[kmalsom]

I've never seen a mold like this, it's a TH&C, but it appears to be extruding instead of recessed:

Anyone ever seen one like that or is it just the picture?



image taken from http://www.renocasinochips.com/_brow...=52&cit=6&st=1

The site says it's from 1960 and is a CJ not Paulson

[RadixLecti]

Just the pic, I'd say.
I've seen lots of TH&C pics that at first glance seem "reversed"...

[STANK1000]

it's just an optical illusion...you see it alot in pics here.

[kmalsom]

Must just be because the Cristy Jones chips have the gloss TH&C...
Thanks guys,
Kari

[jdunford]

If you're referring to the actual hats and canes, I'm pretty sure they're recessed.

On the other hand, I have several Paulson "cherries" where the inlay region is somewhat "extruded", rather than recessed (and it looks like that's the case in this picture). Basically, there are recessed concentric circles outside and inside the hats/canes, but then the centre area comes back out to be flush with the outer part of the mold... and is textured the same way, too.

Of all my cherries (about 500?), I think I've only seen it on about 10 chocolates. I'm not sure if it was a different mold, or if it's a defect. Also, on several of the "normal" ones, the inlay region depth varies (i.e. sometimes it's as deep as the concentric rings, sometimes less deep but not flush with the outer part).

[Q10 soooted]

Probably would be better to talk about embossed (pressed in) vs. debossed (raised) since extrusion is usually associated with a manufacturing process and these chips aren't extruded, they're compression molded.

[kmalsom]

Originally Posted by Q10 soooted

Probably would be better to talk about embossed (pressed in) vs. debossed (raised) since extrusion is usually associated with a manufacturing process and these chips aren't extruded, they're compression molded.

Probably true, I couldn't think of a term other than extruded. sometimes I just have those days...

[Colquhoun]

I fiddled in Photoshop to explain this. The reason it sometimes looks embossed or debossed is simply the way your brain is used to seeing a light source. Since your brain is used to seeing things with a light coming from above, when the upper left corner of an image is lit, it looks like the image is embossed (coming at you). The exact same image with a light source hitting the bottom right makes the image look debossed (pushed in). All in your brain. The funny thing is, the one on the right will look like it is coming at you if you simply flip the image upside down.

[99%evil]

Optical delusion...

My life is one big delusion

de·lu·sion (d-lzhn)
n.

A false belief strongly held in spite of invalidating evidence, especially as a symptom of mental illness.

[Colquhoun]

If you want to see how lighting can really screw with your brain, look at the rotating mask illusion on this site.
http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/fcs_hollow-face/index.html
I takes a little to load, but worth it.