Diamonds Are Foreverish (1 Viewer)

[BigJackJones]

I bought 25 of these purple diamond chips in about 2004. I used them for rebuy tokens for a multi-table charity tournament. I had no other use for them but I ran across them several weeks back. They feel great, are decently weighted, and are textured enough that they stack and don't slide around much at all. I even like the sound.

I ordered 25 of these orange diamond chips, thinking "Hey, if these are decent, I'll build a cheap tournement set." They were listed as 8.5g.

They are NOT decent. If the dog farts in the other room, a stack of 10 will fall over.

Does anyone know of a supplier who sells super diamonds that are textured and actually 8.5g or better?

 

[Beakertwang]

My local casino had a set of stamped plastic super diamonds for tourneys. They had a nice soft feel, sort of rubbery. They stacked very nicely. Very much different than the ubiquitous cheap, slick super diamonds. I have no idea where to get the nicer ones.

 

[BigJackJones]

My local casino had a set of stamped plastic super diamonds for tourneys. They had a nice soft feel, sort of rubbery. They stacked very nicely. Very much different than the ubiquitous cheap, slick super diamonds. I have no idea where to get the nicer ones.

I sure wish I would have known I liked these almost 20 years ago. Never gave it any thought until a few weeks ago. These do have a slight rubber feel to them.

 

[links_slayer]

man, the good super diamonds are sooooooo good.

 

[allforcharity]

The vintage Super Diamonds (i.e. those made at least 40 years ago or longer) have superior feel and sound compared to any modern Super Diamond. Look for:
- injection mold pip within the diamonds themselves
- equivalent width inner and outer ring

Weight will probably not be that much different. 8.5g is probably about right. You won't find them at 10g - they're not that dense. It's just a harder (and better) type of of plastic.

 

[MeridianFC]

I bought 25 of these purple diamond chips in about 2004. I used them for rebuy tokens for a multi-table charity tournament. I had no other use for them but I ran across them several weeks back. They feel great, are decently weighted, and are textured enough that they stack and don't slide around much at all. I even like the sound.

I ordered 25 of these orange diamond chips, thinking "Hey, if these are decent, I'll build a cheap tournement set." They were listed as 8.5g.

They are NOT decent. If the dog farts in the other room, a stack of 10 will fall over.

Does anyone know of a supplier who sells super diamonds that are textured and actually 8.5g or better?

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I had to buy a couple of barrels of whatever the current kind of diamond chips are on an emergency basis a few months ago. They are by far and away the worst chips I have ever encountered. I swear to god they must be made of oil or something with an anti-magnetic quality that prevents them from being able to stack..

 

[BigJackJones]

I had to buy a couple of barrels of whatever the current kind of diamond chips are on an emergency basis a few months ago. They are by far and away the worst chips I have ever encountered. I swear to god they must be made of oil or something with an anti-magnetic quality that prevents them from being able to stack..

I'm pretty sure it is some form of Voodoo curse.