Kingfisher Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 Hi Gang, "Bob", can you direct me to a larger photo of your avatar??? Trying to help another person to identify a crow/kingfisher and need a good photo... Thank-You Buddy... I do have a couple of my own, but scared to use the new camera ... LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glangley Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 Hey there Gene, don't leave us rookie's out! lol Can you tell us a bit about the crow/kingfisher? who made it, timeframe, and why it's special? THanks Gene, just saw your post and thought it was intriguing. God Bless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfisher Posted December 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 Akro Kingfisher/Crow is a beautiful marble... Cantaloupe color base with a black vein shaped as a bird with a bill on it... best I can do... I do have a few, and the photos are on disc's... Bob and Pat has one as an avatar... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfisher Posted December 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 Hey there Gene, don't leave us rookie's out! lol Can you tell us a bit about the crow/kingfisher? who made it, timeframe, and why it's special? THanks Gene, just saw your post and thought it was intriguing. God Bless Really amazes me you have never seen a crow/kingfisher... It is really one beauty of a marble... I would call it scarce to very rare finding one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steves mibs Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 hey glangley and others the "famous" or so crow/kingfisher marbles were all dug up about 3 years ago on one of the 2 big digs on the old akro property dig several diggers bypassed them while looking for more $$$ marbles i was lucky to get the ones i did from one to another they have somewhat different patterns anyhow there u go info for the masses steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfisher Posted December 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 hey glangley and others the "famous" or so crow/kingfisher marbles were all dug up about 3 years ago on one of the 2 big digs on the old akro property dig several diggers bypassed them while looking for more $$$ marbles i was lucky to get the ones i did from one to another they have somewhat different patterns anyhow there u go info for the masses steve Thank-You for the input Steve... I have had my crows since at least 2005 and possibly earlier... I have possibly 6 or 8... Only 2 that are jewels... How sure are you that they didn't exist until 3 years ago... This is quite puzzeling to me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfisher Posted December 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 Hey Steve, What about a tadpole??? Do you know anything about those??? I recently picked up one of those, as an Akro Tadpole... Beauty of a marble, just don't know anything about it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 The crow types have actually been around much longer than 3 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobandPat Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 Here's a quick pic of mine for those who haven't seen one. Gene, I emailed several shots that I hope will suffice. I didn't measure it, but is shooter size. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glangley Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 Wow, that is something, what a looker, man that is goregous. It could even be a penquin! That is so cool! Is that base totally opaque or is it a bit translucent? What a picture. Thank you for that, and the information. So were these on the market at one time, or were these something that didn't get distributed much? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfisher Posted December 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 Here's a quick pic of mine for those who haven't seen one. Gene, I emailed several shots that I hope will suffice. I didn't measure it, but is shooter size. Bob Thank-You very much Bob... The photos were ferrific... Another question here... I am seeing the Crow spelled two different ways... Crow and Krow!!! Does anyone have any input here??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfisher Posted December 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 Wow, that is something, what a looker, man that is goregous. It could even be a penquin! That is so cool! Is that base totally opaque or is it a bit translucent? What a picture. Thank you for that, and the information. So were these on the market at one time, or were these something that didn't get distributed much? I would say all 3 colors are slightly translucent... The cantaloupe color being the base with a little white and even less black... