Chad G.

I have 2 different Wade tigers, I guess "maybe" one is the male and the other female?? I'll post a pic of the two next to each other a bit later, I see a fav of mine "The Sturgeon" nice !!! My Grandmother had hundreds of them, her and Gramps drank rose tea every day, I remember seeing baskets of them all over her house.

Vitro for this "Sundays Best"

Yup Right on the money Brother !!

"Thank You" as well Ron for your time and long standing dedication to this great hobby, your efforts don't go unnoticed and these vids are here for all the marble community to share.

I found a site with a couple "thousand" marble terms, both U.S & Foreign. I'm not familiar with at least 80% of them but a new point of study. I would post the link but I respect the copywrite and use clause they have listed on the site "of course" at the very bottom of a very, very long page. Tor =Variation of the word Taw

Another new term for me but a mib I'd just love to have !! Black Beauties : Shooters usually made of obsidian or Black agate, heavy, extremely rare & prized

Stephen's at it again, another fantastic video, a big "Thank You" goes out to "all" involved !!!

Niiicce !! 100 % Brick, Congrats !!

A bit on the lazy side today so I copied and pasted this one !! Way too much for me to write out , I'd get lost in my own mess !!! Leighton (Grenier) & Navarre Types Leighton (Grenier) & Navarre Types are hand-gathered single-pontil transitionals that are commonly grouped together as “transitionals”, but in actuality are completely different from one another, and are from different eras and even different continents! Both types will display a swirling “9” shaped pattern similar to a MFC Slag but with the Leighton (Grenier) having a classic faceted German-style pontil, and the Navarre having the patented round melted-style pontil at the opposite pole. Silas Genier & his family made the first hand-gathered swirls with faceted pontils early in the glass marble era (circa 1850-1860) in Thurengen, Germany that collectors refer to (incorrectly) as “Leightons.” They should be called “Greniers.” Many of these contain bright colors such as white, egg yolk, blue, oxblood, and green in typically a transparent colored glass or clear base glass. Pontils on the Greniers are always faceted, as is true for all pre-1880 German handmade marbles. James Henry Leighton was a US marble maker in the late 1880’s who patented the round melted pontil process. Collectors call his marbles “Navarres,” named after the area he worked in most – Navarre, Ohio. He also worked in other cities in and around Ohio with Barberton, Ohio being another major production city for the melted pontil Navarre types. These types typically have a swirly white appearance on a purple, brown or green base. The tell-tale trademark of a Navarre is the circular melted pontil. Navarres are typically darker in appearance than the colorful Grenier’s, however I have even seen a rare red one with a reliable vintage history. Navarres are commonly mistaken as MF Christensen Slags that have a similar design and pattern, but with a cut mark at the pontil end instead of a round melted pontil. RARE types of Navarres are the “Horizontal Swirls” which spin repeatedly with the white spiraling around & around the marble in a tight almost horizontal fashion. In summary, the hand-gathered faceted single pontil marbles people mistakenly refer to as “Leightons” in actuality were not made by Mr. Leighton of Ohio, they are actually early German marbles that were made by Grenier. Sizes of both types typically range from about 5/8″ to over 1-1/2″ with value increasing exponentially with size.

No pix visible here either, I seen it earlier but had to step out for a bit, also seen the repost, are you able to post any pix Bonnie ??

If the agate is hand faceted and one of those made in Germany it may well be from 1850 and up so possibly from well before the civil war but they made hand faceted agates for a log time and still do so no real way I know of to tell the difference except that most hand faceted are earlier than the contemporary machine ground agates. I guess the hand faceting and play wear will give somewhat of an idea as to the estimated age ?? They also dyed them much differently then than now, different Chemicals that are now illegal or lethal. Potassium cyanide, Potassium bi-chromate, different chemicals for different colors ... not chemicals to play around with !!

Looks like one of the "Victims" a wonder that it's still holding together w/ all those fractures, a real "Battle Beast"

As in "sitting Ducks" makes perfect sense to me !!!

Verry nice Sherry, love it !!

A brilliant maneuver Brother, Agreed, I would have done the same, when it's time to shoot, shoot, don't stand around talking about it the game will run off !!

What a classic : Don't "shoot your eye out" Ralphie .........

All I can remember about pictograms is the ones on the inside of "Lucky Lager" beer caps from when I was a kid . Come to think of it I never solved any of those either Marble word : A new one for me at least : "Baldy" = A ball bearing used as a marble; Term used in England

A big Vacor Michelangelo from a marble Friend overseas A pic next to a little 5/8ths first run Friend

...... Thanks Ron !! Well now you know why I almost never I.D. Vitro ?? Maybe I need a bigger Fence to sit on ??

Stop man, my stomach is startin to hurt .....

The "Sarcastic" yet another new mib name, excellent ....

Always wondered why they call em "Honkers"