Old time Chip Talk folks help me find images a set of custom from back in the day. (1 Viewer)

[MeridianFC]

The return of the legendary @machinelf has rekindled my desire to find an image of a custom ASM set from back in the Chip Talk days. I believe the set was called "The Grove", though I could be wrong, but I really think it was that. The set had 4 or 5 denoms (cash I think), I'm pretty sure it was from the time when all spot patterns had been opened up. The inlay featured a vintage drawing/picture of a fruit, a different one on each chip (plum, apple, etc.). Vaguely fruit crate style. I have the user as being Blackclay, who doesn't appear to have transitioned to PCF (unless they are under a different name here). For some reason I thought he/she was from West Virginia but I'm not sure why I think that.

Initial discussion from 2015:
https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/custom-chip-database-2014-4th-quarter.4576/#post-28855

IIRC the art, typeface, and vibe was very similar to the Old Orchard set Mr. Elf designed, though he confirms he never designed the set I'm describing in spite of what I wrote 9 years ago.

 

[BPTDirector]

I have a partial sample set of The Grove chips! I’ll locate it in the next couple days and will post photos.

 

[MeridianFC]

I have a partial sample set of The Grove chips! I’ll locate it in the next couple days and will post photos.

You are a gentleman of the first water.

 

[allforcharity]

You are a gentleman of the first water.

He pees a lot?

 

[AlbinoDragon]

I have what I think is a complete sample set that I got back on CT. I hope this is what you are looking for.

 

[BPTDirector]

I have what I think is a complete sample set that I got back on CT. I hope this is what you are looking for.

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That’s what I have too.

 

[AlbinoDragon]

That’s what I have too.

That's good to know. Thanks! I wasn't sure if there was ever a frac. for this set or not. I definitely couldn't remember. It was one of the very first custom sample sets I got after joining CT and the history behind it has faded from my memory.

 

[MeridianFC]

I have what I think is a complete sample set that I got back on CT. I hope this is what you are looking for.

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That's it! Thank you so much!

Do you know who designed it?

 

[AlbinoDragon]

That's it! Thank you so much!

Do you know who designed it?

I don't, unfortunately. That's lost to my Swiss cheese-like memory and the blue void. You say "Blackclay" in your OP and that name does ring a bell, but I'm not certain if they were the ones who made the Grove chips or not.

[EDIT] OR WAIT!!! My habit of hanging on to otherwise useless email has paid off for once. I have an old CT private message notice about paying for these with blackclay! There was a question about the thin ring as part of his design in that exchange as well. Original user and source of these chips confirmed, I'd say.

 

[BPTDirector]

and on the beautiful H mold!!

 

[Felt_Lizard]

The Grove set looks like it used the vintage artwork from the wooden crates that companies once transported fruit from the fields.

Love it, want it.

 

[Silverwind]

Ahh I remember these chips.. However I don't think I have any images saved of them.

 

[Silverwind]

Found a close up of the blue one

 

[AlbinoDragon]

I have a sample set of these as well. I'll try to remember to fetch them and post a pic of the complete set. They were the chips that convinced me to make a set on the hourglass mold.

While folks complain about the light weight they might have (if it exists, it doesn't bother me), they are the silkiest shuffling chips I've owned, even fresh from the shipping box.

 

[AlbinoDragon]

Found a close up of the blue one

Here's the sample set that I have. I'm pretty sure this is complete.

I love the subtle color fade at the edge of the inlay. I might have used this very technique on one side of my Devil's Nest chips as it ties the base color of the chip to the inlay, but doesn't have to do a perfect color match to work.

 

[Silverwind]

Here's the sample set that I have. I'm pretty sure this is complete.

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I love the subtle color fade at the edge of the inlay. I might have used this very technique on one side of my Devil's Nest chips as it ties the base color of the chip to the inlay, but doesn't have to do a perfect color match to work.

Very nice! I had only saved the two chips because I was in the process of designing an add-on and I liked those two. I already had red, green, black, purple chips.

 

[Huskerchipper]

I immediately knew which set u were talking about. I don't think i would have remembered the name though. Thanks for the trip down memory lane!!