Ca - Handgathered Or Machine-made ?

[nutz4lutz]

Is this 5/8" CA an early Handgathered one or a later totally machine-made Striped Opaque?

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Bob

It's For Sale

[feelnmarbleous]

Looks Machine Made IMHO

[Steph]

Looks Machine Made IMHO

Bob knows that. But is it partially or wholy machine made?

Here's his unabbreviated question:

Is this 5/8" CA an early Handgathered one or a later totally machine-made Striped Opaque?

I'm intrigued by it having both a tail and the long single seam. Pretty wild.

[m!b$]

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[VTAndrea]

I got a handgathered yellow/green CA on one of Alan's Running Rabbit auctions which looks basically like a corkscrew. I also have a few handgathered American Agates that look almost like corkscrews, so based on that I'd opt for yours being not handgathered, although the pattern is killer.

[marblemover]

that cut-line is machine-made, i'd say. beautiful mib!