I initially intended to do a smaller write-up, but with the history and ideas behind the set I figured I would just lay it all out there. The result is a small book, so if you just skip to the pron, I highly approve.
Back in June 2023 I received my dream set of CPCs, having a Caribbean theme and mostly following the color scheme indicative of chips from that region. I was so content with City of Dawn that Ilied to myself said it would be my only CPC set for years, so naturally I started mocking a new one a month or so later. Thanks to @JeepologyOffroad and @buffalojim for the help and tolerating my incessant mocks. I had no idea this would be my final run with @David Spragg's CPC when ordering in April of last year, but am glad to get one more set from the Maine factory before the move. Finally, thanks to @Johnny5 (RIP) for his fantastic work in bringing my inlays and vision for them to life (more on J5 later).
NUTTALL & MANN’S SALOON
In 1876 in the Southern Dakota Territory, the legendary town of Deadwood was formed following a gold rush. Traveling down the main thoroughfare of the town, one would frequently find themselves passing Lot 10, where Nuttall & Mann’s Saloon stood. If you fancied some whiskey, a steak, or some poker games, Billy Nuttall and his barman Manning were there to oblige.
In early August of that same year, folk hero Wild Bill Hickok fancied just that, ultimately cleaning out Jack McCall in poker before tossing him a pity chip to go buy a meal. Taking it as a slight, McCall returned the next day to find Hickok still splashing pots, when he walked up behind Hickok and shot him dead, thus making Nuttall & Mann's Saloon a forever part of Deadwood's history. Many chippers would come to know the establishment by its subsequent name, "Saloon No. 10”.
Like any student of history, this was of course initially taught to me through television, and more specifically, the show "Deadwood". While there was no shortage of characters to choose from, legends such as Seth Bullock, Calamity Jane, and Wild Bill already had card rooms and casino chips named after them, whereas the morally questionable characters, while ofttimes fantastically portrayed and charismatic, ultimately did not warrant a chip-set in their honor. Being based on the real-life person who owned the saloon, Tom Nuttall filled that gap quite easily for a chipper, having run Nuttall & Mann’s Saloon and its poker room, while bringing some good times to the town along with it.
More posts to follow throughout the thread, but in the famous and totally real words of Tom Nuttall, "here's some chip pron you hoopleheaded c*cksuckers":
Deadwood Scheme - Inlay/Theme - Bonus Chips - Felted - J5 - Oiling
Back in June 2023 I received my dream set of CPCs, having a Caribbean theme and mostly following the color scheme indicative of chips from that region. I was so content with City of Dawn that I
NUTTALL & MANN’S SALOON
In 1876 in the Southern Dakota Territory, the legendary town of Deadwood was formed following a gold rush. Traveling down the main thoroughfare of the town, one would frequently find themselves passing Lot 10, where Nuttall & Mann’s Saloon stood. If you fancied some whiskey, a steak, or some poker games, Billy Nuttall and his barman Manning were there to oblige.
In early August of that same year, folk hero Wild Bill Hickok fancied just that, ultimately cleaning out Jack McCall in poker before tossing him a pity chip to go buy a meal. Taking it as a slight, McCall returned the next day to find Hickok still splashing pots, when he walked up behind Hickok and shot him dead, thus making Nuttall & Mann's Saloon a forever part of Deadwood's history. Many chippers would come to know the establishment by its subsequent name, "Saloon No. 10”.
Like any student of history, this was of course initially taught to me through television, and more specifically, the show "Deadwood". While there was no shortage of characters to choose from, legends such as Seth Bullock, Calamity Jane, and Wild Bill already had card rooms and casino chips named after them, whereas the morally questionable characters, while ofttimes fantastically portrayed and charismatic, ultimately did not warrant a chip-set in their honor. Being based on the real-life person who owned the saloon, Tom Nuttall filled that gap quite easily for a chipper, having run Nuttall & Mann’s Saloon and its poker room, while bringing some good times to the town along with it.
More posts to follow throughout the thread, but in the famous and totally real words of Tom Nuttall, "here's some chip pron you hoopleheaded c*cksuckers":
Deadwood Scheme - Inlay/Theme - Bonus Chips - Felted - J5 - Oiling
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shown (being the hand he was holding when murdered), and the year “1876”, all from the event outlined in the original post.
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