Who would have thought that watching someone pull such beauty out of fairly plain rocks could be so fascinating? On top of that, the rest of the world gets to enjoy your accent! So many thanks to you, your family and your lovely staff!
I love this channel!! I'm fascinated by opals now more than I've ever been and your channel gives me a great variety to Feast my eyes upon. ...... keep up the good work. And thank you for making me fall more in love with Opals everyday.
That first knobby you cut was awesome! Making the decision to give away the script stone couldn’t have been easy, but I hope the stones you cut today portend the universe bringing it back to you in 2021. Happy new year to you and your crew!
Thank you for sharing such amazing beauty coming to life before my eyes ! Take care , stay safe and healthy with whatever you maybe doing next ! Please have a very Happy New Year ! Doing well here in Kansas . It still stands if I win the Script Opal you get to keep it and frame it ! I would be glad to get any beautiful opal from you !
That Chinese writing opal is looking better now that you cut it in half. I have loved watching you take that stone through its journey. You are sooooo good at this.
Yours is one of two sites I watch to get away from all things covid here in the U.S. Every now and again we need a holiday. You are one of mine. Thank you. Mark.
That first stone is just gorgeous! The beauty is there, the master just has to bring it to the fore. Wonderful work, Justin. Love to see you work your magic. ❤️
Yes a pleasure always to watch the shine appear. The infamous,priceless script again also, every time I see it I'm in awe. To work nature's beauty up and to perfection for the world to see, what an unexplainable treat
Love your videos, I can’t wait till the next one airs. You are a Master Craftsman, thanks for your awesome demos during these difficult times around the globe. You make me smile!
Wow what a surprise under that potch, thx for sharing with us. I'm gonna use these vids like an opal cutting workshop, by one of the finest cutters of course . Thx again
Just clicked this! Time to watch it lol! Highly enjoyable! This looks like so much fun. I just found out my cousins husband has some Australia rough opal and a craving wheel. Looks like I may get to try this soon 😱! Great video! Glad you got an awesome stone out of that 🥰
I about had heart failure there--such a breathtakingly lovely stone! Can't wait to see that one polished up. Until next time, thank you for taking us along on your journey!
The script stone continuously wows me and I think it's crazy nature could make something like that! All of these opals are gorgeous and I can't imagine ever having a wardrobe that would do them justice. 😂
I get so excited just to see the finished stone. I love you videos. I'm not getting notifications to your videos. I don't understand why; I have the bell marked for all. Can't wait for the next one. Great job; they came out gorgeous.
I don't know it is probably just me but I think the stone is most beautiful in its partially rubbed state when it is rough but the color is just starting to emerge and is surrounded by light sand. Gorgeous. Shows the miracle of the birth of color!
Hi from Beirut Lebanon! Your videos got me through alot of hard times they are soothing when everything else around me is chaos 😅 thank you!! It is a dream of mine to own an opal now thanks to you!
My birthstone is opal and I’m extremely lucky for it! I happen to be lucky enough to own some good opal, but unfortunately no black opal. All of my opal is white with lots of fire. I love watching you work and bring such life into those small grey blobs of stone. You’re a real master at the wheel!
So lovely as always. That little nobby at 10.... I gasped in line at the vet. There is a children's TV show that is popular in the US called Dragon Tales... this looks like the dragon scale that gets the characters to Dragonland...
Oh Justin there so beautiful, I always miss your live videos. But I do watch them all the next day. Because your a day ahead of where I am. I do get excited when I watch you work your magic on these beautiful jems. Wishing you, and your wonderful family the happiest New Year. Catherine 😊❤
I would love to have/win the script stone💙 It’s the first time I saw your channel and that’s the ep where you discovered the script stone for the first time🥰 I fell obsessively in love with your Opal and your work Justin&Co
So sad i was a bit under the weather today and not online so I missed the live. . . Hopefully not a sign of 2021 to come! Thank goodness i can still enjoy the replay! Really looking forward to seeing the cut on the piece we saw you purchase!!!!
Sorry that I missed the live show ! I was driving home from the store ! At least I was able to watch you work your miracle bring amazing beauty out those stones ! I have to agree the colorful oval one was the show piece !
It is a fantastic to watch you, you really have a god given skill, thank you for giving us the honor to wAtch you. God bless you a n.v d yours happy new year and stay healthy
Your work is amazing. As an artist, I wish I had paint that could match opal's intensity. Maybe you could put me in the running for that script pattern opal.
