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Post by stardiamond on Jan 8, 2022 20:04:26 GMT -5
There is a seller on ebay that offers frog skin Tahoma. The difference that I see between Tahoma and Frog skin is that Frog Skin has a more intricate pattern. 3 pieces arrived today and 2 look more like Tahoma and they can only be slabbed across the seam. The larger piece looked like a chefs salad and is 6x2x.5 and I can split it with the seam.  |
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Post by Tommy on Jan 8, 2022 20:40:20 GMT -5
There is a seller on ebay that offers frog skin Tahoma. The difference that I see between Tahoma and Frog skin is that Frog Skin has a more intricate pattern. 3 pieces arrived today and 2 look more like Tahoma and they can only be slabbed across the seam. The larger piece looked like a chefs salad and is 6x2x.5 and I can split it with the seam. I could be wrong but was my understanding that the frogskin is the same material but cut different parallel to the seam direction but close to the rind. Basically you are looking thru the agate towards the inside of the rind. |
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Post by stardiamond on Jan 8, 2022 21:46:09 GMT -5
This seems to be true FS. forum.rocktumblinghobby.com/thread/88043/frog-skin-agateWhat I buy as FS has a different look than regular Tahoma, but I have cut a lot of Tahoma that looks similar to FS. Most Tahoma cut parallel to seam direction will only have one color and being close to the rind doesn't matter. Some Tahoma will have a multicolor seam. The large piece I am going to split has the pattern for the entire seam not just close to the rind.   Both of these are from my stash of Tahoma. The one on the right is a typical Tahoma pattern, the one on the left is atypical and was cut with the seam. |
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Post by realrockhound on Jan 9, 2022 2:28:15 GMT -5
Nice!! Would not have expected the finished product to come from the rough. Good work.
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Post by stardiamond on Jan 9, 2022 14:35:30 GMT -5
I split the large piece using the Highland Park 10 inch. The vertical vise got a near perfect split. Some fractures to work around but I should get a good yield and make some nice cabs. This will be the bottoms and I will shave or grind off the skin on the other side.  |
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