Armando & Sons Custom Rock Cutters Kino Tucson Gem Show 2022

[@RockyMountainBear]

Bruh! The white Buffalo made of white Buffalo... c'est magnifique! 😗🤌

[@PAB1068]

They have some AMAZING pieces!! All I can say is WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@lapidarydave]

I totally agree my friend

[@lorenrobertson8039]

I can't imagine being there...like a kid in a candy store! Embrace your youth and the ability to enjoy life at any age. I'm disabled now from my nursing career...I am home/bed bound. So thank you so much for taking me out to the show! that first man with all the beautifully finished cabs was amazing! He is very talented and anyone should be honored to get some of his pieces to make jewelry from. I would spend an hour at that booth!

[@lorenrobertson8039]

Mr. Armondo is so talented. Wish I was young...I have no one to leave what I already have to. His son is very blessed to have a father to follow and learn from.

[@lapidarydave]

@@lorenrobertson8039 I agree I hope he becomes a great cutter

[@tombrooks3812]

Fantastic video Dave,Armando is absolutely the kind of person we should strive to be .The world would be a better place for sure.Thankyou.

[@lapidarydave]

Absolutely :)

[@lorenrobertson8039]

I visited the Lakota and stayed on the Pine Ridge Reservation. We spent a day at Rosebud with the ladies of the tribe and I bought some beadwork from the elder lady, Running Elk I believe her name was...been ages ago. But it was a great opportunity for me to go with my nursing class in my senior year at university. I have great love for the Lakota Souix Nation.

[@theoe2879]

Absolutely, without a doubt, The most beautiful material and in my decades of lapidary, highest quality craftsmanship. Thanks Dave!

[@bouncingbetty3636]

Armando! Brother, thank you for sharing your passion with us...beautiful work!

[@wyomingadventures]

Omg! The purple passion with tourmaline. The silver work around those beautiful stones is just amazing. I watched you last year and ended up buying some purple passion for my mom. Thanks Dave for sharing this amazing show!

[@lapidarydave]

Totally my pleasure thank you for watching

[@MsUtuber2]

OMG! What sweet torture. Absolutely beautiful work.

[@lapidarydave]

Lol I totally agree it’s so awesome

[@grammajo1889]

It’s all so beautiful! I saw a few pieces of the silver jewelry I would love to have. Also he’s a handsome man. That’s good for business.

[@lapidarydave]

Def he looks like a movie star lol his silver pieces are incredible affordable and high quality I think I’m going to order some customs pieces from him soon

[@dougreed9843]

Armando said you have to have passion to do this, he truly has the passion and experience for such a quality on a consistent basis, to sell a consistency repeatable product is very evident proof is seen. Beautiful is to limited a word, in this gentlemen artistic abilities. Armando is like the way he is. He treats people like family. What an excellent quality of character to have, you just feel loved by his demeanor.

[@dougreed9843]

One of my best friends is Lakota Suix the white Buffalo legend is such a beautiful story, my friend Will his cousin is Big Chief on Street Outlaws street drag racing very strong people that are natural leaders with common sense beyond the average person can imagine. It's sad they have been pisecuted their the poorest tribe in North America that black hills have been exploited with the Lakota being taken advantage of by our government if you know the story they defending themselves being mutilated by the US army. They killed Genetal Custard and his soldiers they allowed 2 to live to tell the story. They won using the same technic they used on Buffalo hunts to beat the US Army. The only tribe to defeat their enemy at such a defeat I believe the reason for the oppression they suffer from. You knowI believe I will write the President ask to correct this situation it breaks my heart this suffering of the Lakota Suix.

[@lapidarydave]

@@dougreed9843 thanks for the message my friend I really appreciate it :) I’m very informative and deep thank you

[@lapidarydave]

He is a huge inspiration in my life

[@SugarplumFairy01]

Dave, So glad I saw this Video, even if not live! Fantastic Interview & Video! Thank You for this! Awesome Job!

[@vernaj497]

My gosh.....😍😍😍😍😍😍 Love it. Everything is very beautiful and the white buffalo and bear.....WOW. Thanks for that awesome video. Thanks to Armando and Sons for all that awesome hard work and loved their silver jewelry too.