I’m still trying to figure what a combination of expectation for the cutting and the pleasant sweetness of your videos attract me more, mmmmmmm yes the opals are the ones😂
I would love Be able to watch this live. But on the other side of the world. The first stone you cut on this video has beautiful colors. Quite interesting to see how much it’s actually worth
Damn!! I’d love to get my fiancé one of those opals for a honeymoon gift 😩.. anyways I love your videos! Always so positive and informative!! Keep up the great work!! Looking forward to feature ones!! ✌️
16:30 see, this is why I'm always screaming, TURN IT OVER! If you still have enough potch, it will never hurt to flip the stone over and grind some off the other side instead of just grinding through ALL your potch, thinking there isn't any color left. Before you just decide your color bar has "disappeared" when you can't really see if it actually does continue on a side that's hidden, flip that sucker over! I'm soooo happy you caught it in time! 😊😊😊
I could not get in on the chat but that’s OK those stones came out beautifully and are absolutely going to look beautiful and a ring and a pendant whatever they get said and they’re going to be astronomical really beautiful and I hope your holiday was good and everyone’s doing fine with the lockdown I’m mountain Boston Massachusetts USA and I have been watching you and learning a lot thank you sweetheart you are a great Teacher and a kind hearted person
The opal Guru I look forward every afternoon to see if your live or uploaded a new vid, my trip to lighting ridge was Awesome had a swim In the hot pool and headed home with a good start to my opal collection, thanks 🙏 for being a top bloke and sharing the opal LOVE
Justin I'm a 63 year old man, I've been wearing silver eagles on my necklaces for 31 years I would gladly give them up if I won your script Stone and make a pendant out of it
I finally have some real opals that I got for xmas. A pair of white opal dangle earrings with 3 stones in each. Also a ring that is a yellois green crystal color with flashes of orange and red. I wish I knew what kind it is I think its andamoca. But I would love the script opal it is stunning. Can never have to many opals
Does the amount of potch on the back of the stone effect the price per carrot? If there was less potch would the price per carrot go up because it's less weight?
No it doesn’t work that way. The opal needs to be a certain thickness to be strong for a setting. Their def can be too much and too thick but without potch their would be no such thing as black opal
Hi there. I have one question: So, I've seen that you use wax to mount the opal on to a stick, but is that normal like bees wax, candle wax or is it some kind of special formula wax? Because I always just used hot glue for that task and am just curious about using wax instead.
The egg shape stones always make me think of dragons. An egg clutched in the talons. I love watching you work. Wish I could catch them live but still fun to watch on my break. Stay safe, stay healthy.
The second stone you showed that you are going to cut seemed to have a flash of a script pattern in it. Might have been a play of light but looked like orange script. Cant wait to see you next videos.
Please tell me yo have recorded the cut of 28:45 giant blue, is like a whale, so huge, I just can´t find the video. Show link please. Love your videos.
Exellent!! Looking forward to compete for the script pattern Stone. Is there a place I can send you pictures of my opals that i'm working on? I'm doing it all by hand and don't have machines like you do but I'm hoping I will get there one day. 👍❤️
@@blackopaldirect my real name is Joseph Gamble and I had my sister in-law order a opal from you all , but now I can't find what I did with the packaging , I had it put up but it's not in the place I remembered putting it.... 🥴 2020 hit hard on my brain to remember things lol tell her I appreciate the well thought packaging on my opal ....
Out here in the desert digging fire agate love winding down to you making rubs did I here you correctly say your giving the “script “ stone away 😳your awesome man keep on the grind
It's fascinating to see a knobbly little pebble turn into a beautiful gem . No 2 are alike. Do they take thousands or millions of years to form ? Must Google it. I love opals, especially the greens and blues. 😊🇬🇧💕😊🇬🇧
Who would have thought that watching someone pull such beauty out of fairly plain rocks could be so fascinating? On top of that, the rest of the world gets to enjoy your accent! So many thanks to you, your family and your lovely staff!
Haha Thank you Arlene
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I always love watching your cuttings of these beautiful opals. Thank you for sharing your beautiful gift of opal cutting to us! ❤️❤️
You are so welcome Dawn thank you for watching
I have always loved seeing you bring the beauty out in the stones. They are all gorgeous.
Thank you so much! Darlene
I love this channel!! I'm fascinated by opals now more than I've ever been and your channel gives me a great variety to Feast my eyes upon. ...... keep up the good work. And thank you for making me fall more in love with Opals everyday.
