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heres the best i can do trying to see the 9,,,bj

yea love that article, especially where he gives the accolades to Hansel, for providing the pics,,, matter a fact i belive most books out there give him credit for the pics, Hansel is awesome, knows alot more than it would seam here. but,, the only PT i have has a big ole chip off it but you can see the faint white 9 in the design, also in the jade mib i have,, the 9's look totally different,,, the PT is a tight 9 and the jade is more of a broad 9.,, bj

I think I know what they are just need some back up from you guys/gals,,, Thanks,,,, bj ps.. these are not mine, personally i think their fake but they do have the old look to them dont they?

Where would we be without any of you?,,,bj

Bout time, wahoooo, j

Good ole Morel Mushrooms,, very tasty and big $$,, nice,,, bj

anybody that knows me on these boards knows i love the green ones, but Dammmmmmmmm you have sucker punched me with that one, wow, i love them all but the green one is OFF THE HOOK crazy bad adz,, wow,, ,,, bj

My gosh what a nice mib, despite the fracture,, wow, bj

Holy Moly, nice colors fer sure there,,, nice photography,, wow,, bj

wow, wow, nice find,, agree, aventurine is a big plus, this is such a condition sensitive group because their veneered color, a few yrs ago each one would have brought 60 to 75 bucks a pc, but have come way down in recent years,, i love the green in them, again nice haul,,, bj

Theres NO emotional value to this, this is one of them 2 buck buys and im curious what you could do with it so pm your address and price and i'll take a shot at it, i also have a sulphide i'll send so you can have fun with it if you want,,, love to see the 2 fixed back into solid again, neither has any eye appeal right now, thanks Rich,, bj

Man I wished I was there when this got pounded,shmack the kid who beat it up,, its a 2 inch hmmmm,, looks like a double multi color ribbon i dont know what to call it, hand mades arent my specialty,, this one has a few cracks in it, lolol,, I think i need to send it to Rich to work his magic, is it savable? is that a word?, lol,,, j

Holy Moly,, Im gonna start following you around,, i love cool looking mibs, thats a stunner,, wow,,bj

wow, im looking for the front of the mib where the snout and the oink is coming from,, thats cool looking,, nice mibs,,bj

ok i'll bight,, what the heck is it?,,, sweet mib, wow,,,bj

wow, what a hit to the marble world, an icon is gone, rest in peace,, bj

Let Me Google That For You lol,

wow, now thats just plain cool,, nice,, bj

now that just a cool picture, i like that, very wizardry look,, nice,, bj

heres the pontils up close,,bj

its definetly opaque, no color when light is shined at the back,, it DOES have one partial ground pontil,, the color is kind of weird , one side is pure black and on the other side where the white dives into the inner matrix it has a brownish almost dark olive green that begins to cover the white band look to it,,, it is a consistant 7/8 in all around,,bj also the group they sold off there was a couple of striped opaques i only got the green one seen in the pic above, there was a white opaque one that ide swear had an oxblood band going from pole to pole, i missed that one because they put it together with the lutz mib they sold,,

wouldnt the clambroth type be considered to fit in with the lightning strike mibs catagory, idk, maybe Baumann's is off on his descriptions, i dk know the guy or his reputation, he just has some great references in his book it would be hard for me to say he's that far off the mark on this type,what the book doesnt have is a cane cut slag section to compare it with,, very tough mib to talk about,, bj you must have added the pics after i read it,, yea Baumann's way off on this type in his book then, he says the chevron is on an opaque or clear base, nothing about milky opaque like the clambroths.

Definetly a cane cut mib, the one i have is 7/8 in. maybe its just the size thats the reason for the pattern, IDK, i'de like to see a show of hands, how many collectors out there have ever heard of a Chevron marble raise your hand, i didnt,and if you never heard of them how many got mis identified as being a cane cut slag? after i got in i read about them in Baumann's newest book on mibs 4th edition( i love this book BTW, the Christensen exotic's on the cover are very very cool ) so i aint no expert, what am i going to do with it?,, hmmmmm, probably enjoy for a little bit, i havent got any offers to tempt me into selling it yet just a few PM's asking me if i was going to sell it, these questions leave me wondering what to ask for it so if you didnt get a response from me thats why, i dont have a hand made collection for this to fit in but like i said its just a facinating mib to say the least,,, bj

before this gets into a pissing match and out of control, let me tell you about this mib,, ive been looking at it since wed when i got it,, ive seen my share of cane cut slags in my life but this mib has a controled pattern, it has a design of an Indian mib coming off the pontil but then it zips back againt the grain on both sides of the main bands going from pole to pole this isnt a random pattern this is very controled,, the main band goes from pole to pole but it looks like they cordened off a few white bands and totally reversed spin which you would think was totally impossible giving it the feathers on both sides of the bands, if you could only see it in hand, im still scratching my head wonder how they did it, its just awesome, the zip backwards gives a Peltier feather slag look, this was made by a true craftman,, you guys call it what you want but right now its sitting on my desk,,, i just want someone reading this that has an example of a Chevron marble to POST IT UP, i would love to see it for comparison, they are beginning to fascinate me,,reading the description in Baumann's book i can only agree with the author,,,, bj

Thanks, got these in the mix as well, that small razor is the closest i will probably get to the big money one, to bad its got a dull surface and a tick on it, I normally dont go after hand mades but its been so dry around here for quite a while i felt the need for a fix,,,bj