Chad G.

"Thank you Ron" Yes the generations ahead of us seem to leave something to be desired in the respect, work ethic, and moral departments. Believe me I earned every penny I ever got, hard earned and well spent for the most part, a few frivolous extravagancies and that's it. I left home the day I turned 15, my Father said if I didn't like it there I could leave and that I did. I worked for my uncle for room and board putting cedar shingles on roofs and siding. We split the shingles from cedar bolts by hand using a hammer and a frow. Hard, hard work, and just to earn my keep, daylight to dark every day until each job was finished. Joined the Navy when I was 17 and that was that. Oh ! I remember what you told me they used to put on the floors to prevent the hot glass from starting fires in the old factories, information gathered on either forum sticks to my in my brain like glue. Eager to learn and also wipe out any wrong thinking I may have learned in the last 30 some years. I love this hobby and love to share what I have learned with others. Nothing brings me greater pleasure than getting off a forum knowing I have helped someone just as interested as me. I wish I would have lived a little closer to all the action as you do. I know for sure I would have been involved in some fashion. Probably a factory worker, I like hard work, the days go by swiftly and you know every penny was earned. " Anything worth doing is worth doing right " a motto I try my best to live by. A lucky man you are Ron, doing what you love to do as a job. I loved my last job ship fitting so lucky as well. I believe the last dime store I went to was almost all toys and such, called Bonanza 88, shut down when I was very young, a dream world for me, my folks had to pry me out of there. Chad G.

Nice Akro ware Bill ( Hope ya had a great new years ), and the matchin cullet too. Wish I had the cullet to go with mine, course I didn't get to go on them midnight raids on the old Akro plantation Aargh !! I like the shaded pumpkin, ox, as well as the regular pumpkin

Hope you all had a great and safe new years.

Some old ads for the New Year. I am adding dates by year so the pictures may have changed in particular order. 1905 salesman's catalog 1905 regular catalog

Take it from me, you can "count" on having a " Happy New Year " Even though it seems to "suck" right now ! Ah Ah Ahhh !!

Happy New Year Marble Friends Blessings On You !! Time To Open A New

1 Hr. & 52 mins. and counting Ah Ah Ahh !!

I always get to suffer a little longer than anyone else, I'm only 48 mi. from the Pacific ocean

2 Hrs. 22 mins. and counting Ah Ah Ahh !!

4 Hrs. 45 mins. and cuonting Ah Ah Ahhh !!

I was only kidding Deanna, but since you've offered " Thank You " I do need some wet mint, hvy. ox coverage, 11/16ths or larger patches, or if you have any wet ones with just an oxblood patch. Just let me know what you want to trade for and I'll see what I can do. 90 % of my mibs are 9.8 wet mint, I've been culling for about 5 years now, I had to sell my 20 some year collection during a divorce in 09, one of the least treasured moments in my life, watching 22 yrs of collecting go to auctions and Ebay Ah well all uphill from here, that water went under the bridge and hit the ocean long ago. I like Pelts, Alley, Germans, Akro, Master, MK, Vitro, Heaton, Cairo, and Contemps. in that order. I do have more Pelts and Germans than anything, Oh! alot of HEATON as you seen some of the pix on the thread I started. We can trade pix and come to an equitable trade for both of us. One good thing is we don't have to pay Ebay or Pay Pal fee ( ONE IN THE SAME ) they just have the two different names to bilk more cash out of you, it's like Remember when Ebay and the web started, FREE COMERCE YAY !! and then it was over. I look forward to some pics, Jess got a killer clip on macro for her cell, it's posted somewhere here on MC, I'll find it for you and repost, better pix than my camera, a great investment, I think under $40.00, take a look at her pix, killer with just that little clip on addition, she uses a maglite for her lighting I couldn't believe it you won't either after you see her pix, she has a bunch on "Akro Friday" her avatar is Disco005 you'll see her there and me as well, don't forget to post on "Happy Akro Friday" on Friday ( Tomorrow ) under the header "General Marble Glass Chat" Later. Chad G.

5 Hrs. 30 mins. and counting Ah Ah Ahhh !!

7 Hrs. 53 mins. and counting Ah Ah Ahhh !!

Ahh !! Nice bowl and mibs You obviously have to many I wants me cut After all, that's what this forum is all about "sharing" rite ??

