| Get a feeling for the quality and beauty of our Protege Clay poker chip line before
you buy with a sample stack of ten chips. This will give you just enough to get
the feeling of rifling thru a stack of true clay chips.
Where possible, we always try to include at least one of each denomination.
Nonetheless, our top priority is to get our customers a sample as quick as possible,
so our policy is to ship what we got instead of waiting until we have one of
each denomination available.
Depending on available inventory, this clay poker chip sample usually includes
at least one of each of the following:
- A twenty-five cent clay poker chip
- A one-dollar clay poker chip
- A five-dollar clay poker chip
- A twenty-five dollar clay poker chip
- A one hundred dollar clay poker chip
- A five hundred dollar clay poker chip
- A one thousand dollar clay poker chip
- A five thousand dollar clay poker chip
- An orange NCV clay poker chip
To expedite delivery, this sample ships via USPS Priority Mail (1-2
business days).
About the Protege Clay Poker Chip Line
The Protégé clay poker chip line is the outcome of an innovative
project where a poker chip collecting community was given full reign on designing
every element of a new chip line to fit into Sidepot Gaming Company’s
retail mix. We sponsored the project, and helped to moderate the progression
of the design. It was largely a blank slate project and the deeply knowledgeable
community was given the latitude to affect nearly every element of the chip.
When the project started, there was a palette of 35 or so chip colors, 15 or
so edge spot configurations, and 10 or so printed inlay shapes. Combined there
were literally millions of options for the community to choose from.
By the end of the project, the collective influence of the community pushed
us in directions we never imagined from the outset. In addition to the truly
inspired chip colors and design they voted in as the winner, they both guided
us to create one of the heaviest clay chips on the market and persuaded us to
bring back true punched/shaped inlays, a throwback poker chip inlay feature
that hadn’t been seen in the consumer poker chip market for several decades.
What was initially planned to be a 60-90 day project ended up taking closer
to 9 months. What our designers initially thought was a bit of a gamble, turned
into one of the most anticipated high-end poker chip lines of the past few years,
if not ever.
With over 150 active participants making thousands of collective contributions
and voting on every element of the chip design, the Protégé chip
line is, we believe, as close as one can come to a grassroots, collaborative
community design project. And it worked! The truly beautiful winning chip line
proves the promise of what can be accomplished by tapping into the collective
intelligence and creativity of a highly interested group of casino chip fanatics.
Cigar & Snifter mold
The Protégé line uses Sidepot’s throwback Cigar & Snifter
mold, what some insiders in the poker chip industry consider the finest mold
ever produced. The engraving design features an intricate cigar and snifter
design, repeated 8 times around the track of the chip. Two concentric circles
frame this repeating design, one inside and one outside.
Like our previous flagship line, the InPlay Clay, the innovation that really
sets the Protégé line apart from every poker chip in the world
is the innovative smooth feel of the track and edge of the chip combined with
the popular textured, cross-hatched inlay surface. Unlike all other clay chips
in the world, which come out of the factory with a rough surface, our Protégé
chip has an unmistakable smooth feel right out of the box - exactly like a chip
that has been properly broken-in within the casino environment.
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