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Post by rocklicker on Mar 31, 2008 20:01:53 GMT -5
It's been a while since I've made cabs, but I'm back on the cabbing bus! I recently redesigned my work area to be more ergonomic (which happen to coincide with a back injury) and it's working out great! Man it feels good to be cabbing again. Here's the first batch in a long time. Hope you enjoy them. Steve First, some agate from the RTH Burro Creek trip last year. Here's a cool blueish gray one. That blue dot is from the camera.  Some neat brown stuff. It took a real nice shine and is a real warm stone. It reminds me of a latte, that or baby poo. You decide.   Some poppy-ish jaspers. These are a little over an inch tall.  And the little guy.  This one is real thin. I'm leaning toward thinner cabs and this ones about 1/8 of an inch thick. It was an end cut to begin with.  Another poppy jasper from a different location. The matrix as almost like hematite and really shines. In person, it's a little darker. I didn't even know it had the green tone until it got to the polish stage. Sadly, this cab had a friend, but the friend didn't make it. It was a cab-o-gonner.   More of the first kind. This one's a little over 2 inches and very substantial.  |
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Post by fishenman on Mar 31, 2008 20:22:20 GMT -5
Wow, I really like that dark Poppy jasper. The quartz streak is cool.
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Post by larrywyland3 on Mar 31, 2008 20:22:49 GMT -5
I take the latte over baby poo any time lol. The poppy cabs are great. I like the one with the dark jasper; really makes the poppies stand out. I really like the second latte; the shape really works for me; really draws the eye to that chocolate rose lookin thing in the center right.
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Post by one80mike on Mar 31, 2008 20:37:19 GMT -5
I'm loving those last 2, Steve.
The shape of teh last one is sweet.
Mike
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Post by Bikerrandy on Mar 31, 2008 20:47:00 GMT -5
Great work, I like the third one and the last one the best.  |
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Post by texaswoodie on Mar 31, 2008 20:48:38 GMT -5
Fantastic! Really like the next to last one.
Curt
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Post by luv2hound on Mar 31, 2008 20:59:19 GMT -5
Steve, these are really nice. The poppies are sweet. The one with the dark matrix is something else.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2008 23:28:56 GMT -5
Steve those are most excellent!! The second from the bottom is my favorite. Did you find those at Goat Rock?
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Post by adrian65 on Mar 31, 2008 23:31:01 GMT -5
Beautiful work, I like the first one and the last one the most.
Adrian
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Post by Woodyrock on Apr 1, 2008 1:35:02 GMT -5
The wee poppy jasper cab is great, too bad the cab machine ate its friend. Your machine must be like mine, in having an apetite for stone you do not have plenty of.
Woody
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Post by deb193redux on Apr 5, 2008 0:43:57 GMT -5
The 3rd one - like a mountain city in the clouds
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Post by rockyraccoon on Apr 5, 2008 10:13:49 GMT -5
i like the 2nd baby poo lol. those poppy jaspers look almost like dino bone with the poppies that tight - awesome! love the shape of that last one!
kim
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Post by stoner on Apr 5, 2008 11:15:36 GMT -5
Heeeee's baaack! Looking great Steve. Love the poppies. It's a lot nicer to be able to sit and cab rather than stand for hours. Make sure you put a rubber mat down for those cabs that slip out of your hand.
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Post by rocklicker on Apr 7, 2008 1:17:12 GMT -5
Woody, I bet our cabbing machines know eachother. Luckily today mine wasn't hungry.
Tony, those did not come from goat rock, but I have found a lot of nice jaspers there. Too bad most are too small for cabbing. Now and then I find some big enough. These jaspers are from the same formations of the ones at goat rock, so I'm always keeping my eye out for some poppies there.
Ed, yup, I'm back. I still gotta watch it, but man it's nice to be cabbing again. I had the cabber cabbing and the saw working on some poppy jasper and some AZ stuff all afternoon. Man it felt great.
Steve
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