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[Mok]

My red chop was made in Guangzhou but I have another one made of white/beige marble which I carved myself from a piece from a construction site.

Had mine done for my 15th birthday at good ol' Nau Che Soei (Chinatown).

[fcharton]

Got quite a few chops done, lost some, still have others. All were done in China during my first trips there in 86 and 87. They tell the story of the various chinese names I was given... amusingly, I have no chop with the last one I used...

My two favourites are one made from the tip of a horn, made in Shandong (some small place between Tai'an and Qufu, which had a small mountain and a temple on it), and a massive brown and black one with just my surname on it, made by the father of a friend, in Kunming.

Francois

[Liang Jieming]

My chops. The "pig" is from Guangzhou. The "lion" is the one I carved.

[Centaur]

Got quite a few chops done, lost some, still have others. All were done in China during my first trips there in 86 and 87. They tell the story of the various chinese names I was given... amusingly, I have no chop with the last one I used...

My two favourites are one made from the tip of a horn, made in Shandong (some small place between Tai'an and Qufu, which had a small mountain and a temple on it), and a massive brown and black one with just my surname on it, made by the father of a friend, in Kunming.

Francois

I have only one, planning to get another; this time might be from China. If everything goes as planned, we should be at Chengdu this Autumn.

What kind of material would be best? I had white stone for my first one. I am not looking for anything too expensive.

[Mok]

My chops. The "pig" is from Guangzhou. The "lion" is the one I carved.

Sorry, sorry. I just can't resist saying 'This little piggy...'

*runs away in the face of Angry Boar's wrath*

I have only one, planning to get another; this time might be from China. If everything goes as planned, we should be at Chengdu this Autumn.

What kind of material would be best? I had white stone for my first one. I am not looking for anything too expensive.

Mine is green and some sort of jadeite (if that's a word for jade-like stone). Cost a pretty penny too.

[Centaur]

Sorry, sorry. I just can't resist saying 'This little piggy...'

*runs away in the face of Angry Boar's wrath*


Mine is green and some sort of jadeite (if that's a word for jade-like stone). Cost a pretty penny too.

Thanks, will be checking on the jadeite. nothing with the tiger motif? Thought you would want something with your zodiac sign?

[Liang Jieming]

Sorry, sorry. I just can't resist saying 'This little piggy...'

*runs away in the face of Angry Boar's wrath*


Mine is green and some sort of jadeite (if that's a word for jade-like stone). Cost a pretty penny too.

Hehehe chops today are not that cheap anymore. I remember when I got that chop in Guangzhou, it only cost the the equivalent of SGD$1 back in 1990.

The lion chop on the other hand is scrap material from site and completely FREE!

[Mok]

Thanks, will be checking on the jadeite. nothing with the tiger motif? Thought you would want something with your zodiac sign?

Aiyo, that was like 5 years ago!!

Might do one for my bday this year. I shall see. The one I have now is a stone lion thingey.

The lion chop on the other hand is scrap material from site and completely FREE!

Reeeaall marble? *whoot whoot*

[Liang Jieming]

Oh yeah, another thing about chops these days. I helped an Indian friend of mine get a chop done recently. It was not cheap, about SGD$40 but it had a very nice and intricate dragon carving at the top which I though looked pretty good until I took a blade and started to slice off little bits that looked rough and unfinished and realised that they use very, very, very soft stone these days (more like reconstituted stone).

Reeeaall marble? *whoot whoot*

Yes, real marble. Darn hard stuff to carve too. Baobei says it looks more like a frog than a lion.

Edited by Liang Jieming, 04 August 2006 - 03:59 AM.

[Mok]

Oh yeah, another thing about chops these days. I helped an Indian friend of mine get a chop done recently. It was not cheap, about SGD$40 but it had a very nice and intricate dragon carving at the top which I though looked pretty good until I took a blade and started to slice off little bits that looked rough and unfinished and realised that they use very, very, very soft stone these days (more like reconstituted stone).

Yikes. Thanks for the warning. My budget is $30.

Yes, real marble. Darn hard stuff to carve too. Baobei says it looks more like a frog than a lion.

Does look rather squat and stunted, now that I come to think of it.

[Liang Jieming]

Does look rather squat and stunted, now that I come to think of it.

Well, I tried to make it a lion. It kinda has all the characteristics of a lion. It's got fangs, and that ball the lions put their paw on. It's also got ears and the typical "bumpy" hair of chinese carvings of lions...

Edited by Liang Jieming, 04 August 2006 - 04:07 AM.

[Liang Jieming]

Ahhh... WangEnlai, thanks for splitting the thread.

[Mok]

Well, I tried to make it a lion. It kinda has all the characteristics of a lion. It's got fangs, and that ball the lions put their paw on. It's also got ears and the typical "bumpy" hair of chinese carvings of lions...

Coulda fooled me. You really could.

And Wang, you joker!! All of a sudden I was left with half a thread on Siege Warfare!!

[WangEnlai]

Welcomed, LJM.

And Wang, you joker!! All of a sudden I was left with half a thread on Siege Warfare!! ranting.gif

hehe

[Liang Jieming]

Coulda fooled me. You really could.

Kekekeke, it's one of those things when you were a kid you'd go "Cool! Gotta make one for myself", and then you go and make one and find it so tough you give up and swear you'll never make another one ever again.

And Wang, you joker!! All of a sudden I was left with half a thread on Siege Warfare!!

Don't blame him. I asked him to split the thread. I need the thread on my book "clean" in case I miss someone ordering copies.