9 Hrs. 25 mins. and counting Ah Ah Ahhh !!

I blew this fire opal ad up for ya Steph !! I couldn't read it without glasses, as with the firts blowup taken from the first post only a year date of 1931 was given.

I stumbled onto this while researching something else marble related, a link inside a link inside yet another link, sheer luck !! I was just curious. The main website has been dead for years ☠️ I used to use it daily instead of Ebay or CW, After all that's what this forum was built on, the sharing of information in order to build a factual data base for this hobby, and have a lot of fun on the way, and a little bit of a sore back and neck Chad G.

It's a first for me to Al, over 30 yrs. and never an Akro ad like that ?? I have no idea !! I think it would be a good wood burning project ? A wall hanger for the old homestead.

I ran across an information gold mine, a lot to share " but " I want yours to for my folder. When I find stuff like this I'll copy all of it into a folder because as you well know sites like this disappear quickly and the information is gone forever. A blowup from the first ad page showing a date of 1931 no month was given for this picture.

I have been granted the use of marble ads from said magazine year dates 1893 - 1928 with one from Akron ad from 1931 permission and my great appreciation is given to : Check out this old sales ad from a 1931 catalog. The akro logos in the upper L & R corners have "no crow" in them, A very interesting old ad. what gives ?? the magazine company or what ?? Any info would be great Here's the top blown up for a closer look

Hang in there Steph, I could only get to maybe 2 or 3 , that's it, The End!! 5 - 8 yrs ago, " superman " Now I've it a brick wall " "Super" Hard, Believe me I wrote what I did for a reason.

I think I opened that book once and put it away. Make that twice counting 10 minutes ago. I got it as a gift, believe me I never would have bought it, yes dark and one view pics mostly, I looked at a guinea and couldn't tell if it was real or contemp, it didn't even show the seam in that pic. Like I said good fire starter, I believe you're right the only name that stuck was robins egg, I haven't heard people call the the other names but a few times years ago..

ALL OF THE NAMED HEATON ARE ON THE THREAD PROVIDED ABOVE. CHUCK AND THE OTHERS WHO DUG ARE THE ONES WHO NAMED THEM. THATS WHAT COMES ALONG WITH DISCOVERING A MARBLE YOU GET TO NAME IT. THE PIX I TOOK AREN"T THAT GREAT BUT CHUCK HAD NO PROBLEM IDENTIFYING EVERY ONE. I DIDN'T WASTE THE TIME LABELING THEM BECAUSE THEY ALLREADY ARE ON THE POSTED THREAD. SOME OF THE BEST PICS I TOOK ARE OF RARER ONES THAT ARENT NAMED YET. THAT'S PROBABLY WHY YOU DON'T RECOGNIZE THEM. SO WE'LL ALL HAVE TO WAIT TILL THE DIGGERS NAME EM. THE ANTICIPATION IS PART OF THE FUN. YES I HAVE THAT BOOK, IT ISN'T WORTH THE PAPER IT'S PRINTED ON, THE PICS ARE DARK AND BLURRY, IF YOU CAN BELIEVE IT WORSE THAN MINE, GOOD FIRE STARTER, A LITTLE EXPENSIVE AT $15.00 THOUGH, STANLEY BLOCK IN MY OPINION PUT OUT SOME OF THE BEST I.D. AND PRICE GUIDE BOOKS EVER PRINTED, AT $40.00 TO $50.00 THEY MIGHT SEEM A LITTLE HIGH BUT THEY HAVE MORE THAN PAYED FOR THEMSELVES MANY TIMES OVER FOR ME. LINK : https://marbleconnection.com/topic/26001-named-heaton-types/

I got these from the people at the last two digs, Chuck has listed all known named Heaton, the rest I have pics of are either rare or remain unnamed. I've only taken pics of about a 10thof the mibs I have, lots of cleaning sorting and making flats. I won't be done for a while. Chucks list is quite complete and there are plenty of unnamed ones on the other Heaton thread he has as well. Eventually yes they will all be named, there's a good deal of people thinking up names as we speak, the diggers will agree on a name and then move on to the next one, some will probably never be named, just Heatons.

Your welcome !! Check out these 3 Akro patches, one has an ade base and the other 2 have an ace base, can you tell the difference ?? Here's the answer, the same 3 mibs under a fluorescent tube, this may surprise you !! The big ones a nice 3/4 inch shooter, the other 2 are 5/8ths, the size has no bearing, I've had them both over an inch. A very subtle color difference in the glass you will learn to recognize over time