Thank you John
You cut some beautiful opals, would like to see them when they are polished up. Thank you Justin, I love watching you work on creating magic
That first knobby you cut was awesome! Making the decision to give away the script stone couldn’t have been easy, but I hope the stones you cut today portend the universe bringing it back to you in 2021. Happy new year to you and your crew!
Thank you Pipe and you too
Wonderful to watch something so beautiful at the hands of a mastercrafter!
Thank you for sharing such amazing beauty coming to life before my eyes ! Take care , stay safe and healthy with whatever you maybe doing next ! Please have a very Happy New Year ! Doing well here in Kansas . It still stands if I win the Script Opal you get to keep it and frame it ! I would be glad to get any beautiful opal from you !
Thanks Steve im glad you were watching on
@@blackopaldirect you're welcome !
That Chinese writing opal is looking better now that you cut it in half. I have loved watching you take that stone through its journey. You are sooooo good at this.
Yours is one of two sites I watch to get away from all things covid here in the U.S. Every now and again we need a holiday. You are one of mine. Thank you. Mark.
Enjoy Mark I have a long video coming tomorrow so you can escape then
@@blackopaldirect Can I do a happy dance?
All your efforts are magical. I feel like I have taken a course in opal cutting. You are wonderful to watch. Thank You
Yay that is my goal ❤️
That first stone is just gorgeous! The beauty is there, the master just has to bring it to the fore. Wonderful work, Justin. Love to see you work your magic. ❤️
Yes a pleasure always to watch the shine appear. The infamous,priceless script again also, every time I see it I'm in awe. To work nature's beauty up and to perfection for the world to see, what an unexplainable treat
How exciting was that! Loved this reveal video. The stones came out beautiful Justin. Great way to start 2021 Black Opal Direct.
Yes it was top cat :-) Thanks for watching
Love your videos, I can’t wait till the next one airs. You are a Master Craftsman, thanks for your awesome demos during these difficult times around the globe. You make me smile!
Thanks again! Cindy
Wow what a surprise under that potch, thx for sharing with us. I'm gonna use these vids like an opal cutting workshop, by one of the finest cutters of course . Thx again
Welcome Rey
Simply love your videos. They are really relaxing. Thank you for making my day a lot better.
Just clicked this! Time to watch it lol!
Highly enjoyable! This looks like so much fun. I just found out my cousins husband has some Australia rough opal and a craving wheel. Looks like I may get to try this soon 😱!
Great video! Glad you got an awesome stone out of that 🥰
That is awesome!
I about had heart failure there--such a breathtakingly lovely stone! Can't wait to see that one polished up. Until next time, thank you for taking us along on your journey!
The script stone continuously wows me and I think it's crazy nature could make something like that! All of these opals are gorgeous and I can't imagine ever having a wardrobe that would do them justice. 😂
Wonderful stones, hiding such beautiful colors, thank you for showing us them.
You're one of the best time of the lockdown. Happy New Year Friend
From The Great Lakes Region of America
Same to you and thank you for watching
I was about 30 minutes behind the live stream but I just Loved it!
Thank you for sharing your mass skills with us.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you
I always miss the live stream 😫
I get so excited just to see the finished stone. I love you videos. I'm not getting notifications to your videos. I don't understand why; I have the bell marked for all. Can't wait for the next one. Great job; they came out gorgeous.
I don't know it is probably just me but I think the stone is most beautiful in its partially rubbed state when it is rough but the color is just starting to emerge and is surrounded by light sand. Gorgeous. Shows the miracle of the birth of color!
2021 is going to be a great year. I love these videos
Hi from Beirut Lebanon! Your videos got me through alot of hard times they are soothing when everything else around me is chaos 😅 thank you!! It is a dream of mine to own an opal now thanks to you!
You are so welcome and I am glad to have helped
Absolutely love your work. I am learning so much from you. Thank You.
You are so welcome
My birthstone is opal and I’m extremely lucky for it! I happen to be lucky enough to own some good opal, but unfortunately no black opal. All of my opal is white with lots of fire. I love watching you work and bring such life into those small grey blobs of stone. You’re a real master at the wheel!
Thank you Vickii
So lovely as always. That little nobby at 10.... I gasped in line at the vet. There is a children's TV show that is popular in the US called Dragon Tales... this looks like the dragon scale that gets the characters to Dragonland...
Oh Justin there so beautiful, I always miss your live videos.
But I do watch them all the next day. Because your a day ahead of where I am. I do get excited when I watch you work your magic on these beautiful jems.
Wishing you, and your wonderful family the happiest New Year.
