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Offline jamie

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rhyolite
« on: June 23, 2011, 07:29:59 pm »




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Re: rhyolite
« Reply #1 on: June 23, 2011, 07:42:25 pm »
nice looks like a killer.
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Offline nclonghunter

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« Reply #2 on: June 23, 2011, 09:19:35 pm »
I like it, that looks good...

I may be a sick individual but the more I work the rhyolite beast the more I like it... >:D
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Re: rhyolite
« Reply #3 on: June 23, 2011, 10:17:24 pm »
i think i could get real used to using this stuff. important thing is to build convexity.
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Re: rhyolite
« Reply #4 on: June 23, 2011, 10:48:12 pm »
Good one! Is that the gray or the green? I've got a piece of that nasty gray I'm beating on. I smack it a while and then go back and do it again a few days later.
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Offline Timo

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« Reply #5 on: June 24, 2011, 12:33:53 am »
nice looking piece Jamie. Good to see you getting some chippin time.
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Offline jonathan creason

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« Reply #6 on: June 24, 2011, 01:05:11 am »
Holy crap, I can't believe you worked something that thin and purdy out of ryolite.  That point is awesome!
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Re: rhyolite
« Reply #7 on: June 24, 2011, 06:19:46 am »
thank you. ed this is bluish grey . its from massachusetts. definetly not pretty stuff. i got a nice chunk of the green last weekend . looking forward to trying out the rhyolite version of candy. =)
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Offline Tower

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Re: rhyolite
« Reply #8 on: June 24, 2011, 09:52:16 am »
Thats one of the nicest rhyolite points I've seen. Great job.
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Re: rhyolite
« Reply #9 on: June 24, 2011, 10:59:54 am »
"nice chunk of the green", tha's kinda an oxymoron, you think? ;)
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Offline AncientArcher76

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« Reply #10 on: June 24, 2011, 03:40:42 pm »
Nice point Jaimie now wheres my rhyolite!!!...LOL

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Re: rhyolite
« Reply #11 on: June 24, 2011, 08:17:49 pm »
Wow :o!!! That is a crazy great job on some aggravating material.
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Re: rhyolite
« Reply #12 on: June 25, 2011, 05:14:43 pm »
thanks again guys, appreciate the compliments.

eddie compared to this stuff the green is candy.  ;D
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Re: rhyolite
« Reply #13 on: June 26, 2011, 04:51:13 pm »
Sweet! I just thought our rhyolite was tough until I tried some of that Mt. Kineo stuff from Maine......:)
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Re: rhyolite
« Reply #14 on: June 27, 2011, 02:07:17 am »
Good lookin stuff!
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