Who makes the best Ceramics now (within reason)? I haven't ordered in like 5+ years (1 Viewer)

[SonRK]

Hi guys -

I made a few custom ceramics and in my most latest set, I can definitely see a quality difference in two batches I made, but I can't find the receipts or locations I purchased them at. One batch has started to fade/bleed, while the other batch is doing great in retaining its colors. Also these both batches contain "matte" edges, which I prefer over shiny ones.

My home game has started to pick up again, and I've been getting off once every 1-2 weeks, which is a nice cadence. I have a lot of chipped and missed chips I would like to replace. I don't mind paying premium (I think I paid 60c a chip before?) for the matte edges, and colors that don't bleed.

I also need to pick up some Chipco racks, what's the best source for these now?

 

[KHarp1]

BR Pro is probably considered the best ceramic chips, currently. They're American made, quality and are a vendor here in the forum. Great customer service.

Can you post a couple of pics of these chips?

 

[allforcharity]

BR Pro and Sun-Fly are your go-tos for best quality for price, IMHO.

 

[SonRK]

https://imgur.com/a/pU3Ld

BR Pro is probably considered the best ceramic chips, currently. They're American made, quality and are a vendor here in the forum. Great customer service.

Can you post a couple of pics of these chips?

StarCraft themed poker set !

I got these made 9 years ago based on the age of this album. Damn… and I know I chose a different vendor to make more chips about 5-6 years ago

Okay I’ll reach out to BR Pro and Sun Fly mentioned below for some samples.

 

[SonRK]

Obviously thank you both for quick replies! Always loved the poker chip community. Hehehe

 

[SonRK]

I found my emails!

Looks like I used Old West Poker Supplies and Palm Import Gaming for my batches. Still not sure which was which though.

Since I have a fully working set, I’ll get a sample of both suggestions here. That makes most sense

 

[BPTDirector]

Br pro is quality through and through, Tina ceramics purchased through @justincarothers are another excellent option. He has a group buy every month.

 

[KHarp1]

Sunfly doesn't do samples.

 

[allforcharity]

I made my ceramic set through OWPS back in 2013. RIP Salvatore.

 

[SonRK]

Bumping this up, I placed a small sample set from BRPoker but it seems they have shiny edges

Are there any manufacturers that don't make the edges shiny? My set had them matte/flat, and would like the new chips to match (even though the face of the chip is fading on my original set)

 

[KingZilla]

Broken Arrow Card Room Supply here on PCF sells the "tina" ceramics. Those don't have shiny edges.

 

[BGinGA]

Bumping this up, I placed a small sample set from BRPoker but it seems they have shiny edges

Are there any manufacturers that don't make the edges shiny? My set had them matte/flat, and would like the new chips to match (even though the face of the chip is fading on my original set)

Game On Chip Company (GOCC - formerly, and now once again Chipco) and Palm Gaming / Palm Imports (PGI, now closed) were the only near-recent-history ceramic chip companies to offer matte-finish rolling edges. BRPro/ABC and Sun-Fly only offer glossy edges, with Sun-Fly being the most 'shiny'.

More recently, the Chinese-made ceramic chips from "Tina" are being produced with matte-finish edges.

 

[SavageLizard]

Game On Chip Company (GOCC - formerly, and now once again Chipco) and Palm Gaming / Palm Imports (PGI, now closed) were the only near-recent-history ceramic chip companies to offer matte-finish rolling edges. BRPro/ABC and Sun-Fly only offer glossy edges, with Sun-Fly being the most 'shiny'.

More recently, the Chinese-made ceramic chips from "Tina" are being produced with matte-finish edges.

Is Chipco still in business? Nothing seems to work at their website.

 

[buzzmonkey]

Is Chipco still in business? Nothing seems to work at their website.

No, but BRPro bought up most of their blanks I think. Not sure if they still have stock or not.

 

[BGinGA]

Is Chipco still in business? Nothing seems to work at their website.

Theoretically, yes. Chipco dissolved due to legal issues (with many assets purchased by PGI), then GOCC was created by former Chipco employees and subsequently closed. Now renamed back to Chipco and Florida-based, but basically impossible to reach.

No, but BRPro bought up most of their blanks I think. Not sure if they still have stock or not.

BRPro got the Chipco blanks from PGI when ABC purchased their assets.