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Oregon Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 Here's wvmarbles' pic from last April and Patry's 'Crow's Nest' (from 2007) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoop Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 I am seeing the Crow spelled two different ways...Crow and Krow!!! Does anyone have any input here??? I'm no expert here... But, I think it's just the variations of the play on words that Akro used in their logo, "Straight As A Kro Flies" (So, I guess.... Technically, the w should be eliminated from the Krow? LOL) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steves mibs Posted December 12, 2009 Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 not that it worth an argument but here goes i dont claim to know much in life about anything but what i do have is a decent amount of akro know how i have seen more dug marbles than 99.9% of everyone else i have been so lucky to have been there at different times when jackpots were found the brick holes, the slag holes, the sparkler vein, the thousands upon thousands of supermen that poured from the ground, the huge cork holes, the patch crater which by the way is still very full, glass ware by the piles, cullet chunks in three foot veins, more than most can imagine but anyhow i am fairly sure that all the "crows" were dug out of the same hole that gave mostly orangish red marbles that some diggers called early flinties the same spot also gave some bricks and some uranium slaggy looking marbles i was right there about 4 feet down getting mine those cold days a few years back if anyone has any older ones i would love to know where they came from not saying it is impossible but i never saw any until that time steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaboo Posted December 12, 2009 Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 and not all had the bird head either.... but having collected akro for well over 20 years, I have to ask what is a tadpole?? never heard of it, and who came up with the name? can you post a picture of it please Gene? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted December 12, 2009 Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 Here is a 2005 mentioncrow talk and I believe some have been around for a long time before that date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Oregon Posted December 12, 2009 Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 Time flies when we're having fun so maybe Steve's 'three years or so' is 4 to 5 years. The thread Galen posted was 4 years ago+ and they were mentioning not only 'crows' but 'kingfishers'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfisher Posted December 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 I started my marble collecting in 2005 and the "Kingfisher" was one of my first marbles... It was quite some time later I heard it referred to as a "Kro" or "Krow" or "Crow"... After this post was started, I do think "Kro" is probably the most correct spelling... I have 8 or 9 of those Mibs, only 2 with the long bill... The others do have a wisp of white with a black vein, but no bill... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfisher Posted December 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 and not all had the bird head either.... but having collected akro for well over 20 years, I have to ask what is a tadpole?? never heard of it, and who came up with the name? can you post a picture of it please Gene? Give me a couple of days... Soon as I get my new lamps I will start adding photos... The "Tadpole" had nothing to do with the "Kingfisher's"... It was simply another marble I picked up... I purchased it as being an "Akro Tadpole"... Believe me, I am a real sap when it comes to Akro's... I had never heard of a "Tadpole" prior to that... Photo's to follow in a couple of days... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glangley Posted February 10, 2010 Report Share Posted February 10, 2010 Gene, would still love to see that picture of the tadpole. This Kro or kingfisher marble is just amazing, so simple yet so beautiful. Can't wait to see the tadpole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfisher Posted February 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2010 and not all had the bird head either.... but having collected akro for well over 20 years, I have to ask what is a tadpole?? never heard of it, and who came up with the name? can you post a picture of it please Gene? This is for Zaboo & Gangly and anyone else that is interested in my aka; "Tadpole"... I don't remember the gals name that I bought it from, but she described the marble as being an "Akro Egg Yolk Tadpole" that's all it took for me grab it up... I have never heard of a Tadpole prior to this, but new I wanted it what ever it was... These two photos are from the seller, I did not take them, but I do have the mib... The mib measures 3/4" Dia. mint+ cond... White lightly translucent base with yellow and a black Tadpole... The Tadpoles body is covering what I think is a pontil... A slight indent as made in the mib... Wire pull possibly??? At a real loss here "Gang" help me out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted February 10, 2010 Report Share Posted February 10, 2010 Judging by the "tails," looks like it could be an accidental blob of burned aventurine . . . intended to be a green / yellow popeye or popeye patch, maybe? Cudda been a stunner . . . what a great "error" mib! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david Chamberlain Posted February 11, 2010 Report Share Posted February 11, 2010 My favorite was an opaque oxblood that I bought from Brian Estepp and it had the perfect image of a whale, in fact, he sold it to me as a Whaler. I sold it as a Whaler to what's-his-name at Amana(Great Guy!) and we kid all the time about there being a full box of Akro Whalers somewhere; it just hasn't surfaced or been discovered yet. I've gotta lay that one on Roger one of these days. Wish I had a pic of the marble. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glangley Posted February 11, 2010 Report Share Posted February 11, 2010 That is a beauty! Nice mib Gene, I would definitely call that a tad-pole! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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