Chad G.

Man that cup musta been rippin when it spit that one out Ric

Only one I have like it. I sold all my 4 and 5 color corks, not a real big Akro collector but I like certain ones and end up hanging on to them, they kind of find their way into your collection if you know what I mean. "Thanks Jess" back at ya. Chad G.

I can't get over it !! I hunt deer (it's all deer antler) I pick mushrooms (the feet are carved into morel mushrooms) and on top a marbles stand. I have made some True Friends in this hobby. It's not really about marbles but the sharing and Lifelong Friends you make along the way. Like you and I have become good friends and will probably never meet, and I'll say it again, brought together across half the earth by a small piece of glass. Fantastic !! Thanks again for the thumbs up Roby. Chad

Not sure on the I.D.'s but they sure look good for dug mibs Bonnie. I think the green clear base w/ whitish swirls is the cucumber and just below it the black base w/ purple swirls was named by Stephen B., A beauty berry. I'm not positive, just going by the pics Chuck posted and Stephens video. I believe almost the entire first batch you have are named mibs. Best wait for Ron or Chuck to chime in, I just had to throw my 2 cents in. " GOOD FUN " Chad G.

The middle one is a 3 color special all opaque and the other left of center on the bottom is a blue egg yolk ace cork, you can barely see the ace base glass tracing under the yellow,. There's an egg yolk ace swirl second to the right of it. If I turned it on it's side you would recognize it immediately. " Thanks for the likes Jess " A little confetti for you also on this "Akro Friday" Well it looks kinda like confetti !!

"Absolutely wonderful, a friendship I treasure" the stand is just a little unexpected bonus. I have made more good friends in this hobby than almost anywhere. Glad you like it Ric, "Thanks" Chad G.

A few for you !! Happy "Akro Friday" and a couple Alley for good measure.

Earlier this month I came home to a large USPS box on my porch. I knew I had something coming from a friend but had no idea. I looked at the name on the box Yes from him. I came inside and carefully opened it with my razor knife. Whoa !! I have never seen anything like it, a marble stand, and not just any stand. This one incorporated everything We both have in common. Hunting, mushroom picking and marbles. It was a handmade marble stand. An all in one for me, I enjoy hunting, it's made of deer antler. I enjoy mushroom picking the feet are carved into morel mushrooms, and a marble stand on top of that. I couldn't imagine a better gift. I am both lucky and grateful for my marble Brothers and Sisters. How such a small thing could bring so many people together to share and learn from one another. Some of the best friends I have, or ever will have I met through this hobby. Honesty and transparency are two things I've tried to practice throughout my life, the key's to having a "True Friend". All of this stemming from a small insignificant piece of glass. "Thank you my marble Friend" Chad G.

This is a little better, "sorry again for the grainy pic" yes the ghost core is from marvering, but the threads riding alongside the ghost core have color. The thinner lines have a yellow tint while the thicker ribbon has a white color, as if they adopted the colors from the outside ribbons. Never the less an uncommon core. Chad G.

Metallic always makes for a beautiful mib, especially when it follows the flow of the glass so well like the one you have posted, Thanks Ric for sharing a very nice mib.

Thanks Roby, I though it to be a regular Indian until I got home and put the light to it, a pleasant surprise. Better than getting home to the usual pitting or undetected fleas I missed because I didn't bring my glasses or loupe.

Definitely Halloween colors, nice job Ric !!! Don't feel like the lone ranger over half these posts were made after Halloween, At least a good effort was made.

Here's the new pic of the maglite Indian, and the av. in the tri stage, sorry for the blur I didn't have my glasses on. I have a ribbon core with mica, but it's so beat up you can only see it when you put it in a glass of water, guess I can go ahead and do it and post the pic, I believe it's around 1.25, mica is quite rare in the ribbon, complex, solid and latticinio mibs, generally anything but a mica it's a rarity. If you collect old German handmades you know what I mean. Well I took the water pics, made a mess and the mica didn't show very well. I'll still post later.

Pretty sure it's called a cloud ??

I call that a monochrome, two shades of the same color. Also seen in blue. Some of Alley's original marbles. They started out making gaming marbles like a lot of mib companies did, I throw away nothing and go through everything w/ a fine toothed comb. This one 2 or 3 akro ox bloods and a lot of masters were found in a half of a 5 gallon bucket I went through. I posted this marble on A.A.M. and Ron S. said he'd never heard that name before either. Here's the definition I got the name from. and some more pics of the mib. I always look through all my gamers w/ a bright light. They're not worth much to my knowledge but I sore like em. A beautiful marble in hand, much more of a deep red. Taking a pic of this to get the flame pattern to show was a nightmare, ended up using a 13 watt. 5000 k daylight bulb. "Thanks for the inquiry Jess" I might as well put it here to, another flame I just got. Purple w/ a white base. I tried 3 different bulbs to bring it out, but believe me it's purple, both sides have coverage. My favorite for now !!

I still use it, "I can't resist" Wish they still made things to last like that one. It must have thousands of hours on it, a couple hundred from me, and still doesn't miss a beat. The metal on it is twice as thick as on my car. I gotta find some of that popcorn, cotton candy, and beer sausage scent so I can really be in the moment. Sure was a fun time !!!

They all look pistachio colored to me "Bruce", I really like the "Akro's" and the Pelts, Ahh I like em all, who am I tryin to kid.

Nice clean mib Alan !!

Oh !! I just know the person they got it from, that's a very intricate pattern, a great marble, not that many come around lookin like that one "Good trade" Chuck. I missed that one by less than a day. Here's a pic of it before it was sold to the other person, you'll see what I mean. Same as your pic # 1, a little different angle. That'll teach me to procrastinate.

Antique Color

Indian maglite w/ the common green transparent base glass and a ghost core and a few filaments also, still just a ghost core. I've taken a superb underlit picture of this marble I will download later, sorry for the graininess in this one !!

Looks like somebody sold Jack a some " magic beans " looks almost on purpose

" Very nice mibs Jess" Thanks for sharin the pix !!

I did the same here Dink till someone corrected me I was null to the fact there was a difference. I even made a post on that very thing in "marble I.D.'s" under the thread heading of "CAC's." please if you have anything to add I'm game, I don't collect CAC myself and any info you have would be of interest to me !!

" Nice mibs Chuck " That first calig. looks strangely familiar !! I think you got me by one day on that one. I know, close only counts in horse shoes and . . . . . . .