A Song of Ice and Fire sample set orders. (1 Viewer)

[BNM]

Hi BNM can you explain the impurities? I haven't inspected each chip (shocking I know ) but they all look good to me. Some of the spots aren't as even in some chips (mainly the 1000) but compared to Vegas ASM quality they are outstanding.

Also the shiny inlay is due to the mold. Other molds have cross hatching all over the chip. The FDL mold is smooth in the inlay recess area, so it makes the inlay smooth and shiny.

Oh, just referring to the things you and AT mentioned. Nothing that bent me out of shape (hand-made product, as you said, etc.), just curious on the overall look/feel.. I thought the labels might have to do with the mold - thanks for confirming that!

And, again, just a stellar, stellar set. Really quite well done from concept to finished product. I predict this is a first ballot HOF set. Bold prediction, I know.

 

[BGinGA]

I thought the labels might have to do with the mold...

NOT labels.

another nickel to Moscow....

 

[Mental Nomad]

I got two sample sets. I only count one flaw.

I have several off-color dots; this are inevitable cross-ups between the base and spot colors, as a bit of clay or loose powder can hit a chip or mold between presses. But these are tiny, and you really need to look for them. They are not visible when you sit at a table and look down at the chip.

Some dots and imperfections you see are loose powder from AFTER manufacture - the shipping and stacking, etc. This powder will wash off; I had several mold impressions which came out clean after the toothbrush hit them. The fresh, sharp cross-hatching really picks up the new-chip-dust.

If you don't wash the chips, most of that loose stuff will come out as you start to play them.

I saw a couple of scuffs on the inlays, but they all disappeared when I oiled them. Right now, the chip edges are sharp; shuffling can scuff in the inlays. The scuffs are sometimes not in the inlay; they're often chip dust left on the inlay. I've given them one coat of oil, let them sit a few minutes, and lightly wiped them down - so they're still oiled, but no beads of oil. Then lay them out and don't touch them for 24 hours. That gives the oil time to polymerize (harden.) I'm considering a second coat, just because I love these so much (and I only have a sample set to deal with.)

The one flaw I have is on a T1000 - there's a considerable clay smear between two edge spots. These are usually strictly on the surface. If the chip were in casino play, it would probably wear off and look perfect soon enough - well, maybe if it weren't a $1000 chip, it would. I may sand it off. If I decide to do that, I'll post before-and-after pictures.

 

[BNM]

NOT labels.

another nickel to Moscow....

Stocky clearly understood what I meant, given the context, but Joe Always Correcting Every Detail is correct, of course I meant inlays. Bad habit. What's the "another nickel to Moscow" bit? Was there some bet somewhere on that in another thread or are you funding Putin in some round-about way?

 

[BGinGA]

Stocky clearly understood what I meant, given the context, but Joe Always Correcting Every Detail is correct, of course I meant inlays. Bad habit. What's the "another nickel to Moscow" bit? Was there some bet somewhere on that in another thread or are you funding Putin in some round-about way?

lol, just caught up with this thread....

MoscowRadio once posted that he wished he had a nickel for every time I went on a mini-rant about labels vs inlays.... I just try to keep him funded when it happens.

 

[Toonexile]

My sample sets arrived yesterday - thanks again Stocky.
Wow, these are some special chips. I wish I had bought 20 sample sets so that I had a barrel of each!
Favourite chip - I just don't know. House Martell, or House Bolton or the bounty or, or.....I just don't know
They must look spectacular in stacks, in play.