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This thought first came up last week when a new guy was looking for opinions on his mixed set, and he said that he might relabel this chips and that chip. And then it just came back to me looking at the mixed set pron thread.
Mixed sets exist because people can't find or afford all the denominations from one casino. Some people just like to mix and match to create a good looking set, I guess, and that's fine too. And of course, there are no rules, so yeah, everything is fine when they're your chips. But it just seems to me that relabeling chips to make your mixed set perfect, goes against the entire spirit of the mixed set.
 
Tell me I'm wrong.
This thought first came up last week when a new guy was looking for opinions on his mixed set, and he said that he might relabel this chips and that chip. And then it just came back to me looking at the mixed set pron thread.
Mixed sets exist because people can't find or afford all the denominations from one casino. Some people just like to mix and match to create a good looking set, I guess, and that's fine too. And of course, there are no rules, so yeah, everything is fine when they're your chips. But it just seems to me that relabeling chips to make your mixed set perfect, goes against the entire spirit of the mixed set.

You're wrong (and right). I wasn't able to find any good 25c RHC that worked with my mixed set. I relabelled a very cheap/awesome $25 chip as a 25c. And now I have a complete RHC that I can use.

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But then I realized that I "broke the mold" ... it's no longer from "mixed casinos" anymore b/c one of them was tampered with. It doesn't bother me, but it does break consistency.

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Mixed sets exist because people can't find or afford all the denominations from one casino.

Fracs are still really hard to find and really expensive.
 
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I did it in my mixed house mold set because I had two racks of Stardust Poker Mansion 100’s available at a reasonable price and I didn’t want to spring for anything more expensive. It works for me. They were excellent condition house mold Paulson chips in a favorable color. I relabled them as SDPM $5’s.
 
I guess it depends on the intent when building a mixed set. There could be many.

For my personal taste, I don't care for mixed sets with different inlays. When I'm putting together a mixed set is because I believe the chips (the clay/colors/spots) go well together. So I like the re-label for sure to give it an uniform look and cohesion.

Some other people might find they like different inlays together, which is also fine. Not my cup of tea though.

The only exception for me is when I'm mixing hot stamps, if the hot stamps are not too different. Then I don't mind leave the chips as they are.

But the above is just my personal take on it.
 
Tell me I'm wrong.
This thought first came up last week when a new guy was looking for opinions on his mixed set, and he said that he might relabel this chips and that chip. And then it just came back to me looking at the mixed set pron thread.
Mixed sets exist because people can't find or afford all the denominations from one casino. Some people just like to mix and match to create a good looking set, I guess, and that's fine too. And of course, there are no rules, so yeah, everything is fine when they're your chips. But it just seems to me that relabeling chips to make your mixed set perfect, goes against the entire spirit of the mixed set.
I love the not so hot hottake. IMO you’re right as a blanket statement since it’s a very hard thing to pull off well but if it’s done correctly it’s worth the risk.
 
Tell me I'm wrong.
This thought first came up last week when a new guy was looking for opinions on his mixed set, and he said that he might relabel this chips and that chip. And then it just came back to me looking at the mixed set pron thread.
Mixed sets exist because people can't find or afford all the denominations from one casino. Some people just like to mix and match to create a good looking set, I guess, and that's fine too. And of course, there are no rules, so yeah, everything is fine when they're your chips. But it just seems to me that relabeling chips to make your mixed set perfect, goes against the entire spirit of the mixed set.

I would imagine you are reacting to my post in the mixed pr0n thread. Funny you bring it up becs, I hesitated too tbh :D But, in my opinion - and I’m not saying this is right, « mixed set » is vague enough to allow a lot of different configurations.
 
I don't agree.

I love a standard mixed set, but sometimes the inlays don't match up well, or just plain suck and you have to put a new one in that looks how the proper inlay should. Also, it's a mixed set. You can do what you want, that's the beauty of it.
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I thought my relabels worked in my old mixed set.... :(

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WoWZa! Which ones are relabelled there? Those are hot!

When people ask me about my mixed sets, I'll give some info on why I got that particular chip and the casino it came from. In the case of a relabel, I've tried to keep some of the original casino content intact on the new label, so I can still talk about where it came from.
 
WoWZa! Which ones are relabelled there? Those are hot!

When people ask me about my mixed sets, I'll give some info on why I got that particular chip and the casino it came from. In the case of a relabel, I've tried to keep some of the original casino content intact on the new label, so I can still talk about where it came from.
Karl's and Fakeshores are both relabels...
 
I mean, if I can ever find Claim Stake $25s in quantity, I plan to relabel some different $1s and to mill hot-stamped yellows to match the $25s and $5s. I think the set would look pretty damn nice. If not, I will go mixed.

Ultimately though, if you personally love the set you make and do not plan on selling it, does it really matter what other people believe is the right way to assemble a set is, assuming the relabeling is done very well? I have seen some pretty awesome sets with a relabeled denomination or two.
 
I would imagine you are reacting to my post in the mixed pr0n thread. Funny you bring it up becs, I hesitated too tbh :D But, in my opinion - and I’m not saying this is right, « mixed set » is vague enough to allow a lot of different configurations.
It was. But this is another instance when I should just keep my opinions to myself. Truth is, I have an irrational aversion to all relabels, and I can make up rules to keep them out of all sets. Also, your suggestion that you might relabel the Happy Knights might have sent me over the edge. I love those weirdo chips!
 
TRK casino chips.

Need I say more to refute your stance?
I don’t follow. I remember seeing TRK casino chips that were over labeled with cheap white labels, but I don’t think that’s what you’re getting at.
 
I don’t follow. I remember seeing TRK casino chips that were over labeled with cheap white labels, but I don’t think that’s what you’re getting at.

Yeah sorry for not being clear.

Because of the dearth of sharp edged TRK casino $1s available in quantity, milling and labeling some of the home line monograms becomes a valid option for completing sets. Sets like Money Trees don’t have a scrown $1 option at all and other sets have difficult to find and/or stupidly expensive fracs ala Pick Hobson 0.50s.
 
Yeah sorry for not being clear.

Because of the dearth of sharp edged TRK casino $1s available in quantity, milling and labeling some of the home line monograms becomes a valid option for completing sets. Sets like Money Trees don’t have a scrown $1 option at all and other sets have difficult to find and/or stupidly expensive fracs ala Pick Hobson 0.50s.
Yeah I was afraid you were going to say that. See my irrational issue with relabels, mentioned above. I double that for TRKs.
ive never handled TRK relabels. But the thing that’s always struck me about TRKs is the smooth, completely seemless transition from clay to inlay. There’s no way that TRK relabels feel the same way.
 
It was. But this is another instance when I should just keep my opinions to myself. Truth is, I have an irrational aversion to all relabels, and I can make up rules to keep them out of all sets. Also, your suggestion that you might relabel the Happy Knights might have sent me over the edge. I love those weirdo chips!

Completely understand re the Happy Knights. I just wish they were $20 :(
 
Completely understand re the Happy Knights. I just wish they were $20 :(
Up until the day before I got my rack, I definitely had a rule that ten dollar chips have no place in this world (except maybe a fixed limit set.) But those chips melted my heart. So now I rationalize it by saying that my quarters game plays too small to need a $20 anyway.
 

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