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Post by jamesp on Jul 19, 2018 11:40:51 GMT -5
Your welcome over to the Rio pile. Just pay attention to the monofilament trip wires connected to the funny looking 3/4 water pipe drop arm rigs loaded with 12 ga buck. They work well on deer, figure you could weather the those little pellets quite well. Buckshot! Us Texas boys been wrestling with Mesquite, Huiasche, Lechuguilla, and countless other thorned plants all our lives. Buckshot is sort of feels like a Luffa  YES. Came back to Georgia and had 100+ thorns in newish set of 4 Michelin tires. Was amazed. I got naugahyde skin and those thorns left me entirely festered on my arms. Never had that happen in my life in the swamps. |
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Post by MsAli on Jul 19, 2018 11:41:18 GMT -5
jamesp , I think it's pretty awesome that you've found this niche with the knappers. Simply sitting on the outside looking in, it seems as if the return for the time spent producing (and ultimately selliing) bricks is far greater greater than what you might have seen with creating and marketing the pendants. With the bricks, it appears that it is much less labor intensive, and you have a great amount of willing buyers. Seems like a "win" to me. Congratulations. Sawing 3 to 4 bricks at a time on the 18 inch rock saw Dave. GOTTA see the guts, funnest part of the whole process. so I can't sell bricks, must mesmerize at their innards. Just listed 3 sets 4 slabs - BOOM - sold at midday. A listing for $50:  PRETTY! |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Jul 19, 2018 12:17:02 GMT -5
jamesp , I think it's pretty awesome that you've found this niche with the knappers. Simply sitting on the outside looking in, it seems as if the return for the time spent producing (and ultimately selliing) bricks is far greater greater than what you might have seen with creating and marketing the pendants. With the bricks, it appears that it is much less labor intensive, and you have a great amount of willing buyers. Seems like a "win" to me. Congratulations. Sawing 3 to 4 bricks at a time on the 18 inch rock saw Dave. GOTTA see the guts, funnest part of the whole process. so I can't sell bricks, must mesmerize at their innards. Just listed 3 sets 4 slabs - BOOM - sold at midday. A listing for $50: Nice! You go #jamesp! |
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Post by jamesp on Jul 19, 2018 14:19:24 GMT -5
jamesp, I meant the slabs. Sorry about that. Let's tighten up Dave  Please come help. Conditions are 93F/95% relative humidity. Unloaded all of one pallet and easiest one at that. |
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Post by jamesp on Jul 19, 2018 14:21:59 GMT -5
Sawing 3 to 4 bricks at a time on the 18 inch rock saw Dave. GOTTA see the guts, funnest part of the whole process. so I can't sell bricks, must mesmerize at their innards. Just listed 3 sets 4 slabs - BOOM - sold at midday. A listing for $50: PRETTY! Glad you like Allison. They all had to have the pink/teal in their batch. You guys taught me pink/teal. Maybe their wives are looking over their shoulder pointing a finger. |
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Post by jamesp on Jul 19, 2018 14:30:44 GMT -5
Sawing 3 to 4 bricks at a time on the 18 inch rock saw Dave. GOTTA see the guts, funnest part of the whole process. so I can't sell bricks, must mesmerize at their innards. Just listed 3 sets 4 slabs - BOOM - sold at midday. A listing for $50: Nice! You go #jamesp! Always a buzz to find a wanted product. Rare event. This one in particular since it lives on as a newer finer creation that gets posted again after they put their mojo on it. I am even selling at a lower end price for this product BECAUSE of the transformation. And I am making well in profit dept. Had a barn that got cleaned out from shut down plant biz, a real godsend for spreading out and storing the glass. Need a lot of space.. |
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Post by MsAli on Jul 19, 2018 14:37:00 GMT -5
Glad you like Allison. They all had to have the pink/teal in their batch. You guys taught me pink/teal. Maybe their wives are looking over their shoulder pointing a finger. Pink and teal is amazing combo Can you do clear with just splotches of these 2 colors? |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Jul 19, 2018 18:48:08 GMT -5
Glad you like Allison. They all had to have the pink/teal in their batch. You guys taught me pink/teal. Maybe their wives are looking over their shoulder pointing a finger. Pink and teal is amazing combo Can you do clear with just splotches of these 2 colors? Ooooh, now that would be awesome! |
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Post by jamesp on Jul 19, 2018 19:10:42 GMT -5
Pink and teal is amazing combo Can you do clear with just splotches of these 2 colors? Ooooh, now that would be awesome! Glad you like Allison. They all had to have the pink/teal in their batch. You guys taught me pink/teal. Maybe their wives are looking over their shoulder pointing a finger. Pink and teal is amazing combo Can you do clear with just splotches of these 2 colors? I keep finding glass colors not listed on the index. Today was wicked rich colored transparent teal like 12 big sheets. Answer that yes. I get it Allison. Those teal sheets may be my fav color in the whole load, great surprise. |
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Post by jamesp on Jul 19, 2018 19:12:50 GMT -5
Couple more   |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Jul 19, 2018 19:45:36 GMT -5
Very nice! You're going to end up the envy of spear and point collectors with your custom ones!
