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If I am not mistaken, the NJ chips are not ceramic. They are some type of plastic composite(this isnt necessarily bad, the WSOP chips are injection molded composite of some type as well).

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I was told that the NJ chips are very close to Chipco chips in make and feel, which is why I thought they were ceramic...or ar Chipco chips not ceramic and Im totally off? heh

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Of course snapping the 13g chip in half is something I didnt even bother to try since it has an insert and ill break my finger or something.

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I'll send you $50 if you can do it. Seriously. *

Ten







* The fifty dollar reward will be represented by one pink, dice, 11.5 gram, poker "chip."

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hmm i always thought they were ceramic too. If they compete with chipcos i would go ahead and call them ceramic anyway
-J

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Taken from Britannia online.....
ceramic materials that are derived from common, naturally occurring raw materials such as clay minerals and quartz sand. Through industrial processes that have been practiced in some form for centuries, these materials are made into such familiar products as china tableware, clay brick and tile, industrial abrasives and refractory linings, and portland cement.

Taken from Websters........
of or relating to the manufacture of any product (as earthenware, porcelain, or brick) made essentially from a nonmetallic mineral (as clay) by firing at a high temperature; also : of or relating to such a product

With these definitions in mind, both Chipco and NJ composites would be considered "ceramic" as neither has man made materials such as plastic in their composition.

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Taken from Britannia online.....
ceramic materials that are derived from common, naturally occurring raw materials such as clay minerals and quartz sand. Through industrial processes that have been practiced in some form for centuries, these materials are made into such familiar products as china tableware, clay brick and tile, industrial abrasives and refractory linings, and portland cement.

Taken from Websters........
of or relating to the manufacture of any product (as earthenware, porcelain, or brick) made essentially from a nonmetallic mineral (as clay) by firing at a high temperature; also : of or relating to such a product

With these definitions in mind, both Chipco and NJ composites would be considered "ceramic" as neither has man made materials such as plastic in their composition.

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With those definitions, both chips could also rightly be called "clay" too! Or at least "clay composite" like the 11.5 slugs are touted as....

Ten

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No, I wasn't questioning your reviews or the need for them. You just wrote that you were deciding on chips and I know that I and others have done reviews that you might be interested in reading.

By all means post your reviews!

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I've got samples from pokerchips.com, thepokerchipcomany, homepokerchips.com and a few others. I play in a home game that uses pokerchips.com clays. I love them and plan on getting them. I was going to get a sample from buypokerchips.com but decided not to since you can't customize. All in all, if you want a really good set of clays, pokerchips.com is the way to go.

The only problem I've had so far is discerning their colors. They can't send sample chips of all the colors, and it is a bit dificult to tell the different between the blues and reds especially from their color chart

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they should make a few chips with all the colors
and send one of those out when someone is ready to start an order

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I agree, Homepoker chips has that I believe.

How important do you guys think it is to go with standard casino colors.... blue/white for 1s red for 5s green for 25s etc...???

Cause I don't particularly want my 100s to be black...

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Second I have the #1003 and #1006 chips from thepokerchipcompany.com. The first thing you notice of course, is the standard 10.5g weight compared to the hefty 13g "Casino" chips. Although these are pure clay with no insert, they actually feel more like plastic then anything else, they are very hard and sound a bit...cheap when clinking them around. The quality of the chip however is much better then the "Casino" chip. You can immediately tell the difference in the edge spots and chip itself that this is a higher quality chip. The edges are very sharp, in direct contrast to the 13g chips. Overall though, like the 13g chips, I really just do not like them. These are the most expensive chips I have here.
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First, thanks for posting as I too am in the market for a nice set of chips. Thought I'd add my 2¢ here. I have to disagree with your eval of the #1003 & #1006 as I don't think they're hard at all and I really like the weight, feel and sound of them. They are much softer than the A-mould & roman chips samples I have form pokerchips.com, the modern clays from buypokerchips.com, and the TR Kings sample from Apache. I think they're are soft possibly too soft... a few drops in the car port & on the kitchen tile have sizeable nicks in the chips. The nicks wear in okay but this adds to my reservations for longtime wear & use. My other hesitancy is mainly for the looks of the chip... only white edge spots is kind of boring and dirty's up pretty quickly (at least it did on my samples after only two weeks) such that I tried cleaning with a little soap/water (very little) and the chips are now very faded and the hot stamp is wearing off. If it wasn't for the looks of the sample chips after two weeks these might be my choice as I really like the weight, feel & sound... they're quality chips but even from some pics on their website you can get a flavor for how they might fade over time (see possible faded black chip ... could be dust/powder but looks like the fading I mentioned). I have samples of the 13.5g chips from buypokerchips.com and I think they're are better than the 11.5g's and would definitely consider these if cost was my biggest motivator.

My choice right now is leaning to custom chipco style... really like the NJ's & Modern Clays except for the design so I figure if I'm going to spend the money might as well up the cost for the personalization/nostalgia factor. Started my chip design and the first draft has the SWMBO excited... wahoo! I'm going to contact homepokerchips.com soon to get a better quote but still refining my design... We'll see what kind of damper the cost does for my excitement.

Sorry for the long ramblin's... hoped they helped someone,

Fins