Closed GB: STRALKA Samples - Pokerchips made in Germany

[GPTrader]

Ladies and Gentlemen,

After a couple of days of discussion about the "STRALKA Manufaktur für Pokerchips" the crowd has decided to order sample sets of these unknown-but-glass-cutting-and-hard-as-diamond pokerchips made in Germany.

The standard sample set costs 15 EUR but contains a voucher of 15 EUR for a future order of 300+ chips. Single chips cost 1.29 EUR, so a "custom sample set" costs 10.32 EUR (about 14 USD).
Inner European shipping costs 3.40 EUR, shipping to the States 6 EUR (about 8.10 USD).

Me will talk to Mr. Stralka again the next days to check out the final prices, so the suggestion is to sign here for a sample set until March 5th.

Actual participants (listed alphabetically):
- azool (payment received)
- BGinGA (payment received)
- ellased (payment received)
- Felix (2x) (payment received)
- GPTrader
- hedao (payment received)
- jeeperman (payment received)
- JeromyinWV (payment received)
- JPinAZ (payment received)
- kmalsom (payment received)
- Ligarius (payment received)
- MarkC79 (payment received)
- Nickawompus (payment received)
- osumike11379 (payment received)
- PAZ914 (payment received)
- pug_in_chip (payment received)
- sandy creek (payment received)
- schullerjason (payment received)
- StarmanXL5 ($6 missing!)
- staseg (payment received)
- Tallarn (payment received)
- texasrambler (payment received)
- toad94 (payment received)
- warewulf (payment received)

27 sample sets ordered

[staseg]

I'm in. One sample set with shipping to Russia.

[Sir Flopalot]

Maybe they are made of zytel or grivory?

[sandy creek]

Put me down for a set, and thanks

Sandy

[Tallarn]

and another one for me please!

[StevenH72]

1 set for me please

[Krafticus]

I would like 1 sample set as well please.

Thanks

Mark

[imperial10]

Wow...these chips are gorgeous. The inlay design is clean, the mold with the ridges is something new and original. The packaging is classy. Sheesh!

I totally missed the original thread and am kind of lost.

So what's the deal (cliff notes)?

- How many chips do you get in a sample set?
- What are these chips made of?


If these chips turn out to be top notch I bet people will start buying the whites and dying them...

[800over]

In for sure. Those are really gorgeous. love the colours.

[TheSnake]

Originally Posted by imperial10

- How many chips do you get in a sample set?

8 (white 1, red 5, blue 10, green 25, black 100, purple 500, orange 1000, grey 5000)

Originally Posted by imperial10

- What are these chips made of?

STRALKA MONOCHROMES - Manufacturing of the chip series in our manufactory.

Following to the historical production of poker chips at the beginning of the last century in Cincinnati, Ohio, the poker chips in our manufactory are made with a high proportion of manual work. Unlike the past few days, we manufacture according to German quality and safety standards of the 21 Century. We only use high quality raw materials with which we hire exactly the characteristic features of our poker chips:

Tungsten

Tungsten is a metal and stands as chemical element with the atomic number of 74 in the periodic table of the elements. The tungsten content of the Earth's crust is about 0.0001 g/t, therefore, tungsten and its compounds belong to the group of the most expensive raw materials on the world market. Pure tungsten is characterised special by its high fusion point and its high density. With its 19.25 g/cc by only 0.07 g/cc less than gold and nearly twice as high as that of lead. With the current knowledge of tungsten and its compounds are considered physiologically safe. For these reasons we use pure tungsten for the production of our STRALKA MONOCHROMES, in order to adjust the weight of the chips.

Zircon oxide

Zircon oxide is a ceramic high-performance material with excellent physical and chemical characteristics. Besides its use in technical and high-temperature applications due to its good biocompatibility of zircon oxide is also used as a prosthetic material in medical technology and is therefore also physiologically safe. Under the name of zirconia zircon oxide is known as a popular gem, and differ only by experts from real diamonds. Through the use of zircon oxide in the manufacture of our STRALKA MONOCHROMES we obtain the unique haptic and acoustic properties and high strength of our chips.


Pigments

To the color design of our STRALKA MONOCHROMES solely pigments are used, which fulfill the strict regulations of the DIN EN 71 ( safety of toys ) and with the American health authority FDA (Food and Drug Administration ) are certified.


Polymer matrix

The synthetic polymer matrix is the carrier component for tungsten, zircon oxide and the pigments. It is characterised particularly by a high hardness and an outstanding long-term stability and is likewise pysiological harmless. To protect our environment, we use only the purest secondary materials that are in their second life cycle of a primary property values.

Value Inlay

The value of inlays are printed on the back in a special procedure. This and the overlying, highly scratch-resistant protective coating to ensure a perfect protection of the pressure from outside influences. The surface texture of the value inlays prevents light reflections, so that the chip values remain well readable with all lighting conditions. The surface structure of the value of inlays prevents light reflection, so that the chip values in all lighting conditions is easy to read.