Blank chip recomendations (2 Viewers)

[Captain Lou]

Yes, I am new to this site. I've spend a while reading and going to spend more. A lot of good info here!

I'm looking for some cool blank chips. I put on occasional fundraising events for friends, and would like to print my own custom labels for the chips in their tournaments (I have the means to produce them). I have found that a 5/10 starting blinds works well in this environment, so I'm looking specifically for traditional colors of $5, $25 and $100 chips. Thinking a 700 set to start, but want to have the ability to add more later. I already have two 'main' sets of chips, and players in fundraisers will be wowed more by the labels than the quality of the chips, so Paulson's and such are kind of overkill here. But I am also looking for something more than just the basic/boring traditional plastic home-game chips.

I've seen a few sites that have Claysmith blank chips that look nice and are in my price range. Hard for me to decide between 12-stripe and chip-and-stick styles; not sure why but I just don't care for the Milano design. I've seen a few others online - some have been discontinued so I don't want to go that route as it makes adding additional chips in the future difficult.

A local store had the Showdown chips and I REALLY liked them, but they only had them in large denominations - and they don't seem to be available in blanks. I can certainly order them online, but I was advised against putting labels on top of labels, even for a one-time tournament. True or false?

Majestic chips are nice, but more $ than Claysmith. They may be worth it, but like I said these are for hosted tournaments so they are a little more than I hoped to spend.

Any thoughts / opinions, maybe even snide remarks, are appreciated. Thanks!

Lou

 

[BGinGA]

Cheapest route for your purposes is probably removing the labels from ether Showdown Club / Poker Knights/ Monaco Club chips and applying custom labels. About 15c-16c each plus the cost of your labels.

Much nicer than the Claysmith offerings imo, and about the same price. You may even like the stock label designs and choose to not re-label.

https://www.apachepokerchips.com/product/showdown-club-poker-chips/
https://www.apachepokerchips.com/product/poker-knights-poker-chips/
https://www.apachepokerchips.com/product/monaco-club-poker-chips/

 

[mummel]

Poker knights get my vote!

 

[mummel]

But for custom labels, what's your budget per chip?

 

[Captain Lou]

Hadn't thought of removing existing labels as I figured it would be a pain and didn't want to risk damaging the chips. Did some digging and it appears that it isn't TOO bad as long as you use patience and good lighting. Not being concerned about the label afterwards might ease the process. I've got a few spare chips around, maybe I'll give that a test run.

Don't really have a budget for the project per se, but being as these aren't going to be my main set I don't want to spend a ton on them. But still want something better and fancier than the garden variety home poker set.

Thanks for the tips!
Lou

 

[mummel]

I would look at the Milano and Majestic blanks. Would make for some decent China clays.

 

[Ellasdaddy]

I've been curious about the Showdown and Poker Knights chips for a while now. Will likely get samples at some point. The weight is off-putting to me but I'm willing to sample first because they look great for the price. At 16 cents/chip, I'd make them a cheap relabel project for a traveling 1000 chip basic tourney set.

If it's not your main set, I'd keep these labels for sure. These are really nice and simple for your purposes.

When you choose a main set of your own, collaborate with the fine folks here at PCF to create a design and top quality label. Taking off China clay labels is easy-peasy with an exacto knife, and putting new labels on is simple by hand too. I've relabeled Milanos and CPS so far and they were a breeze.

 

[T_Chan]

I use generic metal slugged chips for my rentals. The good is that they're nicer than dice chips, not as slippery and players love the weight and feel. The bad is that they're freaking heavy to carry around. I have around 4k of them so I split it into 3 loads which even then is very heavy. Though I love my labels, for fundraisers and charities the nice labels are almost never noticed. If you're on a budget, I would say buy them and use them as is, but if you want to splurge a little and make your set nicer, plus the added security feature, then labels are the way to go.

I bought mine in bulk, peeled off the labels and then relabelled them with Gears's's labels. The process wasn't horrible, I just did it at home as I watched tv. The chips are cheap enough that I didn't mind if I damaged them a tiny bit with the exacto knife and the labels were garbage so I didn't care if I damaged those.

 

[mummel]

Nice chips Tony! Im biased towards the Milanos. I love my set albeit some caveats.

 

[Poker Zombie]

I did a quick video removing a label from a chip. This was the last one of 600. They started slowly (and jabbed myself a few times on the outset), but by the time I was done, I was ready to work on a Chinese assembly line.

 

[T_Chan]

I did the same with my newly acquired milanos. There's no nickels in the set so I relabelled some as 5c's.

 

[mummel]

I did the same with my newly acquired milanos. There's no nickels in the set so I relabelled some as 5c's.

I've been thinking about doing this.

 

[T_Chan]

 

[SleepInPC]

I did a quick video removing a label from a chip. This was the last one of 600. They started slowly (and jabbed myself a few times on the outset), but by the time I was done, I was ready to work on a Chinese assembly line.

Nice video. Short and simple.

 

[mummel]

Guys makes it look super easy. I'm inspired.

 

[cgraham86]

Guys makes it look super easy. I'm inspired.

Good advice here. Another alternative is picking up S2 bud jones from the wide range of defunct casinos (eg. 'Big Apples') and relabeling those. The recess is large enough where you don't have to worry about removing the old label, and the plastic inlays are rigid enough where putting a vinyl label on the existing label would work just fine.

I'd stay away from the blank china clays though. They don't wear very well.

 

[Captain Lou]

This morning I ordered a set of Showdowns. There were of course several labeled brands that share this chip, this is the one I liked the best.

After watching the video from Poker Zombie (thanks so much!) I did a test run on a couple of Monte Carlos I had laying around. I didn't completely remove the chips, but I lifted them enough to know that I could do it easily enough. And now I know that the labels should be intact afterwards I'll be placing them on the paper of the labels I replace them with in case I decide to use them again as I do like them.

Thanks to all those who replied. Can't wait until the chips arrive!!!!

Lou