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Old 09-23-2004, 11:59 AM
TabascoJRC TabascoJRC is offline
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lets have a look at your design
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Old 09-23-2004, 12:27 PM
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It's based on Miksen's chips which I really liked. I basically used his chip body which I wanted to change up a little but my photoshop skllis are lacking... I can't make that grid around the edge to mess with colors... frustrating [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] . I'd like to post but I don't have any FTP software that I can post it to my website... lost my old copy of WTP (I think that's what it was called). Is there freeware out there that I can use that's secure? I think I can upload with just explorer but didn't like the unsecured nature of that... I could use some help here. I need to put up a site for our consignment shop and was looking at some software but the $145 was holding me back.

Any help would be appreciated and I'd like to get some feedback,

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Old 09-23-2004, 01:58 PM
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Default Re: FTP Freeware (and good too)

http://www.smartftp.com/

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Old 09-23-2004, 04:08 PM
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Excellent! Looks good... I'll give it a shot.

Thanks,
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Old 09-23-2004, 06:42 PM
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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

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Odd, I have the exact opposite feel of them as far as rigidness goes. Compared to the All In chips and the Casino chips, the 1003 and 1006 are much harder, and dont seem to mark near as easily. I do agree on the dirt factor though, the white edge spots dirty up pretty quickly. I still dont like the sound of them though..but again this is a personal opinion so its not like your opinion is wrong =)

On another note, I received the Navada Jack composite chips today, 7 chips, one of each color. I must say, I am impressed. The graphics on them are nice and they have a nice weight to them. The feel a little strange, they have a very rough surface, almost like very fine sandpaper. As far as sound goes, what you hear on the WSOP while everyone is clinking their chips around is pretty much what these sound like, dead on. I like the edge spots, though they are the same on all color chips. The orange and pink chips are kinda hard to differentiate from the side, not impossible, but they sorta blend together very well.

Overall, of all the samples I have here, I believe I like these the most. I thought clay would definitely be my choice, but these have swayed me. I like the feel of the chip and I especially like the sound. The graphics are a bonus, though the denom's kinda throw me a little since I would rather have non denom chips. That is but a small problem though as you can really just ignore them and assign whatever you want at any time.

What is most unfortunate is that these are the most expensive chips I have sampled, and should I choose to go with them, I would only be able to afford a 300 chip set at the moment.
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Old 09-23-2004, 06:59 PM
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The feel a little strange, they have a very rough surface, almost like very fine sandpaper.

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They feel like they have a uniform "roughness." Think about the parellel plastic lines on the front of a holographic sticker, but much smaller ridges. You run your thumb across it and you get that "zipper" effect, and you'll see that the lines or ridges are uniformly spaced.

BTW, these NJ chips have always been high on my list too. I really like them a lot for non-custom chips.

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Old 09-23-2004, 07:12 PM
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Im definitely leaning heavily towards them.

Another thing I have noticed is that out of the 4 different chip samples I have here, the NJs seem to be the most wear resistant of them all, I suppose due to the composite makeup of them. They dont seem to mark at all, and any marks made are easily cleaned off with no wear to the chip.

It figures I would get hooked on the one chip thats basically out of my price range =)

Argh!
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Old 09-23-2004, 07:39 PM
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Another thing I have noticed is that out of the 4 different chip samples I have here, the NJs seem to be the most wear resistant of them all,

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I'd agree with that.

There was a guy trying to sell a set here and/or on another board... You might check with him, and check on ebay.

http://www.texasholdem-poker.com/for...pic.php?t=4899

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/sh...part=1#1031092

http://search.ebay.com/nev-jac-chip_...QsosortorderZ1



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Old 09-23-2004, 08:03 PM
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Second I have the #1003 and #1006 chips from thepokerchipcompany.com... 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.

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I have to disagree with you on this. I think they are the closest thing to real casino chips out there. I sampled from over 10 companies and got over 30 samples before I made my choice. I felt the chips here were the best. The most compared to the Foxwoods chips (a little thicker though). I would reconsider this chip...

Big O
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Old 09-23-2004, 08:59 PM
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I have to disagree with you on this. I think they are the closest thing to real casino chips out there. I sampled from over 10 companies and got over 30 samples before I made my choice. I felt the chips here were the best. The most compared to the Foxwoods chips (a little thicker though). I would reconsider this chip...

Big O

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I just dont like them, maybe my assertion that they feel more like plastic is a bit off, but overall I just do not like the chip, nor the sound of the chip. But again, I am not saying that they are bad chips, I am just saying that I personally do not like them.

I truly am sold on the NJ chips at the moment...all around they are an amazing chip for something non custom.
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