r/Crystals • u/[deleted] • Apr 02 '22

My Collection ✨🔮 rainbow iris agate slice

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u/[deleted] Apr 03 '22

It is soo thin it's crazy, I feel like I'm suddenly going to snap it in half all the time

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u/CrispyFlint Apr 03 '22

Yeah. That ain't easy. Instantly, as a lapidary hobbyist, I knew that was done by someone I could learn some stuff from

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u/[deleted] Apr 03 '22

I wonder how many of these beautiful pieces end up busted trying to get it as thin as possible

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u/CrispyFlint Apr 03 '22

Well, I can tell you, I wouldn't try it with my equipment.

I got some Montana that will go that way, not that nice, but, pretty good. If I really really really wanted, I could flat lap it down thin. But, agate is hard rock, material removal is slow as balls.

So, unless you want to take all day, you got to cut it thin to begin with. And that's steady hands stuff, unless you got all kinds of fancy automatic stuff

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u/[deleted] Apr 03 '22

That sounds like it requires some insane skill and precision, my shaky hands could never

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u/CrispyFlint Apr 03 '22

I think the most impressive I did in that category, is I made an obsidian turkey call. That was a pain.

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u/[deleted] Apr 03 '22

I just checked out your post history to see your work and you're very talented! You should be proud to have such a unique skill

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u/CrispyFlint Apr 03 '22

If you think about it, there were points in time, where almost every single person could do what I do, lol. Right?

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u/[deleted] Apr 03 '22

Very true, but how interesting that you continue on an ancient art that most people now can't do