My Hobby

My Hobby: Opal – Helpful Hints from an Enthusiast

 

After cutting opals for about 30 flere år, one day an old bloke walked into the Opal Miner’s Hut and said: “How do you “dop” an opal?” After a lengthy description of the traditional heated sealing wax method, he said: “That’s a bit of a long winded way of doing it!!”

I swallowed my pride and listened to his simple suggestion. His idea revolutionized my thinking of this procedure and caused me to create new, easier, and inexpensive methods of cutting opals.’ Excerpt pages 1 og 2 af ‘the ordinary blokes guide to opal’.
– by Peter Brusaschi

My Hobby opal rough buying

I have been buying rough opal for 30 flere år, and every time I do so I remember a very successful Japanese buyer who absolutely refused to buy anything that was not completely finished, even if he paid three times the price for it.

The reason he did this was that he was able to see exactly what risk he was taking and always made sure that his customers would pay him some profit.

Imidlertid, there is a breed of people out there, like me who for the sheer joy and excitement of attempting the unknown like to start from scratch to fashion our own future. For those few brave souls, rough opal is a challenge waiting to happen. But you have to get it right if you are going to learn my hobby-opal and opal cutting.

Have sagt, at, unless you have limitless supplies of money and have a gambling problem, may I suggest that you buy opal that has been brought to the next processing step.

Rather than buying piles of stones that are often miners rejects hoping that you will find something the miner missed and paying excessive freight for goods that will just be put aside in your workshop, take advantage of what is called ‘rubs’ not, ‘rough’ opal.

Rubs have had all the rubbish cleaned off them. They are usually left with all blemishes and imperfections, thus allowing you to use your skill in producing a perfect gem, but they take the risk out of buying rough opal.

On top of this, if you find you have bought a parcel of rubs and do not do well on the investment, you only have to complain to us and we will make it good on the next deal, if you show us the results of your cutting and it is determined that the value is not there.

Så, study the rough being offered on this CD, keeping in mind that it is selling all the time and sometimes what you like has already gone. Stadig, if you give me an indication of your needs, I can usually come up with something similar in time. Let me know if you want me to inform you of special bulk buys as they come up. (see p.s. under)

Good Cutting, Peter

How can I decide which rough opal to buy to develop my hobby opal?

(1) If you are a new cutter, just experimenting, I suggest you save up and spend $500(including freight) and get ‘the ordinary blokes guide to opal’ thrown in for free. This will give you something to practice on and you will always cut some stones double the value of your cost. Selvfølgelig, you can buy as little as you like but you always get a much better deal if you can afford at least $500
(2) If you have some experience, giv mig venligst en idé om, hvilken type materiale du kan lide. If you let me know the type of stones you prefer to cut. dvs. til udskæring, frie former, ovaler, eksemplarer, dubletter, trillinger, indlæg, etc, or a few of each, and I will arrange the parcel accordingly.
(3) If you are ordering boulder opal for cutting or carving, husk at polering af jernstenen i kampestenen er en vanskelig oplevelse. If you have not done it before, you will need some help.
(4) The photographs in the database don’t show the full picture because of the shifting patterns of opal. Please ask for more details of any parcel.
(5) Selvfølgelig, if the rough is not to your liking, you are able to return it, ingen stillede spørgsmål, less the freight and insurance component. ($20) But to cover you for this too, we will include an extra $20 parcel worth of rough that you may keep. just remind us of this at the time of purchase

More information on buying rough opal

Alle har forskellige synspunkter med hensyn til, hvad der er god værdi, og hvad der ikke er, afhængig af dit marked og din erfaring som kutter. Forhåbentlig, følgende vil hjælpe alle til at komme så tæt på forventningerne som muligt.

If ever you are disappointed with a parcel, Lad mig venligst vide, and I will make every effort to make you happy. Jeg vil have dig til at købe igen og igen, så, også selvom jeg taber penge til tider, Jeg vil råde bod på det i det lange løb med god service.

Men på grund af mængden af ​​henvendelser jeg får, and the difficulty of locating the right parcel, Jeg kan ikke altid give den service, jeg gerne vil. Jeg undskylder på forhånd for dette, men selvfølgelig, dette er virksomhedens karakter. Opaler vokser ikke på træer.

(2) Hvis du har brug for erfaring med skæring, husk cd'en “Den almindelige fyrs guide til opal” Prisen for denne cd-omslag 30 års erfaring i opalindustrien er bare $35 plus fragt og forsikring, men det kan fås frit, hvis du bestiller over $500 (including freight) værdi af ru opal.

(3) Hvis du allerede er en professionel kutter, giv mig venligst en idé om, hvilken type materiale du kan lide. If you let me know the type of stones you prefer cutting. dvs. til udskæring, frie former, ovaler, eksemplarer, dubletter, trillinger, indlæg, etc. Eller et par af begge.

Selvfølgelig, hver pakke vil give sten til forskellige kategorier, men hvis du fortæller mig denne detalje, kan jeg sende en pakke, som har din primære præference. Nogle gange har kunder bestilt pakker, der ikke passer til deres præferencer, og er blevet skuffede. Det vil jeg gerne undgå så meget som muligt..

(4) If you are ordering boulder opal for cutting or carving, remember that My Hobbythe ironstone in the boulder is a tricky experience. Du kan eksperimentere med det, men det er anderledes end at polere opal og kan give skuffende resultater. The CD discusses these details.

(5) Please indicate if you prefer to buy rough as it comes out of the ground so that you can enjoy the “challenge” of exposing the color. Husk på, at dette kan være meget risikabelt. Det kan du meget godt, or you can loose money. If you like gambling, dette er vejen at gå. But don’t blame me if you loose your money.

Som regel, Jeg tager risikoen for dig, eksponere farven, tage et fotografi, og enten sende dig grafikken som vedhæftet e-mail, eller læg det på nettet. Jeg kan så også give dig en kommentar til pakken for at give dig flere detaljer.

(6) Please indicate if you are used to buying opal by troy oz , i gram, ved pakkeparti, eller stykkevis. Jeg vil prøve at give dig disse detaljer. We hope that you too can say’ my hobby opal ‘ is a very satisfying pastime.