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Post by holajonathan on Feb 22, 2022 20:48:48 GMT -5
That's some sweet leopard skin, and your cabs are as good as always. It seems like the good, solid, high-polishin' leopard skin has the orbs completely filled with jasper. The softer stuff which is no good for cabbing often has a dull metallic material in the middle of the orbs.
My favorite is the first, which isn't very leopardy, but the colors + shape + composition work well together. The last one is sweet as well with the very contrasty orbs.
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Post by jasoninsd on Feb 22, 2022 21:08:34 GMT -5
That's some sweet leopard skin, and your cabs are as good as always. It seems like the good, solid, high-polishin' leopard skin has the orbs completely filled with jasper. The softer stuff which is no good for cabbing often has a dull metallic material in the middle of the orbs. My favorite is the first, which isn't very leopardy, but the colors + shape + composition work well together. The last one is sweet as well with the very contrasty orbs. Thanks my friend!  Leopard Skin has quickly become one of my favorite materials. However, it's one of those materials that becomes very "scary" to buy online. It's really a material I'd want to inspect to make sure it isn't the crumbly crappy rough... See? Another shield! LOL |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Feb 25, 2022 17:28:54 GMT -5
I finally remembered to take some pictures of our Leopard Skin:   |
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Post by jasoninsd on Feb 25, 2022 18:32:07 GMT -5
I finally remembered to take some pictures of our Leopard Skin: Thanks for posting these Robin! The slabs I had looked like the bottom slab in this picture... |
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Post by holajonathan on Feb 25, 2022 21:55:16 GMT -5
I finally remembered to take some pictures of our Leopard Skin: Hi, Robin, did you or Vince (whoever cut this) pay attention to the angle of cut? In other words, did you intentionally cut across the lines in the material, and opposed to cutting with them? With my rough, the lines seem to be rather random, but it almost looks like yours was cut at a certain angle on purpose. Just curious. |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Feb 25, 2022 22:00:22 GMT -5
I finally remembered to take some pictures of our Leopard Skin: Hi, Robin, did you or Vince (whoever cut this) pay attention to the angle of cut? In other words, did you intentionally cut across the lines in the material, and opposed to cutting with them? With my rough, the lines seem to be rather random, but it almost looks like yours was cut at a certain angle on purpose. Just curious. Vince does all the slabbing, so he'll have to answer. The smell of the oil in the saw shop is very irritating to my delicate nose.  |
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Post by holajonathan on Feb 25, 2022 22:28:56 GMT -5
Hi, Robin, did you or Vince (whoever cut this) pay attention to the angle of cut? In other words, did you intentionally cut across the lines in the material, and opposed to cutting with them? With my rough, the lines seem to be rather random, but it almost looks like yours was cut at a certain angle on purpose. Just curious. Vince does all the slabbing, so he'll have to answer. The smell of the oil in the saw shop is very irritating to my delicate nose.  I get it. You stay in the house with your fancy cerium.  |
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Post by hummingbirdstones2 on Feb 25, 2022 22:49:41 GMT -5
holajonathan - Yeah, I play with orientations when slabbing. Perpendicular to the lines, looking for areas where they cross to form "X" patterns, etc.
The ones with red on only one side would get cut down that side first to get primarily red colors instead of only a little red on one part of the slabs.
I'll pull pieces off and flip them around just to get variety. Slab from one end, flip it to get parallel faces for the vise, then slab 90 degrees from the original orientation. Just depends on what a particular rock is showing as the slabs come off.
It often requires channeling the beaver spirit to get oddly shaped chunks blocked solidly into the vise, but it's fun to chase the patterns.
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