Steph

Another case of terminology getting in the way imho. Folks are getting hung up on the word "bee" instead of talking about the mibs Ray is thinking of. Semdot focused on it - on the mibs that is - 6 ribbon mibs with the distinct red and black vs. 4 ribbon mibs with the red and black running together. ,,, or something like that ,,, if I understand correctly ,,, [insert favorite humble statement] ,,,

I appreciate the props, Kev, but as most of the stuff I'd contribute is already posted in other threads, hopefully others will post some fresh material! nowhere near enough master appreciation threads. glad you started this one. :-)

seems a good analogy. IMHO

Gorgeoso! I think it's 3 vanes. flattened with a steamroller. a tiny little glass elf inside driving around on his tiny little steamroller (without the steam because that probably wouldn't work out too well in hot glass) and flattening it. Maybe sprinkling a little extra magic dust into the blue vane to turn it into a purply hybrid. or could it be a flattened six vaner? weerd. i love it!

Thanks Kev! It needed a name. Had to have one. LOL. Actually I think it is uncommon, But it had to be shown today in one thread or another. It demanded it. It's quite an insistent little mib.

No idea how common or uncommon. Just putting my Golden Rainbo here to help me resist the urge to post it in Ray's Golden Rebel thread.

And for easy access, one of Alan's RWB pix from his Ravenswood thread. Again, I'm being loose with the concept of "red". Alan's description is "an opaque white based swirl with a bright blue and trnsparent honey-amber swirl"

I love a good red white and blue debate! LOL. Here's from a CAC box, just for fun. Here's the windjet mib in question. Note, I use "red, white and blue" loosely. The seller described the mib as blue, white and orange. (with 2 shades of blue)

Ooh good pic for a question I've been meaning to ask. ya know what gives newer marbles an oily sheen? aw heck, I don't know personally, but I think it might be high sodium content of the glass? Recently read something which seemed maybe to imply that. Now seems an okay time to ask.

Marbles make good metaphors. At least they used to. A political cartoon from 1928. (click to enlarge)

Here's the teaser for a much longer comic strip, from 1929. (here's the rest)

Bingo! Er, I mean, here's a follow-up on the ever so important sparkler question. I know you were holding your breath. Looking at a jobbers price list for 1933-1934 . . . sparklers are listed. They were part of the Special Assortment. From the flyer: The price on the No. 0 size was $2.40 for 1000 marbles. So Sparklers cost less than Moss Agates - the price on the No. 0 size for Moss Agates was $3.00 per 1000. The most expensive marbles in the list were "the brand new and exclusive Akro Carnelian" at $4.00 per 1000. "Conceded to be the best glass marbles manufactured." :-) Wonder who "conceded" that. :-) (Thanks to George S. for a copy of the ad.)

Do you mean Guinea? (with a hard "g" sound?)

they weren't called yo-yos. Apparently 'flying disks' (sp?). which I would have guessed meant frisbees if someone had asked me before today.

Thanks Dani. And John. Yes, I was trying to sort out the patches - or at least see if there was any chance for me to do it! - so I sidestepped the swirly or corky moss agates. p.s., did you know that to Master their Meteors were translucent? Some mibs I've been calling Cloudies I shouldn't have. I made an edit about that above. Master included "Moss Agate" style mibs under both names in their ads. Also, the ads have at least one pic of what I thought were Cloudies but they called 'em Meteors.

do ya'll collect Alox yo-yo's too? they're not fancy. but they're marble-relatable! edit: actually I don't know how fancy they are. there was a "4 jewel" model - just saw a ref to it at a yo-yo site.

Congratulations Ron! Hope your addiction is strong enough that you'll find a way to get back to us very soon!

Happy Alan Day, wherever you are!

Here's one of those topics I think I once was on my way to understanding but instead of getting more focussed it has gotten more fuzzy. I could try to recreate the info - in order to ask the question "intelligently" - but I've decided to just toss it out on the table and see what happens. The U.S. has exported marble-making technology, right? Some individuals or companies may have done it, but also the U.S. government in an official foreign relations way? Frank Sellers is cited in AMMM (p. 38) as saying his grandfather Lawrence Alley was invited by the government to go to Japan to help them set up marble factories but his health prevented him from going. And I think I also heard about this in connection with marbles made in South America. But I'm not sure. Anyone know the scoop on this?

Greg: Way to wake us up! Ann: I'm guessing that box is at least partially backfilled / mis-filled. By someone who thought the ox meant Akro? maybe? Or maybe those were just their very favorite marbles and they put them in their favorite marble box without worrying about maker? (lol) or something like that . . . Here's a horsehair ox thread. Horsehair Examples? Kevin: how much do you miss that box!?

Thanks David for commenting on the green base! Isn't in funny how we can distracted by terminology! Love the mib!

You misread Edna's meaning. IMHO. Why would you assume she was saying that anyone was speaking an opinion for the whole? Of course she meant that each person is stating their own opinion. Hence it is redundant to couch one's remarks in the IMHO ending. Or something along those lines. Why does "every comment" lead to chaos? Well possibly partly because of the tendency of people to overgeneralize. More definitely because of people misreading. It becomes exponentially worse when people make harsh criticisms based on their misreading. Regardless of Edna's meaning, or your reading of it, and regardless of whether my reading of her post was correct, your post was hostile. It was in direct opposition to the tolerance you seemed possibly to be calling for.

The "pinched pontil" misnomer is probably exacerbated by what some call "Japanese pinchers". Purely machine made but with odd pinched looking poles. Fun stuff, huh?

Everyone's opinion is okay EXCEPT Edna's? Don't knock them or mock them UNLESS they're Edna?