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RD Rum Demon Member Portland, Oregon Joined: Jun 20, 2005 Posts: 254	RD Rum Demon Posted posted on Fri, Sep 8, 2006 10:08 PM Yep! I'm back with a full frickin' roster! Look at em! Five! I feel like a complete man. So for starters I'll say that the troubles of mid/high fire aren't unique. Take for example the "Oyster Twins". Primo #35 and Fred #20. Sure, they were fine according to Katie. But no, I had to put in my two cents: "This guy is a bit thin." Or "Look at this light spot/bubble! I can't sell this as is!" Result: re-glaze, re-fire. So we hit them with a bit of touch-up glaze, then finished with clear. What came out of the kiln monday morning is a controversial mystery that will haunt our marriage for all time. You see, Katie is the one who did the fixin', due to the rush rush nature of this latest batch. She swears the final coat was nothing more than clear glaze, which was also put onto other, unaffected mugs at the same sitting. Hello, my name is Primo #35 and I used to be dark brown. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=009&item=190029341473&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1 I give you Oyster Brother #1. He shows telltale signs of his original coloring on a tooth where the overcoat was rubbed off (no big deal, we figured, not knowing the eventual outcome) and on the bottom, which you can't see. I should start taking photos of the bottoms, where the numbers are, just for my own records. Oh well. Yes, I used to be so much different, but I chose to become this way, with my brother Primo #35. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=009&item=190029342161&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1 I should mention also, that there is a Xeno who underwent the same treatment as the Oyster brothers, but who is just fine and will be listed without such fanfare as he did not join the order of the oyster. Pina #33 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=009&item=190029342633&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1 This is a classic style Pina. If there were to be a picture of Pina in the dictionary, this would be it. I believe this is what Katie's original vision of Pina looked like. Coco returns! Hooray for Coco #18. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=009&item=190029344165&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1 It's hard to believe we're only on #18 of these. It feels like he's been around forever. This particular mug scares me a bit. I can't say why. Please don't leave me alone with Coco #18! We finish up as always with Xeno. To be precise: Xeno #7. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=009&item=190029343598&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1 #7 replaces the original high fire Xeno #7 which suffers PLAGUE problems. The story shall be documented in creating tiki, I assure you. Anyhoo, this is the woodiest Xeno to date! Ok. Thanks again for skimming another official RUM DEMON ebay "looky this" post! Happy bidding. I hope you ALL win! -Joe

Yep! I'm back with a full frickin' roster!

Look at em! Five! I feel like a complete man.

So for starters I'll say that the troubles of mid/high fire aren't unique. Take for example the "Oyster Twins". Primo #35 and Fred #20. Sure, they were fine according to Katie. But no, I had to put in my two cents: "This guy is a bit thin." Or "Look at this light spot/bubble! I can't sell this as is!" Result: re-glaze, re-fire. So we hit them with a bit of touch-up glaze, then finished with clear. What came out of the kiln monday morning is a controversial mystery that will haunt our marriage for all time. You see, Katie is the one who did the fixin', due to the rush rush nature of this latest batch. She swears the final coat was nothing more than clear glaze, which was also put onto other, unaffected mugs at the same sitting.

Hello, my name is Primo #35 and I used to be dark brown.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=009&item=190029341473&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1
I give you Oyster Brother #1. He shows telltale signs of his original coloring on a tooth where the overcoat was rubbed off (no big deal, we figured, not knowing the eventual outcome) and on the bottom, which you can't see. I should start taking photos of the bottoms, where the numbers are, just for my own records. Oh well.

Yes, I used to be so much different, but I chose to become this way, with my brother Primo #35.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=009&item=190029342161&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1

I should mention also, that there is a Xeno who underwent the same treatment as the Oyster brothers, but who is just fine and will be listed without such fanfare as he did not join the order of the oyster.

Pina #33

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=009&item=190029342633&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1
This is a classic style Pina. If there were to be a picture of Pina in the dictionary, this would be it. I believe this is what Katie's original vision of Pina looked like.

Coco returns! Hooray for Coco #18.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=009&item=190029344165&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1
It's hard to believe we're only on #18 of these. It feels like he's been around forever. This particular mug scares me a bit. I can't say why. Please don't leave me alone with Coco #18!

We finish up as always with Xeno. To be precise: Xeno #7.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=009&item=190029343598&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1
#7 replaces the original high fire Xeno #7 which suffers PLAGUE problems. The story shall be documented in creating tiki, I assure you. Anyhoo, this is the woodiest Xeno to date!

Ok. Thanks again for skimming another official RUM DEMON ebay "looky this" post! Happy bidding. I hope you ALL win!

-Joe

Post #253196 by Rum Demon on Fri, Sep 8, 2006 10:08 PM