[@Ontario_Rockhound]

Wow! Awesome stuff Dave, thanks for showing this stuff to us!

[@dougreed9843]

That is some serious creativity brilliant beautiful pieces man awesome!!!

[@lapidarydave]

Extremely hard working dedicated family

[@OneOfAMine]

Great Video Brother!... Spot On Mate...YOU ROCK!

[@lapidarydave]

Yeeeehaaaaaawwww

[@1catfishuntermiller753]

Hiya Dave, awesome video my friend, and they do very awesome and beautiful work. You can always tell when someone puts their heart and soul into their work, and they definitely do. I hope you stay safe and healthy, and have a awesome blessed day my friend 😊. Cya! 😺🐟 out!

[@cautionfriday]

Beautiful video, Dave!

[@lapidarydave]

Thank you my Friend :)

[@TheMineFieldIsOneOfAMine]

GREAT VIDEO & YA ROCK DAVE! 👉💎👈

[@lapidarydave]

Thanks my brother :)

[@rockhead8110]

This is some beautiful stuff. I'm enjoying your content I'll be at Kino next Wednesday Hope to see you there my friend

[@lapidarydave]

Can’t wait to meet you my friend

[@sajidhameed1693]

Thank Dave for the stuff you display to us

[@lapidarydave]

thank you for watching my friend

[@Parry635]

favorite !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@lapidarydave]

Me toooooo :)

[@ExpertOfFX]

Hey Dave! Y'all ROCK!

[@lapidarydave]

You do too my friend

[@RockyMountainBear]

I just went through his entire IG page. He does a lot of work with Utah rocks, and bears. I love it. The Sonora Sunset Chrysocola he has just pops out, & is very soothing at the same time. Can't wait to go hounding for septarian, honeycomb chrysocola, and anything else we might stumble upon. Unless it's another rattlesnake.

[@lapidarydave]

Yeah they do a lot of Utah stuff which is amazing their Instagram doesn’t even have 1% of all they do I love this company so much

[@RockyMountainBear]

@@lapidarydave yeah, their Instagram is also criminally underrated. I'll be sending people over there on a regular basis.

[@maythebassbewithyou]

their ig name is spelt wrong in your description, had problems finding it out but I figured it out

[@lapidarydave]

@@maythebassbewithyou thanks for the heads up

[@joepoydack7536]

Another great video Dave! Great interview with great people.

[@lapidarydave]

Thank you for watching my friend I really appreciate it

[@esmeestrada4168]

Fantastic video Dave I’m from Taxco and it was amazing to see Armando’s work . He has incredible pieces I wish you guys lots of luck and prosperity looking forward to more of your content!

[@lapidarydave]

Armando and his brother are huge inspiration to me and my are they are absolutely amazing some of the most talented people in the entire industry Mexican artists are so amazing to me

[@tiffanyflorendo4879]

Omgggg 🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤 I just found my new gem guys thanks!

[@lapidarydave]

definitely :) tell them you watched the video please :)

[@bavariangaming4003]

awsome dave love Armando and Sons

[@cillag3839]

Thank-you so much Dave and Mr Armando. I am especially grateful that you mention 'too pointiness' I use my own pieces for my artwork and also keep those corners in mind as I have bought cabs that I find very difficult to use, so prefer my own.

[@Forested-pz9cp]

Good stuff ! Very impressive booth. I’m gonna find them next week

[@BlazingShackles]

I finally got to meet Armando at the Pow Wow this year. What a colorful gentleman.

[@reptilez]

Great stuff

[@lapidarydave]

Thank you these guys are amazing

[@wingheiwong7336]

Thank you very much for sharing gentlemen🦁🦁🦁 💯🔥❤️👏🙏✊🇦🇺

[@joniahai4475]

So beautiful

[@canadiangemstones7636]

Stunning workmanship! The thickness of the girdle on his cabs was surprising and very interesting.

[@lapidarydave]

Definitely They are definitely Tasco Mexico inspired pieces very traditional Mexico pre-Columbian inspired for sure

[@socalrockhound]

Very nice stuff. Good coverage thanks for that

[@lapidarydave]

Thank you for watching my friend

[@BeadnWithNicoleB]

Oh my goodness these gemstones are gorgeous. I can't wait to get my bead supply together.

