Glad to find your channel, I'm also a bit obsessed with Opals watching a lot of 'Outback Opal Hunters' Videos and Pulitzer Opal, Black Opal Direct and The Opal Mills videos. I'll add yours to the list.
Hey Nick, thanks for the vid! If (when) you make it to Tucson again, you mentioned going to the 22nd St show. I encourage you to check it out - there's generally several opal vendors there, with a variety of types, including matrix opal, Ethiopian opal, and some other Australian opal (can't say for sure if I saw Lightning Ridge, but I did buy some Mintabe a couple years ago). Just a few hundred yards away from the 22nd st show, as the crow flies, is the Pueblo show. Trouble is, I-10 is smack between them, so the drive (or hike) is a bit trickier (in other words, the crow-fly distance isn't a good guide). Pueblo has lots of Ethiopian opal as well, and I seem to remember a fair bit of boulder opal too. There are probably other types, but I hate to say something will be there and then it's not... particularly after COVID, I think a lot of vendors aren't coming back, at least not yet. One nice thing is, you could spend 2 or 3 hours at 22nd St show, then go to Pueblo for another 2 or 3 hrs, and be done in time for dinner. Just some thoughts...you do you... Thanks again for your videos, and best of luck!!
Your intro was a great 👍. I discovered opal about a year ago and love cutting it. Can't bring myself to sell any but I want to buy more! Boulder opal is a mess to cut.
Wow, I'm jealous of you Nick 😂. That looks like it was a fun trip, surely worth all the hours of driving 😁. Loved your beats in vid also, gives always a relaxing feeling by watching opals
Hey Nick, I watched that Video and I do also really Like Opals and I want to start Buying and if I have Time for it, I may also start cutting. But to know if I could afford such an Expensive Hobby, it would be great if you Subtitle your Videos and tell us the Price. It was a nice Video, definitely Subscribing, have a good day :)
I think the stones are definitely affordable, especially if you start with ethiopian opals. A big expense will be what you use to cut. You can start with just sand paper and a towel, black opal direct has a video on that. Then, a step from that is the dremel tool set up, i've made a video on that one. Then, if you live in america, you can get the grinding wheels on a payment plan from amazon, or at least thats what i did!! Good luck, get into it!!!
I have one Black and one white Ethiopian Opal, but I dont like them that much. Thats because the white ones are extremely transparent and Look better with a Background (uncutted, with the motherstone), and Black Ethiopian Opals Lose their Collor really fast and are still expensive. I dont live in Amerika wich makes your last Tip undoable. And I dont think I have Space for the dremel tool setup, but I dont know how it looks. Could you Link me the Video you made and Black Opal Direct made, so I dont have to search for it? I guess I will start with Boulder Opal because you can get insane value out of one underestimated peace and they just Look amazing. Thanks for your answer!
Be careful, I would go broke , I heard some sellers are selling kilos bags of welo. You could make a real business off just a couple kilo bags of hydrophane welo
Glad to find your channel, I'm also a bit obsessed with Opals watching a lot of 'Outback Opal Hunters' Videos and Pulitzer Opal, Black Opal Direct and The Opal Mills videos. I'll add yours to the list.
Hey Nick, thanks for the vid! If (when) you make it to Tucson again, you mentioned going to the 22nd St show. I encourage you to check it out - there's generally several opal vendors there, with a variety of types, including matrix opal, Ethiopian opal, and some other Australian opal (can't say for sure if I saw Lightning Ridge, but I did buy some Mintabe a couple years ago). Just a few hundred yards away from the 22nd st show, as the crow flies, is the Pueblo show. Trouble is, I-10 is smack between them, so the drive (or hike) is a bit trickier (in other words, the crow-fly distance isn't a good guide). Pueblo has lots of Ethiopian opal as well, and I seem to remember a fair bit of boulder opal too. There are probably other types, but I hate to say something will be there and then it's not... particularly after COVID, I think a lot of vendors aren't coming back, at least not yet. One nice thing is, you could spend 2 or 3 hours at 22nd St show, then go to Pueblo for another 2 or 3 hrs, and be done in time for dinner. Just some thoughts...you do you... Thanks again for your videos, and best of luck!!
Nice little parcel. There Nick, and can I say as a singer you make. Great opal cutter 🤣🤣🤣. Thanks for sharing, what an amazing looking show
Thanks hahah
Your intro was a great 👍. I discovered opal about a year ago and love cutting it. Can't bring myself to sell any but I want to buy more! Boulder opal is a mess to cut.
i still have trouble selling as well!
lol I love to stare at opal too😄 First time here, this video is so far so good!
Wow, I'm jealous of you Nick 😂. That looks like it was a fun trip, surely worth all the hours of driving 😁. Loved your beats in vid also, gives always a relaxing feeling by watching opals
Hell yeah thanks man!!
Damn my jaw dropped seeing the matrix stone. Glad you went, hopefully I can go in the future but damn I would go forgo food and be broken in a second
I think humans can make it at least 3 days without food... lol
Leaving the sneeze in… Golden! New Aussie sub here… also an opalholic. ❤️💙💚🧡💛💜
Nice selection.
Thanks, i def feel like i came home with a good purchase
only dream of going to the show but be a bit far and expensive for me great job mate
Cool :)
Nice Vid. Thx 😊
where is it
Hey Nick, I watched that Video and I do also really Like Opals and I want to start Buying and if I have Time for it, I may also start cutting. But to know if I could afford such an Expensive Hobby, it would be great if you Subtitle your Videos and tell us the Price. It was a nice Video, definitely Subscribing, have a good day :)
I think the stones are definitely affordable, especially if you start with ethiopian opals. A big expense will be what you use to cut. You can start with just sand paper and a towel, black opal direct has a video on that. Then, a step from that is the dremel tool set up, i've made a video on that one. Then, if you live in america, you can get the grinding wheels on a payment plan from amazon, or at least thats what i did!! Good luck, get into it!!!
I have one Black and one white Ethiopian Opal, but I dont like them that much. Thats because the white ones are extremely transparent and Look better with a Background (uncutted, with the motherstone), and Black Ethiopian Opals Lose their Collor really fast and are still expensive. I dont live in Amerika wich makes your last Tip undoable. And I dont think I have Space for the dremel tool setup, but I dont know how it looks. Could you Link me the Video you made and Black Opal Direct made, so I dont have to search for it? I guess I will start with Boulder Opal because you can get insane value out of one underestimated peace and they just Look amazing. Thanks for your answer!
I feel that intro but I find that making UA-cam videos gives me less time to watch, cut and otherwise view opal
Be careful, I would go broke , I heard some sellers are selling kilos bags of welo. You could make a real business off just a couple kilo bags of hydrophane welo