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Post by MsAli on Jul 19, 2018 20:27:02 GMT -5
Ooooh, now that would be awesome! Pink and teal is amazing combo Can you do clear with just splotches of these 2 colors? I keep finding glass colors not listed on the index. Today was wicked rich colored transparent teal like 12 big sheets. Answer that yes. I get it Allison. Those teal sheets may be my fav color in the whole load, great surprise.  cannot wait to see it |
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Post by aDave on Jul 19, 2018 21:01:11 GMT -5
jamesp , I meant the slabs. Sorry about that. Let's tighten up Dave Please come help. Conditions are 93F/95% relative humidity. Unloaded all of one pallet and easiest one at that. I'll let you know when I'm there. The Atlanta area is actually a place I'd like to visit. It won't happen soon...too much going on right now, but if we ever get down there (I would go there for Glock related stuff), I'll let you know. PS: I'll be prepared to do EOD work and dismantle any booby traps you have set up for your rio's.  |
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Post by jamesp on Jul 19, 2018 21:13:17 GMT -5
Let's tighten up Dave Please come help. Conditions are 93F/95% relative humidity. Unloaded all of one pallet and easiest one at that. I'll let you know when I'm there. The Atlanta area is actually a place I'd like to visit. It won't happen soon...too much going on right now, but if we ever get down there (I would go there for Glock related stuff), I'll let you know. PS: I'll be prepared to do EOD work and dismantle any booby traps you have set up for your rio's. You should have no problems dismantling a trip made for a deer. I used to just put bird shot in them and they shoot almost straight up in the air aimed in a direction the deer would run to(away from the house usually). Then the shot would rain down and he would probably figure it was time to keep moving. |
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Post by jamesp on Jul 19, 2018 21:15:35 GMT -5
I keep finding glass colors not listed on the index. Today was wicked rich colored transparent teal like 12 big sheets. Answer that yes. I get it Allison. Those teal sheets may be my fav color in the whole load, great surprise. cannot wait to see it Doing smaller jewelry pieces lends to more variety. these bricks take more time and way less variety. More mysterious outcomes though. |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jul 19, 2018 21:38:52 GMT -5
Oh boy, glass heaven! You are gonna have all kinds of fun with all those colors. Love that pink/black combo. jamesp - what's your Flickr account? I wanna see aventurine green, too. Let's see how these photos did. I figured out the numbering system on the label. 1/39 means one of 39 sheets. 39 x 3mm = 117mm or 4.5 inches of green adventurine or 12 pounds x 39 = like 450 pounds ! i put them in the shelf last night and was saying holy smokes how much of this is here. i suppose some recipes need to be developed for dark green adventurine. Hard to photo the sparkle, particles visible   That's not the photo I was speaking of. It is number 22 currently in your photo stream. I'd post the link, but unable to get the BB code. |
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Post by melhill1659 on Jul 19, 2018 21:53:29 GMT -5
Couple more Those are beautiful!!! You have been a busy man. |
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Post by MsAli on Jul 19, 2018 22:49:18 GMT -5
 cannot wait to see it Doing smaller jewelry pieces lends to more variety. these bricks take more time and way less variety. More mysterious outcomes though. Mysterious can be a very good thing You have tons to play with now (literally) Color combos may be endless Curious are any of them selling the pieces yet? |
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Post by jamesp on Jul 20, 2018 6:16:49 GMT -5
Doing smaller jewelry pieces lends to more variety. these bricks take more time and way less variety. More mysterious outcomes though. Mysterious can be a very good thing You have tons to play with now (literally) Color combos may be endless Curious are any of them selling the pieces yet? Having all that art glass so cheap sets me free a bit. Otherwise it would cost $100 in glass just to pack the mold which is liberating. I hope they can sell them or take pride in putting them in their collection. I get this type of feedback regularly. It goes a long way. We all like attaboys  |
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Post by jamesp on Jul 20, 2018 7:10:22 GMT -5
Couple more Those are beautiful!!! You have been a busy man. Not my spearhead Melissa, I just sell them the glass. The 'kanappers' are quite talented. Both ladies and men. Just north of you, Arkansas and Missouri is grand central for arrowhead makers. Must send over half the glass to those 2 states. Those states have fine cherts and novaculite. Plus the land adjacent to the Mississippi floodplains was rich in Native man's activity. A zone rich in artifacts. it's been raining cats and dogs down here, no chance for any coral trips since the rivers are all flooded. |
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cannot wait to see it
