Steph

He checks in periodically. @wvrons

wow The less busy side is so delicate ... loving it

Show us a mongoose! Remember the Orange Peel?

exciting maybe a little too exciting

Ray Laubs sent me these pix of cat's eyes he made -- I think they're worthy of kicking off a new thread.

Ray just gave me these pix of some of his

hmmmm .... I _have_ had pix .... still haven't imported the pix from my last computer .... lemme see

I have some of these that they fit into. Wouldn't stack with big marbles in them. Would take care of the problem with the flimsiness ... at a greater price. https://www.ebay.com/itm/2-Stackable-Plastic-Tray-w-Black-Flocked-8-Compartment-Jewelry-Display-Insert-/271659981382?hash=item3f40325a46:g:nrcAAOSwaA5WjSjJ

Here's a bag of cats @ManofKent posted. It has the soft shade of blue I associate with Master. If you see a black banana and it looks American-made, assume it is Master.

(or I could go find my box of master cats and take a new picture ...... )

With the crystal clear base glass, it's a good bet it's American. Also, I'm sure Peltier made waaaaaaaay more of the distinct banana-shaped ones than Master, so by the odds I say go ahead and put it with your Peltiers! I'm trying to find some pix of the colors Master used.

That ones tricky. 5/8" Jabos from before 2008 aren't usually very busy, and that does look pre-2008. Though the glass looks like it might be newer than the 1930's-40's swirls, I'm not jumping all the way to Jabo at this time. I'll wait for someone else's opinion.

.... that's what I was thinking .....

Jabos are famous for their little white hit marks. I don't remember moons but the little white marks just became to be expected. The contract runs did get quite a lot of moons if you had them shipped. I got boxes from a couple of the Jabo Tribute runs and spent long time being sad about the hits. But not all had it, so I have some stellar keepers, and in general I finally learned to love 'em warts and all.

I don't think Marble King lets people see their cat's eyes being made. You have a chance of seeing swirls being made. The investors who do runs at Dave's Appalachian Swirls would probably let you tag along. Jabo might allow spectators also -- not sure. This line, "colored glass veins are injected into a transparent main stream" ... made more sense than "as the glass is stretched, small streams of colored glass are inserted at the center" ... because "stretching" sounds like handmade. And I'm pretty sure we're talking about "streams" flowing somehow. There actually is at least one person who makes cat's eyes by hand -- Ray Laubs @raynsandy

Tell me more about the one with the yellow, green and white ribbons ....

Yes, Peltier made bananas. Master also made bananas, and there are banana-like marbles from Asia. Is there any tint to the base glass? I like the ones with that little extra in 'em. I don't know if it's debris ... or if it's something which was used in creating the color... or ?

Someone else might know! I don't feel conversant with marble-making techniques.

Can't get enough of those.

I think _most_ vintage. Your first close-up might be Jabo. In the first picture, the orange and white smack dab in the middle might be Jabo. In the last group photo, the blue and yellow one on the top ... that yellow has a Vacor-like consistency to it. And the yellow and white one on the left of that photo might be Jabo.

Subtle yet spectacular Is that possible? Must be. You have it.

How, I could not say. Time: second half of the 50's.