Fragility and durability of China Clay's chips (1 Viewer)

I have the same grey solids and I'm telling you, washing them in warm water, throwing a label on, and then a solid pressure oiling makes a difference. I still wouldn't drop them from shoulder height onto a tile floor, but normal play is no problem.
I agree, I love the feel and sound, just not the strength. Although, the greens show almost no damage at all, the reds, greys and blues are pretty fragile. I will end up playing with them until enough chips get destroyed to where its not a playable set anymore, then move on. I don't want to give them to anybody knowing how fragile they are.
You’re initial impression was that compression oiling added to the durability of the solids. Have you maintained any regular oilings of the chips, or nothing since the initial oiling 2 years ago?
 
@BearMetal I didnt know Chipco classics were on sale. Are these on chipco blanks?
Category wise, casino grade ceramics is all I can come up with. I am sure someone can enlighten us.

They feel different from all the other ceramics I have. But I don't think they are Chipco blanks. Maybe just the artwork is licensed?
 
You’re initial impression was that compression oiling added to the durability of the solids. Have you maintained any regular oilings of the chips, or nothing since the initial oiling 2 years ago?
Nothing since the initial oiling. Maybe that would have helped to regularly oil them, but it doesn't seem like they dried out that much. Just the regular play and handling seems to damage them more than other chips.
 
When people refer to Chipco, what category do these fall into: https://pokerchiplounge.com/chipco-classics-10-gram-ceramic-poker-chips.html
I didnt know Chipco classics were on sale. Are these on chipco blanks?
The original Chipco Classics were made by Chipco using Chipco blanks, but have been sold out for many years. Dunno which blanks are being used to make those newest remake versions, but almost guaranteed they aren't Chipco blanks.
 
Having handled cc chips for the first time this last week, I can say with confidence that they are poorer quality than ceramics and compression molded clay chips. Infact, there is nothing clay like about them. They feel exceptionally plastic like. When they break, its plastic.
Ceramics are far superior.
The only good thing about cc i would like to say is that the 43mm chips are close to 10g in wt.

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Was this broken one handed with your tumb? Or snapped with 2 hands?
 
It comes down to personal preference as always. I am very happy with my Royals Set. Lovely Colors, Edgespots, Labels, overall Design, 43mm, Stacking!!!, weight, feel.... but smell terrible. Paulson are of course fare better however how much does a 43mm Paulson Set with vibrant Colors and Edgespots costs :eek: 4$/Chip??
 
More like $8/chip

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Hello,

Some complaints about older China Clays where their durability. Some old series had chips completely falling apart. See this thread.

Now that the Royals are out for few years, I was just wondering if anyone had experienced this with Royals ?

I've never read this so I guess they are more durable than all other CC which would be awesome.
 
I have the newer Majestic‘s but they are a few years old now. They’ve showed some signs I have a few chips here and there, and an occasional one will just crack, but those are really few and far between. They’ve held up pretty well.
 

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