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My "dreidel" bag. So called because as I finished it inside out I realized it would fit one perfectly. Apparently bison leather is kosher, but it is currently holding my mini binder clips which are invaluable when sewing leather and needed a place to stay.

My large experiment. Which coincidentally fit a bag of jabo classics I had perfectly.

Closed.

A valentines present for my oldest.

I have been hobbying with leather for about 10 years now. I don't make too much, don't really have the time or the money for a sewing machine that would make it go so much faster. I have made 4 bags in the last month, quite a record for me. I had made a bunch of AA maglite belt holsters, about 10 which I gave away. 2 of the recent bags were for 2 of my sons. 1 was a rather large experiment that turned out nicely, and the other I fancy as perfect for holding a dreidel I made it out of boredom with no real intention. I will try to get pics of all of them, past and present.

And what about stone marbles? I'm sure the crockery guys get their own spot....

Perhaps we could have a category for discussion of marble accessories. I know I am naught the only one to collect bags/pinball/marble run sets/shooting aids/etc. I have yet to find an appropriate spot other than the general chat which I feel is meh considering just how large the scope is for marble accoutrements.

Like I said, most likely ignorance. I thought some of the cats eyes looked older but those are a dime a dozen usually anyway. My message was a bit harsher than it needed to be but only in hopes that they would make an effort.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Big-Antique-Marbles-Big-Lot-Of-100-Marbles-/221917218704?hash=item33ab4c0790:g:G~wAAOSwMmBVjguw I sent the seller a message. While I may not be as versed as some of you even I can see this is either an attempt to cheat someone or, more likely, ignorance, willful ignorance. My message: Dear gis2015, These are not "vintage" and they are certainly not "antique". Most of these are jabo brand marbles, nice yes, even collectible but not older than 2000. The only older marbles in that lot are the three torwards the front that are semi translucent white and red.

Luckily I don't deal with many of THOSE mice. One call I had friday the cleaning lady ACCIDENTALLY flushed a wash cloth, and it was right there, a bent up coat hanger could have gotten it. For me the biggest source of calls is a tie between sinks/showers with hair and toilets/rusty mains with wet wipes. Galvanized steel pipes are the worst, its like if you roll up a poster and then pull the edge in the center of the tube inward more, like the pipes are made of rolled sheet metal. When they rust everything gets caught in them.

Today It was Greenbeans. Apparently this old woman didn want someone to feel bad about not liking their homegrown green beans. In an effort to hide the evidence and not make someone feel bad she flushed them, about a cup, cup and a half. They were the big suckers too, 5-6" long. It's the thought that counts right?

Things I have pulled as both drain snaking and whilst maintenance at mcds: Pistachio shells(urinal) 1'x2' painting rag(made it all the way to the main) Bed pad(nursing home-in the main) Spiderman(8", IN the urinal) WET WIPES!!!!!! SO MANY WET WIPES!!!!

I won't be graphic. I recently changed positions at my plumbing company and am the 24/7 drain snaking guy. This change has made me feel as though I must tell everyone "it says flushable, but it's not, IT'S A LIE!!!" Don't flush: Lady products Wet wipes Anything that ain't natural or paper!!!!

Did you do the upgrade to windows 10? You know, linux mint is great.

They are pretty clean. Wire brush works great for cleaning metal. It's a great picture but I shutter seeing a marble in the jaws of a plier. Lolz.

I can tell you beyond a doubt that it's a bag.

