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It will be a lot duller here without him. 🥹

@Roberto Great box

@akroorka Do you call this a slag because of the irregular blobs of white whereas a swirl would have more regular/thinner ribbons of white???

@SequoiaBET So are all Transitionals actually Slags?

I'm only a beginner. A Transitional is hand gathered with a wraparound tail? Do you get both hand gathered and fully machine made Slags?

@shiroaiko Did Japan make purple and white slags?

Going through my Wisplers tonight and discovered a "mouldy/moldy". Went through all the photos on AAM and decided I had made a great discovery. Thought I'd better check over here before making my pronouncement only to discover that @Spn had beaten me by a couple of months. A couple of years back Josh did say that the mouldies were possibly made in England as despite the Master type seams they were all found in the Commonwealth or Europe.

Africa or Hurricane? No difference in the marbles unless you have a headed bag. Different distributors around the world sometimes assigned different names to the same marble. American collectors use the Mega names but try to tell that to a Mexican collector who probably has the greater right. Then there's the European and Australian markets. Vacor itself didn't give a rat's a**e as the collector market concerned them not in the least (until they commissioned the Atmosphere).

@shiroaiko Very good clear information. Thank you Aiko,

@shiroaiko Hi Aiko, I don't remember anything about Japanese marbles older than the Transitionals (1920s?) Were there fully handmades similar to the Greiner from mid 1800s. When did Japan start exporting any type of products around the world? Cheers, Jim

Coreless Swirl?

You come in at No2 mate 😁. No, a little straight line cut off.

Hey Rick, you're now an English pilot???😁

Thanks for the heads up fellers. Different ideas in different countries I guess. I would never intentionally insult anybody, absolutely least of all @shiroaiko who is my favourite marble person in the whole world. My photography skills are nonexistent and I think this is a difficult surface? The third photo may just give the impression of the straight line cutoff as a pale line in the centre purple?

Vitro horseshoe cat's eye??? Larger one looks Vacor?