How Odd Is This?

[ann]

I may be wrong but I am sure that as far back as the early 1990s we were referring to broken corkscrews only in the context of Akro Agate Co. Very possibly some collectors starting expanding upon the definition. Still and in the truest sense I think the definition should be exclusive to Akro Agate Co. IM not so HO.....David

I've only heard the term applied to Pelts. Because of that, I've started referring to the two Akro examples (like David describes) as "submerged" corks, instead. That may also be closer to the truth, FWIW . . .

[david Chamberlain]

Ann, I may have worked my way into a corner with this because those corkscrews at their terminus often have a bit of a cut off that I suppose could be stretched to call a seam but hardly integral to the design, more a default necessity I would imagine. And it could very well be that the 'Pelt Connection' just never lodged in my mind. I've asked Al to weigh in on this but it might not be his forte as the "Bag Man." David

[lstmmrbls]

Broken corkscrew is a Peltier like Steph shows and always show seams. That is a very cool example of a MK broken corkscrew IMO and I do not believe they are very common. I will look at some MKs when I get home.

[Ric]

Now come on Galen . . . what are you trying to do . . . get us back on topic! LOL. Thanks a lot, buddy. I appreciate it! I myself have handled at least thousands of MK P&Rs and I've never seen one like this before, which is why I asked about it in the first place. And based on the responses, or lack of them, I'm thinking MK "broken corks" are either uncommon, rare, or, perhaps, just typically so mundane that nobody's ever actually paid enough attention to them to notice any others. LOL.

[Al Oregon]

I think David is trying to equate this 'broken cork' with a true cork. Maybe 'overthinking' a little. Obviously most of us have heard the term 'broken cork' for the Peltiers, usually NLR's, where the ribbons line up and form an inadvertent corkscrew pattern - hence the 'broken cork' since the seams in the Pelt 'break up' the pattern a little. There's no reason why we can't describe Ric's MK in the same manner. Ric knows his marbles so if he says the MK has the same type of 'broken cork' pattern as the Peltier one then....

So a new species - 'ricmkbrokecork'

[Ric]

This one will be in Canton. Look me up if you'd like to see it.