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Post by stardiamond on Feb 5, 2022 15:08:06 GMT -5
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Post by rockjunquie on Feb 5, 2022 20:23:49 GMT -5
Holy Moley! That's some goodness right there.
I really like this. What is it? Is that crazy lace?
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Post by jasoninsd on Feb 5, 2022 20:30:13 GMT -5
That's a whole lotta eye-candy! Gorgeous collection of flat tops!  |
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Post by stardiamond on Feb 5, 2022 20:34:58 GMT -5
Holy Moley! That's some goodness right there. I really like this. What is it? Is that crazy lace?
yes. It was a thin tumbled piece that I used a template to shape. |
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Feb 5, 2022 22:21:49 GMT -5
Beautiful! So many times, a preform will show a great pattern that disappears when one grinds the crown. Flat tops, as you've stated and illustrated, go a long way towards solving that problem. Would have been a crime to grind away those incredible designs.
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Post by orrum on Feb 6, 2022 9:24:04 GMT -5
Way back when the old pros made flat cabs but they called them buff tops.
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Post by holajonathan on Feb 8, 2022 21:21:15 GMT -5
I think flat top works when the stone's pattern has "depth." That is true of most of your examples, most especially, the Biggs, OJ, Montana, Howardite, crazy lace, Blue Mountain, and whatever that stuff on the bottom right is (which I like a lot).
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Post by stardiamond on Feb 8, 2022 21:27:27 GMT -5
There are 4 from a Willow Creek slab in the last 4 full rows. A leaf or tree, a flower, a pelican and Z (the mark of Zorro). All of these had nothing below the surface and I needed to be careful not erase anything
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Post by roy on Feb 9, 2022 11:45:15 GMT -5
i like the flat tops i think they set better in a setting
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Post by fernwood on Feb 9, 2022 11:52:11 GMT -5
I like flat tops and yours are great.
There are many reasons why a domed cab will not always work.
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Post by HankRocks on Feb 9, 2022 11:52:17 GMT -5
i like the flat tops i think they set better in a setting That's what I want to hear!!! |
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