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Jade arrow head
« on: March 20, 2020, 04:54:42 PM »

Another one I finished recently, it would have been my entry in our Aussie national gem show in the carving section but it was cancelled due to obvious reasons, I gifted it to my friend that owns the mine the jade comes from.
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Re: Jade arrow head
« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2020, 07:13:14 PM »

That is amazing work!  You carved out all those grooves?  How in the world did you get them to be so perfectly even?   :Worthy:
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Re: Jade arrow head
« Reply #2 on: March 20, 2020, 07:13:41 PM »

That's outstanding!
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Re: Jade arrow head
« Reply #3 on: March 20, 2020, 08:03:59 PM »

Lovely work with lovely material.
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Re: Jade arrow head
« Reply #4 on: March 20, 2020, 11:17:43 PM »

Thanks for the great comments, I marked out all the groves before I started, carved with my foredom with a diamond point, then hand sanded it with silicon carbide course grits-then from 1200 grit up on diamond to 100K, then polished on Linde A.
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Re: Jade arrow head
« Reply #5 on: March 21, 2020, 12:40:22 AM »

Stunning, great artistry
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Re: Jade arrow head
« Reply #6 on: March 21, 2020, 09:24:26 AM »

 :WHOAL: :WHOAR:

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Re: Jade arrow head
« Reply #7 on: March 21, 2020, 09:56:58 AM »

It works out so well. What does the Linde a do after using 100k diamond? I understand it's better since the polish is so great, but why. Thanks
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Re: Jade arrow head
« Reply #8 on: March 21, 2020, 12:42:52 PM »

Thanks for the great comments. I normally finish on 100K diamond but the linde A makes it even higher polish-strange as linde A is .5 micron, 50K but it breaks down as you polish.
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Re: Jade arrow head
« Reply #9 on: March 21, 2020, 04:51:46 PM »

Always more to learn.
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Re: Jade arrow head
« Reply #10 on: March 25, 2020, 01:38:03 PM »

Gorgeous carving.  Do you have any Youtube videos of you carving?  I'd love to see your process.
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