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Post by stoner on Jun 2, 2006 20:06:38 GMT -5
Hi all. Here's a cab made from the jade Tony was giving away last weekend. This slab wasn't as troublesome as some of the other jade I've worked on. Very little undercutting. It's a nice transluscent green and white. It started out as an oval but a chunk broke off right off the bat. 38x25mm  thanks Tony. Next up is a cab made from that outstanding material John sent me. I didn't want to waste any of it so I just cut a slab and ground the rough edges off and went from there. 45x30mm  Thank you John, this stuff is awesome. |
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Post by Cher on Jun 2, 2006 20:46:44 GMT -5
OMG that boulder opal is absolutely stunning, what a gorgeous cab. Amazing job you did Ed, and a great picture too. Beautiful jade cab, I got some of Tony's jade to play with too, I've got to get my grinder going!
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Post by Tweetiepy on Jun 2, 2006 21:11:55 GMT -5
Man that stuff is nice but that boulder opal is breathtaking - that is a work of art literally - it looks like a red cally lily with gold.... I'm off to wipe tears of joy!
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SteveHolmes
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Post by SteveHolmes on Jun 2, 2006 21:44:42 GMT -5
Geez-Loiuze! That Opal material is so COOL!!! It gives a different face all the time. That is one Sweet Cab there Ed. The Jade is great too, but those Koroit Opals are fantastic.
Steve
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Post by offbeat on Jun 2, 2006 22:12:03 GMT -5
All I can say is WOW!! The jade is "dreamy" looking, the opel....words aren't enough!! Great job Ed!!
Bill
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Post by gemkoi on Jun 2, 2006 22:30:30 GMT -5
Nice Jade, Just got mine yesterday and will be cutting it this weekend. That Boulder is way to fine Ed. Awesome shape and way to go with keeping it Natural. I do that many times with rocks, probley 1 out of three would be natural freeforms. Just let the cab do all the shaping i say. If you put it up for sale, folks will be most interested, including me. hint. hint.
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Post by rockyraccoon on Jun 2, 2006 22:52:15 GMT -5
stoner those are both fantastic!
kim
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Post by joe on Jun 2, 2006 23:38:13 GMT -5
They are both beautiful Ed. The Jade one looks like a bean.
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Zoran
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Post by Zoran on Jun 3, 2006 1:55:08 GMT -5
...... speechless.
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Post by sandsman1 on Jun 3, 2006 12:01:39 GMT -5
dam ed very cool opal man one of the nicest ive ever seen hellofa job my friend ---your jade is very nice too but that opal steals the show man
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Post by stoner on Jun 3, 2006 14:27:32 GMT -5
Thanks everyone. And a special thanks to you John for allowing me to work such a nice material. I guess I should have put that opal on a seperate post because it is a show stopper compared to other material. This piece of jade Tony gave me is really nice stuff too and thank you Tony for such a nice slab.
I bought some boulder opal from the shop that was going out of business, but never got around to cabbing any of it. Even on sale it was very expensive, but it doesn't hold a candle to the material John sent me.
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Post by rockds on Jun 3, 2006 15:45:55 GMT -5
wow ed that opal is nice nice, think I'll have to run out get me some of that stuff.
robert
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Post by gaetzchamp on Jun 5, 2006 1:48:59 GMT -5
That is one of the nice Koroit's I've ever seen. WOWWWW!!!!! Picking my tongue off the keyboard. And you were hesitant to cut that Bot I sent you.....LOL.
Great work Ed,
gaetz
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beechcomber
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Post by beechcomber on Jun 6, 2006 21:08:39 GMT -5
Wowzer! That opal takes my breath away!
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stefan
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Post by stefan on Jun 8, 2006 10:29:29 GMT -5
MOJO Man absolute MOJO!!!
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Post by Sabre52 on Jun 14, 2006 15:12:37 GMT -5
HOly smokes Ed! That boulder opal is outstanding!...mel
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rollingstone
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Post by rollingstone on Jun 15, 2006 12:24:14 GMT -5
Wow, is that boulder opal even real, or just something you created with photoshop? ;D I've never seen anything like that before, very impressive.
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