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Offline Majuba Tom

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My best point yet.
« on: September 14, 2013, 02:41:19 am »
The heat treating on the agate worked wonders at 580 deg.
 
I think I now know what everyone means when they say it worked like butter. I have been working raw stone up till now and raw agate is hard to work. It has been real hard to get thin I got this one thin 210 thousandths at its thickest point. Almost everything I tried to do seemed to work. :o I love the look of agates and hope this one was not just a fluke.

I just wanted to share my good luck with this point.

Thank you for looking.

Majuba Tom

Offline TRACY

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Re: My best point yet.
« Reply #1 on: September 14, 2013, 07:28:04 am »
Looks real nice!

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Offline skyarrow

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Re: My best point yet.
« Reply #2 on: September 14, 2013, 09:36:21 am »
Awesome job :)  8)
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Re: My best point yet.
« Reply #3 on: September 14, 2013, 10:58:28 am »
Yes sir! Heat treatin doz have its benefits. Knap ON!

Offline cowboy

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Re: My best point yet.
« Reply #4 on: September 14, 2013, 11:26:07 am »
Fine job on that one! And not a fluke, they'll all be better than the last. Unless you snap half of me like me ??? 
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Offline papoints

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Re: My best point yet.
« Reply #5 on: September 14, 2013, 11:37:30 am »
Nice point and good photography.

Offline Trapper Rob

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Re: My best point yet.
« Reply #6 on: September 14, 2013, 01:31:29 pm »
Fine looking point.

Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: My best point yet.
« Reply #7 on: September 14, 2013, 01:36:49 pm »
Muy bueno, amigo!  Nice color and texture to that stone, the design brings it out wonderfully.  Love it!
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Re: My best point yet.
« Reply #8 on: September 14, 2013, 01:54:22 pm »
Great job on that one.
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Offline mullet

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Re: My best point yet.
« Reply #9 on: September 14, 2013, 02:04:49 pm »
Very nice, looks like chalcedony.
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Offline Majuba Tom

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Re: My best point yet.
« Reply #10 on: September 15, 2013, 01:43:58 am »
Thank you everyone.

Mullet you are right. Agate is a form of chalcedony.

Majuba Tom

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Re: My best point yet.
« Reply #11 on: September 15, 2013, 01:47:44 am »
Very nice!
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