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Don't let anyone leave the building, I've been robbed.

Hang on, I'll find its sister. Brb

Yes they are opposite each other. That must be lint or something on it. More pics.

5/8" ?? I have a couple of these in a bag with other marbles. They always stand out above the croud.

For $20.00 Granddaughter will love them. Lol, she's 16 now so she will probably hang one from her nose. Hehe and if I want her to know I said that I'll tell her myself.

Well it's my opinion that two or three of you should gather your collections, notes and photos. And publish a comprehensive ID book to rival any book to date. I know I would buy it!

Hi Steph As you know I'm new here. I just wanted to say thank you for all your help. I know you must spend in incredible amount of time helping other people as much as you have me. You share your knowledge freely and it didn't come without many many hours of study. You have a great sense of humor, your kind words are comforting to the uneducated. I hope to one day shake your hand and maybe a hug. May you be blessed with all you dream of! Bud

From a newbie who feels the same as far as constantly asking for help and feeling like a pain in somebody's butt. It would be nice if someone would write a book with good pictures explaining surface textures. Under a glass old handmades compared to newer. And it seems to me there is a difference between makers. Roll marks etc. It's obvious temperature played a big part in the surface finish. Some appear that the rolls were much smoother than others. Some have a texture that looks like the rolls were rusty and pitted. Just my observation.

Machinemades, here is another pic. I'm not seeing any facets. What are you looking at? Although the one on the left seems to be out of round and the surfaces texture is interesting. I'll have the little woman send better pics when they are delivered.

Haha. Yes they look like they would hurt We fried marbles when we were kids. Just get them hot in a frying pan then dump them in ice water. It's kinda fun!

Lol, I do this to myself often. I buy something and then have to wait two or three weeks to go home and see them. It's nerve racking! Lol

I thought of that possibility but after looking at fried marble pictures and knowing the clips are older I just had to have them. If there fried the I'll give then to my grand daughter. Lol

I just bought these. I know the clips are very old style. And there looks to be a cut line on the top left side of the left marble. What do you all think?

I don't know what they are but thanks for the lead. I'll go with jabo for now.

There nice, I like them a lot. I have two that resemble them and could be the same. I'll have to hide and watch. Mine are 7/8" with yellow. The red is very dark and hard to get a decent picture of the inside.

Yes that's it. I just read this on Alen's site. "Sometimes inverted" but still don't know how that happens. I know I'll be tossing in my sleep tonight. M.F. Christensen marbles have a diagnostic trait known as the "nine and tail." Basically, as the glass was twisted from the furnace a nine-shaped spiral (sometimes inverted) was left on one pole of the marble. Often, this "nine" exhibits a "tail" that spirals around the marble and either ends at the opposite pole or terminates somewhere in between, even occasonally looping back to the point of origi

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Looks backwards to me but than the water spins counter clockwise here when I flush the toilet and clockwise in Montana. Haha Steph I'll bend over and you can kick me now.

There it is, whomp, there it is, whomp. How did that happen? Bud tapping foot on the floor.

Love it! I'm so far north that if I went another five miles I would fall off the edge. Wvrons, wow! That's way cool! Can I have it?

John; I'm finding this all very interesting. A left handed person would need to work from the opisit side of the rolls in order to stay out of the way of the right handed workers. Haha I better go put on some more coffee.

Alright, I feel much better now that I know I'm not alone in this world.. where are you? If I may?

Popcorn sounds good, think I'll go make myself some and a vanilla latti to go with it. By the way i trust your opinion more then I can say. And your fast! Lol

Laughing here. So it says Leighton. http://www.kuzich.com/MARBLES/TRAN.html I Googled MF Christenson horizontal slags. Anyway, it's all so much fun for me and learning more every day. I'm starving for knowledge and you all are feeding me a six corse meal.

Yeehaa, sounds like a great way to spend an afternoon.