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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2008 10:40:10 GMT -5
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Post by johnjsgems on Feb 15, 2008 10:49:19 GMT -5
That's some beautiful jade. What's with the blade? Are those chips or is that how it's made? It looks like they are evenly spaced. By the color, is that a Ukam blade?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2008 10:56:48 GMT -5
John, the blade is segmented. It works really well with jade because its so hard. Not sure of the maker but I think it's a MK.
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Post by adrian65 on Feb 15, 2008 11:02:05 GMT -5
Looking at the title and at the name who posted it, I knew it will gonna be a royal treat, but my expectations were exceeded! And that's valid for the Koroit thread also!
Adrian
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Post by johnjsgems on Feb 15, 2008 11:03:07 GMT -5
Are those two different blades. The last pictures are MK297/BD297 "notched rim" blades. The first pictures look different.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2008 11:07:49 GMT -5
OOPS, your right John. After 2.5 years of cutting nothing but jade a stone got loose in the vise and trashed my blade. I bought a lessor quality MK diamond blade (297 I think) and its probably worn out after 1 year. I wouldn't recommend it and am going to buy a notched rim again.
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Post by johnjsgems on Feb 15, 2008 11:19:11 GMT -5
You won't find any more 297's or 301 originals as the blade furnace is now in Mexico heat treating some products. The new 301 blade will be superior and a segmented blade in larger sizes. They look like they will be better than the 303 blades as well and made in the same Korean factory as the 303. The advantage of the 297/301 blades were you get thinner sizes for valuable rough and for a very reasonable fee they could retemper/straighten them. Now the blade furnace is gone they can only reroll dished/bent blades but can't retemper overheated blades. The new 301 blade is testing to be far superior to the 297/301 original. They won't have a choice of thickness anymore. Your jade is probably the toughest rock to cut except maybe something metalic.
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Post by MidNight~Rocksi3 on Feb 15, 2008 14:33:04 GMT -5
You know I didn't realize how intense those greens are until you held that one to be back lit.. Very pretty.. Oh btw.. I've seen you say it's a hard stone to cut.. like is it Harder than agate? I guess I'm just surprised to hear that , looking at it I guess I wouldn't of thought if it as a Hard stone.. Either way Nice cuts..
*smiles*
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Post by catmandewe on Feb 15, 2008 16:50:22 GMT -5
Man, I love the swirly patterns in that stuff!!
Thanks for the pics, I needed that.......................Tony
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Post by oldgrouchy on Feb 17, 2008 23:53:05 GMT -5
Great looking slabs!! After watching Cash & Treasures and finding out how much that stuff is worth (tongue held firmly in cheek) you should be able to buy the state of California with them. Was the rough surface collected or did you dive for it?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2008 0:22:19 GMT -5
These are all found while scuba diving. I am still waiting to become rich, for now I will keep my day job lol!!! I made a website for the jade I collect (just a hobby for me) here's the link if your interested: www.pacificjadeart.com |
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