Got My New Nevada Jacks CLAYS Today!! |
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Posted Wed Mar 23, 2005 6:31 pm GMT by vai777
Thankfully the order was almost defect free. Just 1 warped blue chip, a green with slightly chiped edges and a blck with some inlay issues and some nasty divits taken out of it around the edge. Also 3 of the red chips have what appear to be light slashes equadistant to each other going around the entire chip rim. I am going to send back these defective chips and see what Nevada Jacks can do for me. I mean im sure they wont balk at replacing 6 chips when I purchased 500. and a 1percent defect rate is not to bad.
No broken chips. They are chalky but so are paulsons when they are new.
They stack well and are pretty even to each other in height
The blue, red and purple chips are all exactly the same height when stacked.
The yellow, green and black are all he same heights when stacked.
however when comparing either one stack from the 2 groups mentioned above to each other the ie... Blue stack vs Yellow stack the yellow stack is 1/4 chip shorter. You really cant tell unless the stack tops are eye level, and for me its not a major issue.
so basically the blue, red and purple chips are all slightly thicker than the gree, yellow and black. dont ask me wht I have no idea.
I love the colors of the chips I have to say they are better looking than the new paulsons. The jacks have more of an earthy tone to them as compared to the almost neon like quality of the new paulsons.
Overall I am happy with the purchase and hope to hear from others that may have purchased these chips.
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Posted Wed Mar 23, 2005 6:51 pm GMT by yeltzen
I get mine tomorrow. :D
Definitely agree with you on the colors, though... the NJs use some dayglo too, but the Paulsons make me feel like I need to put sunblock on.
Posted Wed Mar 23, 2005 6:54 pm GMT by vai777
yeah some of those paulsons are OUT OF CONTROL like the (oh!! I just burnt my retna orange) chip.
Posted Wed Mar 23, 2005 8:00 pm GMT by breakbeat46
I tried mineral oil on the 50 purple chips that i have and it does make a huge difference in their appearance. I was always jealous of the deep colors of the new paulsons but after treating them with the oil, the colors of the chip stand out much, much better. It really gets rid of that white dust coating the chips as stated in the other thread. But it did take about an hour to do 50, while watching tv. For those who baught the chips i highly reccomend doing this. I've had my set since december and now i like my chips even more. dont know what it will do (pick up more dirt, etc) after playing with them.
Posted Wed Mar 23, 2005 9:13 pm GMT by gmunny
What about some pics, Vai? Need to show 'em off.
G$
Posted Wed Mar 23, 2005 10:50 pm GMT by vai777
Between buying guitars and now poker chips I dont have a digital camera I know i must be that last person on earth with out one. But I dont have a cell phone either if you can belive that
Posted Wed Mar 23, 2005 11:43 pm GMT by circlencircle
| vai777 wrote: | | Between buying guitars and now poker chips I dont have a digital camera I know i must be that last person on earth with out one. But I dont have a cell phone either if you can belive that |
Looks like we have a lot in common. I'm a guitar player, I don’t own a digital camera and I don't own a cell phone. I used a camera from work to take all the pictures I’ve posted. In the last 11 months I have spent about $9000 between poker chips, poker table, cards etc, guitars and recording equipment - mostly recording equipment...
Posted Thu Mar 24, 2005 12:47 am GMT by Prettey Toney
| vai777 wrote: | | Between buying guitars and now poker chips I dont have a digital camera I know i must be that last person on earth with out one. But I dont have a cell phone either if you can belive that |
At least you prioritize wisely. Kind of like me, I owned a $5,000 watch before I bought my first house. Thats another story though.
Posted Thu Mar 24, 2005 7:54 am GMT by vai777
Hey circle waht type of guitars you got. I have a bunch of Tom Andersons. you should check them out if you like strat or tele guitars.
Anyway back to the chips, I continued searching the NJ Clays last night for defects and found a total of nine (I guess thats not bad) Im sending them back to nevada jacks with a letter explaining the problem. Hopefully they will be understanding and replace them for me.
Im really impressed with the colors and how well they go with each other. The chips are really complimentary in the fact that each can stand on its own and yet they all blend together very well.
Now im just waiting for my Old style JB Paulsons to arrive on monday.
That should end my chip hunting for a little while (at least large sets).
Unless the new paulson mold is something that I cant resist because I really love the way those chips feel.
