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Post by Starguy on Dec 5, 2021 23:09:34 GMT -5
These have been on dops for quite a while. I finally got around to finishing them. Sorry about the poor photography. #1. Bruneau  2. Bruneau  3. Bruneau  4. Bruneau  5. Bruneau  6. Botswana  7. Bot  8. Bot  9. Bot  10. Unknown material. Any ideas what this might be? The pink undercuts pretty easy.  11. Mexican crazy lace. I usually don’t look for objects in my rocks. This one looks like a peacock in the lower left with enormous plumage.  12. Crazy Lace  13. Crazy Lace  14. Montana moss agate  15. Enormous tiger eye. 35 x 50 mm.  I’m still working on my iPad photography skills. I tried these with three light sources. The group.  A big carnelian that I need to slab one of these days.   Cabs 2 and 5 were from an extremely thin slab. What kind of idiot would cut slabs that thin? Oh wait, I slabbed all of these.   Cab 1 was more of a normal thickness.  |
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Post by jasoninsd on Dec 5, 2021 23:29:19 GMT -5
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Post by Starguy on Dec 5, 2021 23:49:25 GMT -5
Thanks jasoninsd . I need a new iPad I think the newer ones have a better camera. I had to zoom in a little then cropped the photos. They definitely loose a lot in the translation. I inherited the Burrow creek from my grandfather. It doesn’t polish great but it’s attractive material. When my kids were little, my oldest daughter wanted an iPod so I got her one for her birthday. My younger daughter wanted an iPhone for her birthday so I got her one. When my wife’s birthday rolled around I decided to keep up the tradition. I bought her an iRon. That’s when the fight started.  |
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Post by jasoninsd on Dec 5, 2021 23:55:58 GMT -5
I've met your wife...and I bet the fight did start!  I could be wrong on that Burro Creek...but it sure looks like it to me... |
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Post by holajonathan on Dec 6, 2021 0:00:27 GMT -5
Those are some nice cabs and well executed low domes.
Numbers 3 ad 8 are my favorites. 3 looks like martian landscape jasper.
Thanks for sharing!
As for lighting, nothing beats near a bright window but not in direct sunlight. I rarely get good photos any other way.
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Post by Starguy on Dec 6, 2021 1:26:55 GMT -5
Thanks holajonathan . I like flat domes and that’s what I shoot for. Number six is the only high dome in the group. It was from a hand pushed slab, and I cut it too thick. Thanks for the window sunshine advice. I’ll give it a try. Good photos are a big part of this forum. I got a macro lens I should use more. It just clips on over the camera lens. I’m still trying to figure out a way to send you a photo of my axe collection, it’s not huge but it’s cool. We should try to set up a hounding day with jasoninsd next summer. He’s about halfway. |
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Post by jasoninsd on Dec 6, 2021 1:36:11 GMT -5
Thanks holajonathan . I like flat domes and that’s what I shoot for. Number six is the only high dome in the group. It was from a hand pushed slab, and I cut it too thick. Thanks for the window sunshine advice. I’ll give it a try. Good photos are a big part of this forum. I got a macro lens I should use more. It just clips on over the camera lens. I’m still trying to figure out a way to send you a photo of my axe collection, it’s not huge but it’s cool. We should try to set up a hounding day with jasoninsd next summer. He’s about halfway.I like that idea! I don't have to go anywhere and still get to see you two!  |
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Post by holajonathan on Dec 6, 2021 3:03:29 GMT -5
Thanks holajonathan . I like flat domes and that’s what I shoot for. Number six is the only high dome in the group. It was from a hand pushed slab, and I cut it too thick. Thanks for the window sunshine advice. I’ll give it a try. Good photos are a big part of this forum. I got a macro lens I should use more. It just clips on over the camera lens. I’m still trying to figure out a way to send you a photo of my axe collection, it’s not huge but it’s cool. We should try to set up a hounding day with jasoninsd next summer. He’s about halfway. I, too, have learned to prefer a low dome. I think starting with a thick slab and making a high dome is easier, but I love the look of a really low but well formed dome. The cabs almost look flat when viewed straight on, but still have that nice gemmy look that you only get with at least a little bit of a dome. Most of the higher end slabs I have bought have all been cut around 3/16", so a low dome is really the only option. I'd love to meet up next summer. And I'd love to see your axes. I've been doing some indoor (in a pole barn) firewood splitting this past week. I've got a massive 2' diameter chopping block under the piece I'm splitting, but it is still a little nerve wracking when there is a concrete floor at the bottom. I don't know if I'm more worried about taking a huge chip out of my concrete floor, or messing up the beautiful axe. Probably more concerned about the axe, honestly. I'm a pretty active person, and all this cabbing is making me lazy. A few hours with a Gransfors Bruks 7 pound splitting maul keeps me in decent shape. |
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Post by Starguy on Dec 6, 2021 3:38:12 GMT -5
holajonathanA large diameter splitting block is always a good idea. Toes and shins are always high risk when splitting. A good splitting block can mitigate almost all of those risks. My only splitting accident happened when I drug the middle finger of my right hand across a double bit stuck in the block.. I was reaching over to pick up the split pieces and slid my finger along the cutting edge of the bit. No stitches but there probably should have been.
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Post by rockjunquie on Dec 6, 2021 5:49:30 GMT -5
Bruno is in my top 5 of favs. Your #1 couldn't be better. The super thin ones are crazy. Waste not; want not. 
The peacock is perfect.
I prefer a low dome, too. I like the looks and I enjoy the grind.
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Post by NDK on Dec 6, 2021 8:30:14 GMT -5
Beautiful cabs Brent. That first bot is different but very cool, the peacock is amazing and that carnelian, wow!
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