I recently received this barrel from @Coyotesetter - he was looking to donate them to somebody with a set, and they’re still up for grabs. But I was pretty excited to finally handle this mold.
My intial impression was that they look great, feel great, handle great, sound great. As you may know, I’m a leaded THC snob. So I was expecting to dislike these because they’re neither. But the first impression was favorable - pretty similar to THC.
The biggest criticism is read about these and was eager to evaluate was that they’re slippery. First impression - no. They cut and stack great, they shuffle great, and pushing a stack around feels fine. So I would not call these chips slippery.
When compared to RHCs and THCs, it turns out they are the slipperiest of the three, so maybe that’s where that criticism is coming from. After sliding stacks of RHCs and THCs, I can say yeah, the suits mold is more slippery than the other two. Line up stacks on a surface and raise it slowly at an increasing angle, yeah, these suits molds fall first. Though it’s worth mentioning that a stack of Chipcos fared worst in this test.
I wouldn’t call them slippery - it’s not a concern. But yes, they’re more slippery than the two popular Paulson molds.
A close up suggests to me that RHC and THC might be slightly more aggressively textured, but also that the suits mold has a nice texture to it, which might not be noticed by the naked eye.
Tough to tell much from a single stack, but I’ll say that these are pretty flat. Not perfectly flat, but flatter than any other Paulson hot stamps I’ve seen lately.
And other than that, what else is there? Aesthetics are subjective. I don’t care for the look of the suits. But the THC style protective ring makes them immeasurably prettier than RHCs to me. But that’s up to the individuals.
My bottom line is that these are great chips, worthy of being Paulsons. All factors considered, I’d place them between THC and RHC on my preference meter.
But while I have this stack, ask me anything.
My intial impression was that they look great, feel great, handle great, sound great. As you may know, I’m a leaded THC snob. So I was expecting to dislike these because they’re neither. But the first impression was favorable - pretty similar to THC.
The biggest criticism is read about these and was eager to evaluate was that they’re slippery. First impression - no. They cut and stack great, they shuffle great, and pushing a stack around feels fine. So I would not call these chips slippery.
When compared to RHCs and THCs, it turns out they are the slipperiest of the three, so maybe that’s where that criticism is coming from. After sliding stacks of RHCs and THCs, I can say yeah, the suits mold is more slippery than the other two. Line up stacks on a surface and raise it slowly at an increasing angle, yeah, these suits molds fall first. Though it’s worth mentioning that a stack of Chipcos fared worst in this test.
I wouldn’t call them slippery - it’s not a concern. But yes, they’re more slippery than the two popular Paulson molds.
A close up suggests to me that RHC and THC might be slightly more aggressively textured, but also that the suits mold has a nice texture to it, which might not be noticed by the naked eye.
Tough to tell much from a single stack, but I’ll say that these are pretty flat. Not perfectly flat, but flatter than any other Paulson hot stamps I’ve seen lately.
And other than that, what else is there? Aesthetics are subjective. I don’t care for the look of the suits. But the THC style protective ring makes them immeasurably prettier than RHCs to me. But that’s up to the individuals.
My bottom line is that these are great chips, worthy of being Paulsons. All factors considered, I’d place them between THC and RHC on my preference meter.
But while I have this stack, ask me anything.