Posted Thu Mar 24, 2005 8:28 am GMT by pocket snowmen
hey i play guitar too! this should really be in the offtopic forum... but i have a fender american strat, and a fender deville 4x10 tube amp.....
about the chips.. i keep thinking abuot getting at least some samples... i have never handled a clay chip other than ASMs....
Posted Thu Mar 24, 2005 9:04 am GMT by circlencircle
| vai777 wrote: | | Hey circle waht type of guitars you got. I have a bunch of Tom Andersons. you should check them out if you like strat or tele guitars. |
We should probably take this to PM's but I'll just say real quick, I have a G&L Legacy, a Taylor acoustic and a cheap Fender 4 string bass that I just use for recording and a vintage Fender Delux Reverb. Recording wise I run Protools LE.
Posted Thu Mar 24, 2005 9:15 am GMT by pocket snowmen
pm me some pics of your setup
Posted Thu Mar 24, 2005 9:41 am GMT by slowplayray
Since this thread has been completely hijacked now, I will just mention that I also play guitar. I do not go nuts on gear though, all I have is my Ovation Celebrity Deluxe. Thinking about trading it in for a full-body though.
Posted Thu Mar 24, 2005 9:53 am GMT by pocket snowmen
hey, i have an ovation celebrity acoustic-electric
Posted Thu Mar 24, 2005 10:13 am GMT by yeltzen
I think we should all make it our life's work to threadjack as many posts as possible.
Posted Thu Mar 24, 2005 11:06 am GMT by pocket snowmen
i wouldnt mind that... going offtopic is my specialty
Posted Thu Mar 24, 2005 5:34 pm GMT by vai777
any thought about mineral oil and the nj clays.
Yeltzen or anyone else who owns these chips oil or not to oil that is the question
Posted Thu Mar 24, 2005 5:38 pm GMT by circlencircle
| vai777 wrote: | any thought about mineral oil and the nj clays.
Yeltzen or anyone else who owns these chips oil or not to oil that is the question |
Did you see pokerchipreviews before and after pictures of this? He has decent little write up about doing it with these chips specifically.
Posted Thu Mar 24, 2005 5:40 pm GMT by yeltzen
I'll just oil them up the natural way - with my dirty, nasty, grungy hands.
Posted Thu Mar 24, 2005 11:11 pm GMT by vai777
well I just finished applying mineral oil to all 500 chips and they really are better after being oiled up. I mean the colors are more crisp and there is no sign of chalkiness. A great chip made even better. I would recomend this to anyone who owns the chips (if you have the time- about 3 and a half hours).
:D
Posted Thu Mar 24, 2005 11:40 pm GMT by breakbeat46
I just finshed checking my chips. The new batch I got seems better than my last order. The white, blue, red chips all are the same height and I dont seem to have any 'spinners' as refered in the other post. Also the case that they come with is much much better than the last.
Posted Thu Mar 24, 2005 11:44 pm GMT by vai777
the only spinners i got were some of the green 25s.
what case did they ship with yours
Posted Thu Mar 24, 2005 11:47 pm GMT by breakbeat46
the first time i ordred (december 04) i got this case http://www.5stardeal.com/deals/10Expand.asp?ProductCode=10-5002S
this time i got something like this case http://www.5stardeal.com/deals/10Expand.asp?ProductCode=10-400SDX
Posted Thu Mar 24, 2005 11:49 pm GMT by breakbeat46
Im glad you oiled you chips. I notice a big difference in the $100's. I also oiled the $500's and $1000's. The $500's improved a bit, and the $1000's seem the same. I havent gotten around to the $25's yet.
Posted Thu Mar 24, 2005 11:52 pm GMT by yeltzen
There are several spinners in my batch of 25s. None of the other colors have these though. Weird.
Posted Thu Mar 24, 2005 11:56 pm GMT by breakbeat46
I have spinners mostly in $25's a few in $100. i dunno i also got a few more $25's and 100's and now they are the same height.
Posted Fri Mar 25, 2005 12:22 am GMT by TenPercenter
I know someone that wants to sell 800 NJ Clays so he can get 1000 Pharaoh's Paulsons. PM me your email and I'll forward it to him if you're interested.
Ten
Posted Fri Mar 25, 2005 12:25 am GMT by yeltzen
I'll trade him 100 dice chips for them.
Posted Fri Mar 25, 2005 12:28 am GMT by TenPercenter
| yeltzen wrote: | | I'll trade him 100 dice chips for them. |
I asked him. He said he'd need 10,000 dice chips for them. (I think he'll go down to 8,000 though...)
Ten
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