 

[SonRK]

Game On Chip Company (GOCC - formerly, and now once again Chipco) and Palm Gaming / Palm Imports (PGI, now closed) were the only near-recent-history ceramic chip companies to offer matte-finish rolling edges. BRPro/ABC and Sun-Fly only offer glossy edges, with Sun-Fly being the most 'shiny'.

More recently, the Chinese-made ceramic chips from "Tina" are being produced with matte-finish edges.

This was very informative. I've gotten chips from Palm Gaming actually before, no wonder I had matte-finish.

Thank you everyone as well. Always get good knowledgeable responses on this forum

 

[Danny_Banana]

Theoretically, yes. Chipco dissolved due to legal issues (with many assets purchased by PGI), then GOCC was created by former Chipco employees and subsequently closed. Now renamed back to Chipco and Florida-based, but basically impossible to reach.

They made the chips for the most recent WPT championship. I asked if they'd make chips for consumers still and they technically said yes, But it's unlikely any of us could ever hit their minimum, even with a group buy.

 

[SpaceMonkey420]

I just ordered empty Chipco racks yesterday and i always use BPR pro for them. Several hundred racks, and I’ve never had one issue… this is the recipe for a dozen, including shipping

 

[springbox]

Sun-Fly and BRPro I think have better QC and better blank quality. Tinas have the best customization and lower prices but longer waits.

 

[BGinGA]

They made the chips for the most recent WPT championship. I asked if they'd make chips for consumers still and they technically said yes, But it's unlikely any of us could ever hit their minimum, even with a group buy.

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"5000 per design"... those are rookie numbers.

I've been involved with several group buys that had six-figure orders, and a bunch with 20k-50k.

Biggest issue with this company is getting them to respond at all.

 

[Larold]

Sun-Fly and BRPro I think have better QC and better blank quality. Tinas have the best customization and lower prices but longer waits.

Apologies for being a contrarian but I did not find long wait times w/ Tina. (To be fair you said 'longer' not 'long') I recently had a 4,200 custom chip set (complex art, 14 different colors / color-schemes) done by Tina. From approval to fully-manufactured took 4-6 days. Express shipping was 61 hours from leaving her factory to my doorstep. We were iterating a bit back and forth on tweaks to the design, so perhaps she worked her customer queue to fit me in by the time the design was ready, but the speed and quality of service was just insanely good.

FWIW, there once was a post somewhere on these forums where someone held Sun-Fly's and Tina's next to each other, demonstrating that the colors on the Tina's just POPPED, and they did.

The only thing I was not expecting, but am 100% okay with (my wife explained this to me), is that when you go with a matte finish on ceramics (and maybe this is only true with Tinas, maybe it's a ceramics thing) is there is this visual effect across all the chips... it's a very subtle powerdery look to the colors. Like, take every single color you get, no matter how rich you try to make it, and place it (conceptually) behind a tiny, tiny, tiny thin layer of fog / light grey powder / film.
I found this effect was not noticeable in photos - only in-person.

Sorry for wall-of-text; too much coffee.

 

[SonRK]

My BRPoker chips arrived! They're the left on both screenshots, so we can see the color differences from BRPoker and Palm Gaming Import. Just as a reference for those who are either adding on, or expanding their existing sets.

The edgespots are also different enough to be noticed, but you would never confuse full denominations so it's fine.

Now I need to figure out how much my OCD will be bothered before I just re-do the entire set haha.

 

[BGinGA]

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My BRPoker chips arrived! They're the left on both screenshots, so we can see the color differences from BRPoker and Palm Gaming Import. Just as a reference for those who are either adding on, or expanding their existing sets.

The edgespots are also different enough to be noticed, but you would never confuse full denominations so it's fine.

Now I need to figure out how much my OCD will be bothered before I just re-do the entire set haha.

Be advised that BRProPoker now has three different dye-sub printers at their disposal. Worth a chat with them to try and figure out which one might be best/closest to color-match your PGI chips, even if it means sending them sample chips.

 

[joeyshin]

brpropoker will not make chips with a real casino name on them. Even if the chip is not a replica. I asked them about making a Caribe Hilton 25K chip for me, but they said they cant put the name of a real casino on there.

Is there another ceramic chip company that makes 43mm chips with rolling edges?