B.C. WILLS & CO. (1 Viewer)

[Meddler2]

General question about the feel and weight of chips produced by B.C. WILLS & CO.

Anybody have any experience or insights?

 

[BearMetal]

I've bought a bunch from @JWC so he might have better insight than me. However, they are definitely lighter than your standard Paulson weighing around 8 grams each.

 

[chipinla]

I have a set from the 60s and they’re some of my favorites. If you have a chance to pick some up I highly recommend them. I can hardly tell a difference in most chips when it comes to weight.

 

[HaRDHouSeiNC]

I have a couple manufacturer samples and they actually felt heavy
I think some are heavier than others

 

[chipinla]

 

[HaRDHouSeiNC]

Very C&J sound and feel

 

[CrazyEddie]

General question about the feel and weight of chips produced by B.C. WILLS & CO.

Bear in mind that Wills sold chips made with two different molds, the small greek key and the large greek key. But they're both awesome.

I think that some of their chips may have been heavier that others; I seem to recall reading about B.C. Wills marketing some of their chips as "heavyweight" but I can't find the reference now, and I might be getting it mixed up with some TR King products.

If you're interested in Wills chips, here's a great article to read: http://ccgtcc-ccn.com/wills.pdf

 

[FDLmold]

Pretty sure Willis would change the formulation to make a heavier chip if you ordered it. And paid more. If it wasn’t them I know there was at least one manufacturer who did that.

 

[JWC]

It seems like they had a tri-heavy weight and standard on the large Greek key. So I believe that weight could vary.

 

[gmunny]

The older small key's are light in weight. I believe they added heavier weight formulas sometime in the 60s.

Here are some weights of the samples I have.

 

[Jeff in Iowa]

Some of their inlaid chips get very heavy, with a very small lead disc inserted in the center of the chip.

 

[HaRDHouSeiNC]

The older small key's are light in weight. I believe they added heavier weight formulas sometime in the 60s.

Here are some weights of the samples I have.

Whoa
Way lighter than my two

 

[TX_Golf_N_Poker]

These dimes are near mint and are the heaviest from my Dragonara Palace Malta set. The others all range from 8.5 to 9.0 grams each.