Conventional wrap - agatized horn coral

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Conventional wrap - agatized horn coral Oct 25, 2018 18:14:09 GMT -5 Deb/nyllynn, mgrets, and 13 more like this

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Post by mossyrockhound on Oct 25, 2018 18:14:09 GMT -5

I really liked this piece of coral, so I cabbed it up and wrapped it in GF. I normally don't do round cabs but with agatized horn coral, what other shape is there?

After looking at the photo, I see where I need to tweak it a little more. Never ceases to amaze me how something looks just right until you take a picture of it.

Thanks for looking!

Last Edit: Oct 26, 2018 9:40:42 GMT -5 by mossyrockhound

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Conventional wrap - agatized horn coral Oct 25, 2018 18:23:58 GMT -5 via mobile mossyrockhound and zekesman like this

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Post by Pat on Oct 25, 2018 18:23:58 GMT -5

Wow!

Yep, camera shows up flaws.

I’ve done one wire wrap. Saw that it needed tweaking. Tweaked it. Not good at tweaking! I keep it just for fun. Looks like I did it in the dark.

Your wrap is beautiful! Thanks.

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Conventional wrap - agatized horn coral Oct 25, 2018 18:59:06 GMT -5

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Post by hummingbirdstones on Oct 25, 2018 18:59:06 GMT -5

Very pretty! Great job on the wrap.

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goatgrinder spending too much on rocks Make mine a man cave Member since January 2017 Posts: 368	Conventional wrap - agatized horn coral Oct 25, 2018 19:14:20 GMT -5 mossyrockhound likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by goatgrinder on Oct 25, 2018 19:14:20 GMT -5 OOOOO, this is nice and I have a buncha horn coral. Might be time to give it a whirl. Thanks.

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Conventional wrap - agatized horn coral Oct 28, 2018 1:14:01 GMT -5 via mobile mossyrockhound likes this

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Post by stephan on Oct 28, 2018 1:14:01 GMT -5

Oct 25, 2018 18:14:09 GMT -5 mossyrockhound said:

I really liked this piece of coral, so I cabbed it up and wrapped it in GF. I normally don't do round cabs but with agatized horn coral, what other shape is there?

After looking at the photo, I see where I need to tweak it a little more. Never ceases to amaze me how something looks just right until you take a picture of it.

Thanks for looking!

I find the same thing when taking pictures. I guess it works even better than the 10X loupe

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stephan still telling self it's just a hobby Member since March 2015 Posts: 4,559	Conventional wrap - agatized horn coral Oct 28, 2018 9:53:40 GMT -5 mossyrockhound likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by stephan on Oct 28, 2018 9:53:40 GMT -5 Great work, by the way.
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victor1941 driving up their electric bill Member since November 2011 Posts: 2,180	Conventional wrap - agatized horn coral Oct 28, 2018 10:22:17 GMT -5 mossyrockhound likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by victor1941 on Oct 28, 2018 10:22:17 GMT -5 Very nice wrap and should be easy enough to balance. The stone and the wrap really work well together.

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Conventional wrap - agatized horn coral Oct 28, 2018 16:04:27 GMT -5 mossyrockhound likes this

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Post by drocknut on Oct 28, 2018 16:04:27 GMT -5

Nice job on the cab and the wrap. That is beautiful. I don't have many round cabs because I just don't like wrapping them for some reason. You are right, that coral lends itself to circle cabs.

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