Steph

Woot woot! We again have a gallery preview on the homepage. This time on the right hand column!

Oh that IS cool. A surprise sparkler. Nice!

Yes! To both! That tree does look VERY Vitro-y.

I'd already forgotten Cairo had an example. Bump for reminder of Cairo and reminder to archive .... keeperthread.

I just did a random google ... would you say the top right rainbo here is close to "vitro lips" or a "vitro v"?

It's different. Probably a real hybrid. As in it's irregularities were accidental. We call Vitro Hybrids that even though their multicolor vanes were made that way on purposel. Yours looks like something which happened when the people were changing between runs. Asian or Mexican. Still leaning Asian.

That reminds me of a sweet Vacor I had with stretchy frit which I so hoped was a guinea. I'm sure the photos are lost to the great Macintosh Hard Drive Crash of 2008.

Yeah, that's pretty special.

Congratulations! Well-loved! I'm always shocked to hear you say your first for any Akro. Are you thinking of trying any repair? That could be a job for the water-soluble polymer.

#TeamTai Nice of them to try to humanize the bully boys so that maybe they won't receive as much hate mail, but no fan mail for them either!

Army of Darkness, with Bruce Campbell .... coz it looked like it was gonna be funny ...... having skipped the first two movies in the franchise because at least the first one was too scary. P.s., what does my Survivor buddy think about this season?

Well, I made a hodge podge of that post. But I'm done editing now. I hope I have all my numbers right.

Hiya #1, 2, 5. Vitro hybrid cat's eyes. When I say "hybrid" I'm referring to having multiple colors. However, they do seem to blur the lines between caged and not. #3. you could be onto something with your German guess. #4. Looking like it could be Japanese. Would prefer a head-on look at the cutlines so I can see the vane orientation more clearly. #6. American-made cat's eye. Could be Marble King. The bubbles make me wonder about some other maker. But in the larger size, it makes me feel like going back to Marble King.

Of course Bob will want to know what kind.

My single seam Bumble Bee

Another good one!

P.s., a couple more with the buttcracks A Pelt from a Marblealan auction: CAC: Cairo Novelty: (Doug's / Alan's) And I'll stop now! What have I done? I didn't want the thread to be overflowing with buttcracks right out of the gate!

Here are some of the non-Jabo buttcrack examples: Alley: Akro: (Pat's) Vacor: (Susan's)

Post your marbles which have the features that we famously associate with other makers. I've done this with buttcracks before -- gathering together pictures of non-Jabo buttcracks. But let's broaden the search ... for example, post things like non-Vitro V's. Or non-Akro eyelashes. Or non-CAC single-seam marbles. What other features can you think of that people associate with one maker but you have seen it in other makers?

I liked that he was in time with at least part of the video.

Here's my mutant 7-up that for the longest time I thought was a Marble King Rainbow Red.

Oh no, some of Bo's pictures aren't showing up. Bo, if they're still not showing up when you visit, would you please try reloading them? They appear to have been a victim of our recent site glitch.