Windwalker’s Chipping Journey in Pr0n0grAph1C Detail (15 Viewers)

[allforcharity]

I always wondered if there was a way to make them into a rack.

3D print them, or get @One Eyed Dollar to do it for you.

 

[Windwalker]

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I've done this before and then taped the 'package' together. Padded and shipped.

Yep, I’ve seen and like this method. I’m probably being a baby, but I find it really cumbersome when I receive the chips of digging each one out of the holders. The medallion tube is so much smoother.

 

[JustDave]

Yep, I’ve seen and like this method. I’m probably being a baby, but I find it really cumbersome when I receive the chips of digging each one out of the holders. The medallion tube is so much smoother.

To be completely honest I'd probably just cut them out.

 

[Schmendr1ck]

To be completely honest I'd probably just cut them out.

 

[CrazyEddie]

something from my hardcore Numismatist days

Technically you're once again a hardcore numismatist! Collecting fiat rather than specie; banknotes with the form factor of coins. Quite an odd duck, but well within the confines of numismatry.

Don't take any wooden nickels!

Thanks for mentioning those containers; I hadn't seen them before.

 

[CrazyEddie]

@ovo gifted a cool mystery bubble prize for one of our meetups but fully masking taping the whole thing so it would remain unknown

Blank THC ??

omg

That's beautiful

 

[Windwalker]

@RainmanTrail first got me interested in the Binion’s WSOP Paulson set, and I have spent the better half, maybe even three quarters of the last 3 months trying to track down as many of them as possible. It has been quite an adventure, with a fair bit of detective work, some mild social engineering, and a ton of dead ends. But I’m nearing the end of a quest to put together the largest known set ever, outside of the actual tournament.

Part of that quest was to find / create consistency in the quality and condition of the chips, which meant taking chips in various states of cleanliness and use, and cleaning / culling them. For this task, I solicited the help of a good friend, @JeepologyOffroad. I have probably PM’ed more with John than everyone else on PCF combined.

Not only did he help me clean and cull, but he also took some amazing photos of them. A big, comprehensive Pr0n post with all denoms coming soon, but here are a couple of teaser photos that John took that are absolutely breathtaking!

 

[JeepologyOffroad]

Honored to help out. Especially for a set like this. It was an awesome experience seeing them all together in person. The full set will be a sight to behold.

 

[Thomacetti]

Wow Krish...that is really really really sick (and I use my words careful here)

Update: excellent pr0n too John @JeepologyOffroad

 

[pacmartine]

And scarily, I'm not sure this statement will be true of your collection soon.

 

[liftapint]

I fancy myself a TRK girl. But damn, that's one amazing set. I can't wait to see the whole thing. WOW, @Windwalker. It's stunning!

 

[Jeevansluck]

I’ve been troubled by how to ship individual barrels for a while now. The Warneke boxes work incredibly well for full racks, but for expensive barrels, the traditional method of rolling them up in bubble wrap and then padding an SFRB has seemed primitive.

And then I remembered something from my hardcore Numismatist days — the patented silver Medallion holder. In fact, the original sizes of chips had been based off the the treasury’s model for medallion coins, and so I dug through my storage closet and voila!

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They have CRAZY prices on Amazon, but you can get them for 95 cents each here:

https://www.ready-set-collect.com/products/1-ounce-silver-medallion-tube

Just an idea, but I've shipped many barrels this way...

 

[chrismurda]

I came...


again.

 

[Numerobis]

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This is easy one of the best ever photos i've seen on PCF. Congrats, it's an amazing set

 

[Eloe2000]

Phew! For a minute there I thought John got rid of his coffee table.

Those Binions are disgustingly minty.

Bravo.

 

[Chippy McChiperson]

I mean that's just amazing

 

[cpac54]

If no one else is gonna say it, I will.

“Dibs!”

Truly amazing set. It still burns my ass that I missed out on getting a playable tourney set of those Binion’s.

 

[Thomacetti]

You are really going all out for the give-away set Krish....you shouldn't have...but thanks

 

[Kain8]

@RainmanTrail first got me interested in the Binion’s WSOP Paulson set, and I have spent the better half, maybe even three quarters of the last 3 months trying to track down as many of them as possible. It has been quite an adventure, with a fair bit of detective work, some social engineering, and a ton of dead ends. But I’m nearing the end of a quest to put together the largest known set ever, outside of the actual tournament.

Part of that quest was to find / create consistency in the quality and condition of the chips, which meant taking chips in various states of cleanliness and use, and cleaning / culling them. For this task, I solicited the help of a good friend, @JeepologyOffroad. I have probably PM’ed more with John than everyone else on PCF combined.

Not only did he help me clean and cull, but he also took some amazing photos of them. A big, comprehensive Pr0n post with all denoms coming soon, but here are a couple of teaser photos that John took that are absolutely breathtaking!

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[megarises]

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Glad it wasn’t just me!

 

[mattross1313]

Well, that's enough PCF for one day

Insane set you've put together. Good work both!

 

[chrismurda]

PCF might crash if they don’t beef up the web servers before the full Binion’s pr0n post.

 

[ssanel54]

Honored to help out. Especially for a set like this. It was an awesome experience seeing them all together in person. The full set will be a sight to behold.

Are they all in that condition?

 

[Pinkdan]

I’m a noob, what’s culling exactly?

 

[cpac54]

I’m a noob, what’s culling exactly?

Getting rid of/eliminating. I imagine he meant sorting out and keeping only the best condition chips.

 

[JeepologyOffroad]

Are they all in that condition?

All the T5s are fairly sharp and uniform. Was near impossible to really sort those much since they are so close.

Sharp T100s next to “worst” t100s. Not a big height difference, but some difference in sharpness. Still not terrible

After sorting the sharpest - large majority of the rest of the chips were nearly the same condition. Mainly just removed any that had larger flea bites but it wasn’t many at all surprisingly.

 

[JeepologyOffroad]

Also, it is damn near impossible to take photos of sets this size and actually do them justice. I’m not happy with any of the hundreds of photos I took

 

[GianThaMan]

Where are all the 1ks?

 

[davislane]

Also, it is damn near impossible to take photos of sets this size and actually do them justice. I’m not happy with any of the hundreds of photos I took

sure looks like a lot of sample sets.

 

[Windwalker]

Where are all the 1ks?

The only denoms I needed culled and cleaned were the T5, T25 and T100. The rest are with me.