Yeah, ball mill balls.... I saw those as well but they weren't spherical really. The link I posted was to a precision bearing, If I remember correctly. I did also see a very nice ruby colored zirconia sphere but alas, it was 2". anything more than an eigth above 3/4" really doesn't interest me. And if it isn't valuable for it's antiquity or rarity, even though i may like the style and color, being over 3/4" means I probably won't buy it. large marbles are an annoyance to me, they are becoming such a pet peeve that at this point if I were to find a marble like this: http://www.phylliswall.com/.a/6a00d8341c4f7d53ef01901cbd2597970b-pi but in 3/4" I would buy it over new tires for my car simply because you never see the most beautiful creations of todays glass artists in anything under 1.5" Which brings us to that slippery slope.....My last slide ended about a year ago. What had started as 200$ out of my tax return ended up being 50-100$ a month for six months. And with prices on man made diamonds these days who couldn't justify a diamond taw? lolliez But yeah, I could never tell my wife, the biggest diamond I have gotten her is quite small, the ring as a whole is quite nice though.

How close will you be to ohio?

http://www.ortechceramics.com/store/product.asp?prodCategory=17&prodSubcategory=22 21$+ shipping for a 3/4" ball. Looks like a gloss white glass marble to me. I am buying one when I get paid(shh....don't tell the wifey! Lolz). Maybe I can find one in black. One website had translucent ruby red ones but they were 2" spheres.

http://i.stack.imgur.com/69BHU.jpg I feel as though I must get a zirconia shooter. Not only could you pass it off as glass it would be your best bet performance wise. My pleasure is not in defrauding, it is simply in knowing I have the ability.

This reminds me of a thought I once had about the type of shooter you may use in tournament play. I would certainly hope that in a game where 9-15year olds compete that the parents wouldn't do this but you could get a ceramic marble of considerable weight. I went so far as to look up the highest density ceramic balls I could find, I believe it was a zinc oxide compound. http://www.nationalmarblestournament.org/tournament-rules.html That's a link to the rules. They state it has to be glass and can't be metal but I bet most judges would let you use a ceramic one. Granted if they got their hands on it they would certainly notice a weight difference. The balls I found were 3-4 times heavier than your average glass marble.

I guess for me marbles do satisfy in a couple ways. For one I like precision, like a tool with sharp well defined edges, or the wiring in my computer case being just so, in that way a marble being a perfect sphere is nice. On the other hand they are random and spontaneous, pick one out of a bag and you won't have any clue as to what it will look like. Marbles are kind of like a modern art piece in that they are for the most part splashes of color, and while the artist can pick the colors and the general area they will land he can not choose how they will mix. But on the other hand marbles are timeless, not modern, even the oldest stone marble if well polished would look great sitting on the dash of the sleekest sports car. Even if you picked out one hundred marbles you didn't like, sitting in a pile they would look good. I dont understand most modern art, I guess I don't have too, the beauty of modern art is that it doesn't have to confine to any one persons idea of aesthetically pleasing. Each person is free to enjoy the piece they like with the relative security that no one else can criticize their choice. There are no definitions as to what modern art has to be, no one can tell you that the piece you like isn't "authentic" or that it doesn't fit the definition you want to give it. Marbles are the original modern art. All of this and yet I don't feel cliche describing them this way as I might if I were to let my self enjoy the details of some other type of art, I don't feel snooty doing it. I guess you could say I love marbles.

I just want to note this is one of the most enjoyable conversations about marbles I have ever had, quite enlightening.

The one calculation that was "off" was my guess as to the volume of a 2" marble. I was tired and this thread got me thinking back to highschool when we weighed different spheres of different sizes, quite the same to what you are asking. Anyway I was thinking of the 3/4" or 1" acrylic spheres we used, in that regard I don't think I was off by much. You are right, seeing the math it is quite obvious that a person is most likely to percieve a marble as being denser than it is by comparing one to another of close but not exact size. I could totally see a discussion over a rare sulphide being fake or not based on its percieved weight as compared with a known rare sulphide. Quite a dangerous situation for the parties involved if they don't realize.

Yeah, I guess I was off a little(a lot, lolz) on my volume estimation. You see what I mean about sizes and the large difference in weight. Going up in size linearly gives you an exponentially increasing mass. You can compare a 1" marble to a 2" you just have to do it by first comparing the weight of each to a standard(soda-lime) and expressing their weight above or below average as a percentage.