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Offline jamie

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good day
« on: March 03, 2011, 08:42:50 pm »
so my buddy bought a bunch of salvaged stone from a guy in massachusetts. its all reclaimed from old barn foundations. well aparently they liked to build foundations in vermont with rhyolite. gonna have 45,000 lbs of rhyolite delivered next week. blessing or curse?   ???

also got a call from an archeologist from yale university's peabody museum. looks like i will be doing aboriginal reproductions for the biggest museum in new england. happy days.  ;D   ;D  ;D  ;D  ;D  ;D  ;D  ;D

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Re: good day
« Reply #1 on: March 03, 2011, 09:19:47 pm »
It is a cursed blessing. You will have rhyo for years. Bring some to NC see if it will reproduce with the native rock ;D
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Re: good day
« Reply #2 on: March 03, 2011, 09:20:25 pm »
Sounds like you hit the jackpot on rock, Jamie. It sure would be sweet if it is that green looking candy stuff James Parker has. And Congratulations on the Museum Gig, your the man to do it.
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Re: good day
« Reply #3 on: March 03, 2011, 09:35:41 pm »
45,000 pounds? Sheesh! That aughta keep ya busy for a week or two ::). Drop some off with TJ and I'll pick it up later in year, hmm....
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Re: good day
« Reply #4 on: March 03, 2011, 09:39:49 pm »
Hope its good stuff.
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Re: good day
« Reply #5 on: March 03, 2011, 09:47:41 pm »
its hellacious, brutal, nasty $#$##%^$$# stuff. i love it  ;D
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Re: good day
« Reply #6 on: March 04, 2011, 10:52:35 am »
OK scracth that last part of that PM I sent ya Jamie.....sounds like you're set!
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Re: good day
« Reply #7 on: March 04, 2011, 07:16:04 pm »
45,000 lbs of the same rock. It's kinda like eating oatmeal every day for a year. I like oatmeal but ya got to have some variety. I've never knapped Rhyolite . Is there much variety in it? No disrespect in my comments.
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Re: good day
« Reply #8 on: March 04, 2011, 07:18:14 pm »
Quote from: Tower on March 04, 2011, 07:16:04 pm
45,000 lbs of the same rock. It's kinda like eating oatmeal every day for a year. I like oatmeal but ya got to have some variety. I've never knapped Rhyolite . Is there much variety in it? No disrespect in my comments.

Yes there is....hard, harder, hardest, and why the @*%^ did I carry this out of the woods?
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Re: good day
« Reply #9 on: March 04, 2011, 08:20:57 pm »
Dang!  A VERY good day!
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Re: good day
« Reply #10 on: March 04, 2011, 09:06:21 pm »
most of this rock is gonna be used for masonry. just nice to know i have as much rhyolite as i need. plus i think with that much stone i can really figure out how to work it best. justin the rock that james parker has works like candy , so there is really good rhyolite out there. most of it is tougher than hell.
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Re: good day
« Reply #11 on: March 04, 2011, 09:56:02 pm »
Quote from: jamie on March 04, 2011, 09:06:21 pm
most of this rock is gonna be used for masonry. just nice to know i have as much rhyolite as i need. plus i think with that much stone i can really figure out how to work it best. justin the rock that james parker has works like candy , so there is really good rhyolite out there. most of it is tougher than hell.

He's got connections...the rest of have to wait til the water turns to ice before we can walk on it  ;D Theres some good stuff out there, no doubt.
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Re: good day
« Reply #12 on: March 05, 2011, 01:57:19 am »
Don't forget about me bro.   Lol wow
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Re: good day
« Reply #13 on: March 07, 2011, 08:41:54 am »
russ id gladly give you a bunch of this. i gotta find my bats for this stuff. i actually prefer quartz over this.
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