[@luisgomez385]

Great video. There were so many cool stuff I seen. I would love to meet them.

[@lapidarydave]

They do a lot of the bigger shows I’m sure you will get to meet them

[@bethzaidagarcia81]

Love your content Dave I would love to go next year 2023 it will be my dream love your content can watch this daily

[@joek2164]

Love your new logo.

[@femmemecaniquedesigns]

Great interview !

[@armandofaria8634]

Armando Faria Eu..para ti Armando um grande muito grande abraço, e parabéns pela excelente partilha com o mundo, dessas belezas naturais ,as quais devemos preservar com muito amor. Parabéns fantástico.

[@donoyleh8232]

Love those wire wrappings. I've tried it (DIY). It turns out is not just imagination that you need, you need the technique! What was i thinking?! lol Another great video, Dave!

[@lapidarydave]

You are totally right my friend they are awesome and incredibly priced

[@PaddyMcMe]

That Florite is such a beautiful gem. I'm so jealous I'd love to go to Tucson, damn epidemic. Ruining everything. The only comfort from it I take is that at the end of WW1 in 1918, when the Spanish Flu epidemic spread, wearing masks outside was common in America and other 1st world countries for a couple of years, everyone who could afford one wore one, then it was totally forgotten by history until Covid struck, only old footage of Street Trams & Trollies and the like showed that up. Hopefully history will repeat.

[@AllisonFChan]

Their carved stones are stunning ❤️

[@lapidarydave]

i totally agree

[@Gems-of-Hope-Rocks]

OMG Dave! It's a candy store. Sonoran Sunrise, Shadowkite, Bumblebee, Temo Supreme, Mexican Crazy Lace, Picasso, Fire Agate Bubbles, petrified wood, K2, Malachite, The Purple People Eater Parade 15:30 Garnet & Lepidolite in White & Smokey Quartz, Purple Passion, Utah Tiffany Stone, Charoite, Sugilte, And "Them Bears" (and uffalo." Birds eye rhyolite, fire cracker obsidian, OMG the septarians buffaloes, white buffalo,

[@atebread4217]

Thanks for sharing watching here your stone unique

[@1mmickk]

Beautiful rocks there, very nice. Its a no brainer really, a $25 itunes card or a $25 rock. I still have the first rock I ever bought, a polished piece of fossilized wood. Species unknown. Cost me 20 cents in 1968, probably worth 10 bucks now. Its worthless, but I treasure it.

[@lapidarydave]

I totally agree I must stop paying for food and only buy rocks!!!!

[@lorenrobertson8039]

I would so buy that pink rhodo... carved and wire wrapped beauty! Wow...

[@lapidarydave]

Feel free to give them a call the contact info is in the description section of this video :)

[@canadiangemstones7636]

At 50:30, the red material he called brochantite, that’s actually cuprite. Brochantite is green.

[@kathypool3990]

Have you ever seen Purple Grape Agate at any shows? I was at the Quartzite shows and didn’t see any but there was so much I could have missed it. I would love one of those.

[@lapidarydave]

Yes it’s a very popular and I see it at most venues here

[@kathypool3990]

@@lapidarydave Ok thanks. I’ll have look harder next time.

[@lapidarydave]

@@kathypool3990 Totally my pleasure to help what might be a little bit more helpful is if you’re looking for a material and you know what countries from asking if there’s any vendors from that location for instance the grapes from Indonesia should be easiest to ask people where is an Indonesian booth

[@kathypool3990]

@@lapidarydave That’s great information. Thanks.

[@drpk6514]

I wish I could see those sand stone buffalos and bears.

[@jadetycoonjadeite4034]

Gems group from somalia 🇸🇴✨we got more variety of lapidary and more gems 💎

[@gyorgycsaba6736]

csodálatos munkák csodálatos ásványokból

[@vanessazannis5523]

Fantastic! Thank you for your video

[@lapidarydave]

my pleasure thank you for watching

[@stephaniebeck2931]

Thanks Dave🌈💫

[@lapidarydave]

Totally my pleasure

[@michaeld.9099]

How can one purchase some of these absolutely beautiful wire wrapped pendants?? Is this gentleman and his son selling on the internet?

