -5
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Post by RWA3006 on Jan 3, 2023 0:06:50 GMT -5
agatewhisperer It's the ghostly remnant of a tree limb cross section that the hadrosaur ate that was not fully digested, somewhat analogous to corn kernels in poo now days. You can actually count the rings of the wood in your "stool sample." That's what probably prompted 1dave to exclaim it is museum grade, which I would say is true. The scientific community has known for a while that leaves and tree limbs were staples of the hadrosaur diet and pines and other evergreens were prominent at that time. I'll find a photo to post that has a cross section of a petrified limb from the Blue Forest in Wyoming along side a cut of coprolite so you can see the similarities.
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Post by RWA3006 on Jan 2, 2023 18:33:27 GMT -5
agatewhisperer well look at that! The middle photo shows two limb ghosts, and one of them is a real good one! I hope the others are as good when you cut them. eta... there's another ghost limb at 12 o'clock in the top photo that was bisected by the saw.
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Post by RWA3006 on Jan 1, 2023 11:20:06 GMT -5
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Post by RWA3006 on Dec 30, 2022 23:14:38 GMT -5
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Post by RWA3006 on Dec 30, 2022 23:11:29 GMT -5
Very nice gift. May I ask why you didn't want to post about it? Are some of the recipients on here? Perhaps you mentioned it before, but I don't get out much. Yeah very unlikely, but I just wanted to be extra careful in case it got back to the people receiving the gift. I also posted a tutorial of how it was made on my website that my family/friends were invited to so didn't want to risk it. You ought to post a link to your website in your sig line, or something.
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Post by RWA3006 on Dec 30, 2022 23:09:19 GMT -5
I don't think there should of been any doubt that they would love them. Makes me think I need to do this for all the women in the family, too. I've gotta say it was a good idea (not originally mine so I can't take credit) and a lasting connection & heirloom. Just be sure to make a few more than you plan on needing 😳 Well, I'd say you succeeded in the "lasting connection and heirloom" department, and I really like that idea. They will surely be treasured for generations. Did you finish the front and back the same way?
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Post by RWA3006 on Dec 30, 2022 10:19:14 GMT -5
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Post by RWA3006 on Dec 29, 2022 19:45:20 GMT -5
Egg. JMHO.
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Post by RWA3006 on Dec 29, 2022 9:49:54 GMT -5
My buddy loves his dog.
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Post by RWA3006 on Dec 28, 2022 13:57:30 GMT -5
I spent this evening finishing a pistol holster made of shark skin. This one was a bit problematic to accommodate the electronic sight. I think I can do better on the next one. The holster is awesome! What exactly do you think you can do better? I'm looking at it and I don't see any areas that look like they need work. I've never worked leather so I'm just curious. I think my potential for improvement is about 25% workmanship and 75% design. The typical person doesn't know that a tremendous amount of design has to go into a holster in order to get it to do it's job. A really good leather worker can make a beautiful holster that is worthless. An example is I made the belt slots at about a 15 degree angle from the pistol axis. I should have gone with 20 degrees.
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Post by RWA3006 on Dec 28, 2022 7:51:59 GMT -5
I spent this evening finishing a pistol holster made of shark skin. This one was a bit problematic to accommodate the electronic sight. I think I can do better on the next one. Really nice work Randy. Have you or anyone you know of made pistol poostool grips out of coprolite? I've never seen them, but I plan on trying it some day. Probably work best on a 1911 gun. I've hoarded a lot of Wyoming nephrite for gun grips because I think they will have a tough durability that the agates don't have.
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Post by RWA3006 on Dec 27, 2022 23:32:17 GMT -5
I spent this evening finishing a pistol holster made of shark skin. This one was a bit problematic to accommodate the electronic sight. I think I can do better on the next one.
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Post by RWA3006 on Dec 27, 2022 19:39:02 GMT -5
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Post by RWA3006 on Dec 26, 2022 11:01:06 GMT -5
rockjunquie[/quote] But, I learned since that people who know they are dying will treat their loved ones really awfully. [/quote] I didn't know this was a thing. I'm glad you mentioned it because it helps me to understand why someone close to me behaved so horribly while he knew he was dying many years ago. It always bothered me that I couldn't think well of him since, but now I guess I understand that knowledge of one's impending end can bring out the worst in a person.
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Post by RWA3006 on Dec 25, 2022 13:18:26 GMT -5
I've been working at my leather working skills. Here's a pistol holster made from stingray skin.
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