Catherine 😊❤
Thank you Catherine and the same to you
I would love to have/win the script stone💙
It’s the first time I saw your channel and that’s the ep where you discovered the script stone for the first time🥰
I fell obsessively in love with your Opal and your work Justin&Co
Justin you make watching opal cutting an adventure! Love it.
I watch these for hours, knowing that I’ll never own one, but just enjoy the suspense.
I’m really interested in your videos and thank you for explaining the process of cutting and polishing Opel
"Little pebble" love it!! opals are like grab bags but 10x better
Wow, what a ride!!! Thanks so much for teaching and sharing!
So sad i was a bit under the weather today and not online so I missed the live. . . Hopefully not a sign of 2021 to come! Thank goodness i can still enjoy the replay! Really looking forward to seeing the cut on the piece we saw you purchase!!!!
I hope you feel better soon
Sorry that I missed the live show ! I was driving home from the store ! At least I was able to watch you work your miracle bring amazing beauty out those stones ! I have to agree the colorful oval one was the show piece !
Funny and always positive, not to mention the skill level!! Thank you ❤️❤️❤️❤️
😊 thank you Mk
14:20 that stone is just incredible. love the orange flash over the greenish blue
It is a fantastic to watch you, you really have a god given skill, thank you for giving us the honor to wAtch you. God bless you a n.v d yours happy new year and stay healthy
Your work is amazing. As an artist, I wish I had paint that could match opal's intensity. Maybe you could put me in the running for that script pattern opal.
Thank you Tom :-)
They are fab! Can’t wait to see the ones you got lined up too! Great work Justin ☺️
Thanks so much! Peri
I’m still trying to figure what a combination of expectation for the cutting and the pleasant sweetness of your videos attract me more, mmmmmmm yes the opals are the ones😂
Watching your video now and wow!!! It looks like rainbow confetti. I told my husband that and he got a chuckle.
Hey Justin.
It’s really exciting to see When you bring Color forward in the Stones.
Many greetings Dannie
Came out with some gorgeous pcs. Can't wait to see what happens next.❤
I would love Be able to watch this live. But on the other side of the world. The first stone you cut on this video has beautiful colors. Quite interesting to see how much it’s actually worth
Damn!! I’d love to get my fiancé one of those opals for a honeymoon gift 😩.. anyways I love your videos! Always so positive and informative!! Keep up the great work!! Looking forward to feature ones!! ✌️
You are truly a master at what you do!! Keep up the great work!
Thank you very much!
Watching Justin cut opal is such a colorful meditation. I love it!!
I think that's my new favorite that little one right there with insane color!!
16:30 see, this is why I'm always screaming, TURN IT OVER! If you still have enough potch, it will never hurt to flip the stone over and grind some off the other side instead of just grinding through ALL your potch, thinking there isn't any color left. Before you just decide your color bar has "disappeared" when you can't really see if it actually does continue on a side that's hidden, flip that sucker over! I'm soooo happy you caught it in time! 😊😊😊
Love your xcitement when you discover beautiful color in a stone.....
I could not get in on the chat but that’s OK those stones came out beautifully and are absolutely going to look beautiful and a ring and a pendant whatever they get said and they’re going to be astronomical really beautiful and I hope your holiday was good and everyone’s doing fine with the lockdown I’m mountain Boston Massachusetts USA and I have been watching you and learning a lot thank you sweetheart you are a great Teacher and a kind hearted person
Glad you got to watch Grace ☺️
Not sure what times you live stream. Would love to catch it sometime! I'm addicted to watching you work. Such beauty comes from your craft.
"Sandius Expeliarmus"
Just remember to flick and swish.
_....it's leviosAH_
The opal Guru I look forward every afternoon to see if your live or uploaded a new vid, my trip to lighting ridge was Awesome had a swim In the hot pool and headed home with a good start to my opal collection, thanks 🙏 for being a top bloke and sharing the opal LOVE
Thank you 🙏
Thanks!
Thank you so much Lisa 🙏🙏❤️
Happy new year to you all , stay safe, and keep the content coming, you had me at WOW ! Lol 😂
I have learnt so much from you. Great work
Glad to hear that. Thanks for watching
Nice session you had , that multi color oval is going to be beautiful. They all were nice.