[@lapidarydave]

their info is in the description section of this video

[@BeadnWithNicoleB]

Hello Dave....thanks for sharing the show. I'm new to jewelry making and I want to learn to identify the different gemstones and other bead materials. What advice would you give to a newbie?

[@armandofaria8634]

Simplesmente fantástico fabuloso ❤

[@AwakenedWordsmith]

Holy baJEEZUS what kind of opal is that @0:43~0:49?

[@lapidarydave]

Believe it or not it’s Mexican which 99% of the time isn’t close to that good Armando is amazing at sourcing material

[@GeminiGem55]

Did you mention an obsidian called "firecracker obsidian"? Does that come from Mexico and is that different than mahogany obsidian?

[@lapidarydave]

def mexico obsidian

[@shanosantwanos3908]

Brilliant craftmenship

[@AvalonDreamz]

The stone at 9:17 I would LOVE to have! It truly looks like a shadowed forest. The things you can see in some of these stones is just amazing to me. PLEASE IF ANYONE KNOWS WHAT THAT STONE IS CALLED, LET ME KNOW!!?

[@lapidarydave]

that is picasso marble it’s a awesome stone

[@davids3566]

It's Armando, not Armondo

[@lapidarydave]

Yep you are right I made this video super late 😅 I will fix it

[@marving8235]

how much is he selling the fire agate for those are beautiful

[@tombrooks3812]

I think i saw a price on the tray,25$ ct.

[@Abdo-pm2qu]

صديقى العزيز كم سعر الجرام لهذه الأحجار الجميله من فضلك

[@northernrocks543]

Do you know of any gem shows like this near Northern Illinois or near by states?

[@lapidarydave]

Nothing quite like the Tucson gem show it’s the bigggest in the world but I’m sure there are some fun ones near you It should be easy to search for them online

[@spheresnomades7970]

Hi Dave! I was wondering, in the video you are talking about a video where they show how they work. I can't find it. Could you perhaps refer me? Thank you very much

[@lapidarydave]

do you mean a video on how they make the cabochons?

[@spheresnomades7970]

@@lapidarydave That's right! On the video you talk about him appearing on one of your videos in Denver, but I watched them all aha, and nothing

[@lapidarydave]

@@spheresnomades7970 I definitely filmed Armondo and sons in Denver but I can’t find the footage myself if I find it I’ll send you a link

[@spheresnomades7970]

@@lapidarydave Thank you very much! 🌞

[@roberttyrrell2250]

I don't mind a pointed stone. I have secret trick w/o wedging the bezel point w file. Create a shoe. Easier to break the point? Yup. Be careful.😉

[@lapidarydave]

I need to know secret trick!!!!

[@roberttyrrell2250]

@@lapidarydave Think of it like how your shoe has enough room to get your foot in. & your toes are covered, ankle is exposed. Its like that. I make the bezel w seam at the point. Pre fit the stone, file 2 angles push the bezel down so the 2 sides just kissing & has enough room to get the point under. (File/ cut bezel point each side perfect matched even & hieght you want it to be)Remove stone. I solder the point. I have a nice tight point( semi burnished not tight on stone yet) The stone just slips under like toes in a shoe. As you know; When setting always start at corner or tight radius. So you don't get funky ripples. Burnish the rest around the stone. It doesn't work w square or trillion cuts. But for pointed pear shapes? Perfect. No ugly filed open tip, not over lapped, no open seam to get snagged on clothing. Have I broken a few. Yup. Chipped a cpl? Yup. I have little box of chipped. Both facet, & cabs. Few marquise, Mostly opals😳🤯😭 Maybe I'll do a vid.

[@OriginalSithMonkey]

You spelled his name wrong in the links. Just fyi

[@michellepernula872]

He should make people use gloves to inspect stones.

[@lapidarydave]

you gotta taste it with your finger

[@trptrungblogs]

❤️❤️💎👍🇻🇳