Club 310 - design input requested (almost there) (2 Viewers)
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Thanks for the caution on the inlay. I hadn't been aware of that. I have ~30 DIASQRs with round inlays and will take a look.
I really like HCE, but noticed a few spinners with the inlays on my NRPY micro cash set. I haven't dug into the set to pull them out, but it's in the back of my mind.
I'm going to play with the HCE and DIASQR for a bit. I like how the DIASQR has that extra bit of textures surface outside the ring... it isn't quite as pronounced as the HCE edge, but I like it.
I thought I was all set with the 310 hot stamps, but you got me thinking. And frankly, I'm probably overthinking this. But this next set will be my last and I want to get it right. I've been working on a few options.
I've never been super happy with my LCrown mixed-inlay set, which is what started this all. The first option was to swap the $5 (the 310 $5 on the right was that test), but I've always wanted a hot stamp set. Unfortunately, I ordered my NRPY set right before Josh opened mass production hot stamps, as I really wanted that set to be a hot stamp set.
So I started working on the 310 hot stamps (this thread). The blanks were my test there. But once I started working on the J Finney's, I found myself more drawn to them, for a variety of reasons.
Next step for me is to send the blanks off to Josh and have him stamp them so I can get a real sense of things. I have a while before DIASQR runs again.
I'll probably start a new thread... Lesson learned when creating design threads- don't add polls and be careful on the title!
But here's were I'm at.
I really want imperial blue, I really like the orange/green. After that, I'm struggling... there's something I don't like with each of the lines above. Would love your thoughts.
For limits, I have a few sets: Casino Europa Lithuania 25, California Club Cards Mold 50¢ Red hot stamp HCE $1, and my new custom non-denom set. The cards mold are for sale and I suspect I'll be listing the Lithuania set shortly now that I have these.
BCBB or BCBC
But what's the story with J Finney's in the Baja? I really like the theme with the retro lavender, imperial, blue and yellow. Not sure about the orange but if the spots are worked out I may like it. I lean more towards chocolate or maybe maroon?
I should clarify, I don't like round inlays on the DSQ for the reason above. Shaped inlays/hotstamps are awesome! It is a nice feeling mold - I like how the texture is a bit smoother than H, but broken in H is still my fav feel.
About 15% of my ASM h molds were spinners, but they were made when Jim was transitioning things to Michael and red I believe. My CSQs have about 6%. Your DSQs don't have any spinners??
I should clarify, I don't like round inlays on the DSQ for the reason above. Shaped inlays/hotstamps are awesome! It is a nice feeling mold - I like how the texture is a bit smoother than H, but broken in H is still my fav feel.
About 15% of my ASM h molds were spinners, but they were made when Jim was transitioning things to Michael and red I believe. My CSQs have about 6%. Your DSQs don't have any spinners??
Oh, gotcha.
When I was building my mixed-inlay custom set, I built inlays for key moments in my poker life. Baja being where I was introduced to poker. I grew up in San Diego and, for years as a kid, we'd caravan as part of a large father/son group down to this remote beach on the baja peninsula for spring break, near La Bufadora, the second largest blowhole in the world. My father would bust us out of school, we'd hop in an RV and head down, stopping at Hussong's Cantina and the Corona factory in Ensenada. We stayed on the water next to this partially constructed and abandoned hotel complex on the beach... the concrete poured before it folded. One year, the dads hired a mariachi band and grilled a trash bag full of fresh baja lobsters. We'd hit the water, chase each other around the sand-filled concrete cabañas on the beach (avoiding scorpions), run through the big hotel and the a grand dome-capped ballroom where we'd light fire crackers, and at night, the dads would play poker with cheap bicycle plastic chips while drinking beer. It was awesome. Construction started again at the resort, eventually becoming the Baja Beach and Tennis Club, so we moved on to another spot. Legal issues killed it (it's for sale), and it's falling apart. The areas's built up over the years and isn't nearly as remote or cool as it used to be.
As for the name... I wanted something that harkened back to the pre-depression Mexican resorts, like Jack Dempsey's resort in Ensenada, but also worked as an illegal club during the 60s, even if gambling was outlawed in Mexico. Simple inlay and simple name. J. Finney is a family name- Joseph being my great grand father (and great uncle who was like a second father to me); Finney being the maiden name of my great great grandmother (Joseph was her 2nd husband, the first died early). There's more to both of the names, but the Irish feel (even if I affiliate with the more obvious Scottish side given my name) and simplicity made it an easy and obvious choice for me.
Either way, as the frac on the mixed set or as a second stand-alone set, it makes me smile.
Yeah.... that's where I'm leaning towards. I really like the old Stardust lav/yellow $5, but it complicates the larger set. I think the orange with the 14 spots and inlay would look nice. I've seen several hot stamp with that combo (and blue foil) that look amazing, but it's a more gray green, so that's another gamble. Whichever combo I go with, I'm not sure the $20 will see much action as we're not big gamblers. Appreciate the thoughts.
I was on the same wavelength, I might not have been clear in my response.
It's one of the things I'm wrestling with.I need to pull both my HCE and DIASQR sets out and deliberately hunt for spinners. I just don't have the time and have too many other things going on at the moment. No spinners jumped out at me on the DIASQR rack I oiled up. On the HCE, there were a couple really obvious ones where the glue back didn't hold and the inlay bubbled up- you can see the convex shape of the inlay from the side and the stack obviously wobbles.
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"I just don't have the time and have too many other things going on at the moment."
Must be nice to have a life
Love the Baja and your story
Must be nice to have a life
Love the Baja and your story
Oiled up the set and didn’t catch any obvious spinners with my barrel test. I’m happy.
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