I think so too! Thanks Patrick
Happy new year to you and your family mate.. wishing 2021 is gonna be a great year .. cheers for the 1st video too. 👍
Same to you! ❤️
Such fire and beauty. Great uncover on your part
just started watching ur videos recently, really inspiring! hoping for a chance with the script stone as a international viewer ^^
Always love watching and listening to you ~
Thank you Self ☺️
Take care! Lovely stones! You have a knack for unlocking their beauty.
Thanks, you too!
What a pleasure to watch. Have you completed the Black Opal yet - would love to see the finished stone and get a rough idea of the value.
Love your videos! Thanks for sharing 🌺🙏🌺
I love seeing each one come to life!
Love the work aways awesome work mate.⛏️😎👌
Woohoo! Caught up on the lice I’ve missed. Beautiful stones!
Justin I'm a 63 year old man, I've been wearing silver eagles on my necklaces for 31 years I would gladly give them up if I won your script Stone and make a pendant out of it
Nice opals as usual,too bad we don't have opal cutters here,an extra reason to visit Australia.
Absolutely stunning!! ♥️
I finally have some real opals that I got for xmas. A pair of white opal dangle earrings with 3 stones in each. Also a ring that is a yellois green crystal color with flashes of orange and red. I wish I knew what kind it is I think its andamoca. But I would love the script opal it is stunning. Can never have to many opals
Watching the colors face is sheer pleasure; time stands still & we are lost in moments of wonder.
Nice words thank you Stephanie
Thank You Boss for this awesome show👍👍👍 sorry I`m a bit late for everything nowadays🙃 moving on▶️
Btw, Happy New Year 🎉🎆🤩
Thank you and you too
Could you please mention the grit of the wheel you are using somewhere along the way. Thanks, great videos.
Great cuting skills
Love your video keep up the great contents
Does the amount of potch on the back of the stone effect the price per carrot? If there was less potch would the price per carrot go up because it's less weight?
No it doesn’t work that way. The opal needs to be a certain thickness to be strong for a setting. Their def can be too much and too thick but without potch their would be no such thing as black opal
20:14 if it were my decision, I'd leave that black potch in the face. Is that done occasionally, or does it affect the value of the stone too much?
It does affect the value quite a bit but we will see what I will do with it once I make a final decision
Hi there. I have one question: So, I've seen that you use wax to mount the opal on to a stick, but is that normal like bees wax, candle wax or is it some kind of special formula wax? Because I always just used hot glue for that task and am just curious about using wax instead.
Didn't start at 4:30 EST really would have liked to watch live.
The egg shape stones always make me think of dragons. An egg clutched in the talons. I love watching you work. Wish I could catch them live but still fun to watch on my break. Stay safe, stay healthy.
The second stone you showed that you are going to cut seemed to have a flash of a script pattern in it. Might have been a play of light but looked like orange script. Cant wait to see you next videos.
Oh my gosh! One of your prettiest colored stones - ever.
Sorry I missed the live this time but just watched and as usual you were able to squeeze out some beauties!!
Thank you for the Amazing video like always! Your a wonderful Artist.
Be safe keep your creative juices flowing,
Idaho USA
Please tell me yo have recorded the cut of 28:45 giant blue, is like a whale, so huge, I just can´t find the video. Show link please. Love your videos.
That little pebble piece is amazing!
I love it when stones surprise you!
Exellent!! Looking forward to compete for the script pattern Stone. Is there a place I can send you pictures of my opals that i'm working on? I'm doing it all by hand and don't have machines like you do but I'm hoping I will get there one day. 👍❤️
I was so excited to see you live streamed today, I've been watching your videos recently and your work is amazing!
Glad you like them!
I say the packaging for your opals from black opal direct are the best 👍
Thank you that would be Ruths awesome style
@@blackopaldirect my real name is Joseph Gamble and I had my sister in-law order a opal from you all , but now I can't find what I did with the packaging , I had it put up but it's not in the place I remembered putting it.... 🥴 2020 hit hard on my brain to remember things lol tell her I appreciate the well thought packaging on my opal ....
Out here in the desert digging fire agate love winding down to you making rubs did I here you correctly say your giving the “script “ stone away 😳your awesome man keep on the grind
Wonderful as always. :) happy new year.
Same to you
It's fascinating to see a knobbly little pebble turn into a beautiful gem .
No 2 are alike.
Do they take thousands or millions of years to form ?
Must Google it.
I love opals, especially the greens and blues.
😊🇬🇧💕😊🇬🇧
Apparently 110 million years
Amazing buddy looks like you did it again incredible stuff mate keep the videos coming 👍🏻💥
Lol I was hearing you on my phone like a ghost. I was like is that the black opal guy?