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swizz View Member Profile	Dec 19 2012, 10:19 AM Post #16
Moderator Group: Members Posts: 4,459 Joined: 25-August 09 From: way on up thar Member No.: 6,983	Super nice work Jim... that looks great! -------------------- /l ,[____], l---L-OlllllllO- ()_) ()_)--o-)_) BLACK SANDS MATTER! Very Happy CP Lifetime Member CP CORE TEAM *Referral Code CE213*

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Dec 25 2012, 08:51 AM

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Another... Brazilian in gold filled wire.

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Jan 8 2013, 12:26 AM

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Hey Swizz!!! Ya oughta like this one.
This is a piece of bone that came out of a slice of ham we had for dinner awhile back.

The opal is one of the blacked backed ones.

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swizz View Member Profile	Jan 14 2013, 09:11 AM Post #19
Moderator Group: Members Posts: 4,459 Joined: 25-August 09 From: way on up thar Member No.: 6,983	Jim, Cool stuff! I really like the Brazilian, very nice work there. The bone ring is a kinda crazy work, creative... looks good. I'd be worried a critter might want to snatch it off my finger though. The blackened back definitely sets off the Opal. Good work! -------------------- /l ,[____], l---L-OlllllllO- ()_) ()_)--o-)_) BLACK SANDS MATTER! Very Happy CP Lifetime Member CP CORE TEAM *Referral Code CE213*

jim View Member Profile	Jan 14 2013, 11:26 AM Post #20
Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 411 Joined: 20-February 07 From: Richland Mississippi Member No.: 994	Thanks much!!! Actually my doggie knawed on it for a long time before I ever picked it up. So there wasn't much more than bone left.

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May 24 2013, 11:17 AM

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It has been awhile since I showed my face around here. So I thought that I would show a few of the things that I have done since the ring. The first is a piece of pietersite...probably spelled wrong...that I grooved and wrapped for a friend. Next is my latest piece. Crysocolla, azurite, pyrite mix cab with jade accents, moss agate and silver beads. Next is a brecciated agate cab in silver wrap. This one is reversible. It looks the same on both sides. A few pair of earrings. My first attempt at carving. Fire agate.

And a second ring.

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swizz View Member Profile	May 24 2013, 05:59 PM Post #22
Moderator Group: Members Posts: 4,459 Joined: 25-August 09 From: way on up thar Member No.: 6,983	Another bone ring? Your stuff looks great Jim! The Fire Agate kinda looks like a skull.I've never seen Azurite buffed out into a cab and it looks incredible... the rough specimens I've seen at the shows are always stunning. Nice work! -------------------- /l ,[____], l---L-OlllllllO- ()_) ()_)--o-)_) BLACK SANDS MATTER! Very Happy CP Lifetime Member CP CORE TEAM *Referral Code CE213*

russau View Member Profile	May 25 2013, 05:10 AM Post #23
russau Group: Members Posts: 2,841 Joined: 4-December 03 From: st.louis missouri Member No.: 43	Jim your being the ultimate recycler with that bone! :)

jim View Member Profile	May 25 2013, 07:11 AM Post #24
Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 411 Joined: 20-February 07 From: Richland Mississippi Member No.: 994	Yea another ring. This one is not a ham bone , rather a more traditional medium stag horn that I got from a flintknapper that was at our annual show in Feb. I made this one with my ring finger as a template for size. So it fits me rather well. The cab with azurite was a piece that was traded to me so it was the only piece of that that I had. Sure would like to have a few pounds of it. Nice hard material. The fire agate piece is on a chain around my neck...that one is mine all mine.

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Jan 9 2019, 03:15 PM

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This is a ring that I had Steve Wandt made for us. This is the fourth opal that has been set in it. I cut and set this one myself. Australian white. The first one broke across the middle, the second lost it's color,
The third I broke setting it. This time I ground a high spot out of the center of the setting. So far this one is holding up great.

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Jan 9 2019, 03:21 PM

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Here's another. This was a high school graduation ring that I removed all the outer work and set a welo opal in. I still have some cleanup to do on it.

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Jan 9 2019, 03:27 PM

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I have a friend that makes knives. I had him make this dagger blade for me. I put a mookite jaser handle on it. The two sides came off the chunk side by side so they have very similar pattern and color. Overall length is eight and a half inches.

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