ter215 Posted December 23, 2011 Report Share Posted December 23, 2011 i know these are either - spiral, snakes, augers ?? but which, and are they of the same maker? can anyone tell me there names & maker, please !! the left one is 5/8 in. the right one is just allitle over 5/8 in. thanks in advance to everyone !! .......terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ter215 Posted December 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2011 i know these are either - spiral, snakes, augers ?? but which, and are they of the same maker? can anyone tell me there names & maker, please !! the left one is 5/8 in. the right one is just allitle over 5/8 in. thanks in advance to everyone !! .......terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ter215 Posted December 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2011 another view.......thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westcoast_dave Posted December 23, 2011 Report Share Posted December 23, 2011 Hi, they are both Akro and some people refer to them as augers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted December 23, 2011 Report Share Posted December 23, 2011 Company name was spirals. Only Akro made purposeful corkscrews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mon Posted December 23, 2011 Report Share Posted December 23, 2011 I thought the company name with a clear base glass was "specials" and colored base glass was "onyx"? mon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sissydear Posted December 23, 2011 Report Share Posted December 23, 2011 No specials are the two colored marbles, opaque. specials specials spirals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sissydear Posted December 23, 2011 Report Share Posted December 23, 2011 Onyx, also an augur. All onyx are not augurs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted December 23, 2011 Report Share Posted December 23, 2011 My personal opinion is that Akro as a company didn't call any one particular type of marble a special. I know they sold "Special Assortments". My GUESS is that boxes which say "Special" on them were the ones "Special Assortments" came in. As a collector name, the definition varies. However the marbles in the OP definitely were sold as Spirals. No doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mon Posted December 24, 2011 Report Share Posted December 24, 2011 I thought the salesman sample box list an "Akro Speical" as a header with the different sizes? mon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted December 24, 2011 Report Share Posted December 24, 2011 Yeah ... the salesman box has an Akro Special section - the top left section. Different marble types have been found in it. That's part of why I figured "Special" was more of a catchall term than a specific type -- a section for whichever additional styles Akro wanted their salesmen to be showing around in addition to the basic line. larger version: http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o151/modularforms/Akro/3Akrosamplerboxes002.jpg Here's a pricelist with the "Special Assortment" listed. Sorry this one's so small. I'm pretty sure I have a bigger copy but I don't remember where I put it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mon Posted December 24, 2011 Report Share Posted December 24, 2011 by jobe, I think your right! thanks..mon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I'llhavethat1 Posted December 24, 2011 Report Share Posted December 24, 2011 Company names aside, aren't the ones with the cork pattern originating from the middle of the marble sometimes referred to as augers? and the ones with the pattern closer to the surface are snakes? or is that just confusing the matter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sissydear Posted December 24, 2011 Report Share Posted December 24, 2011 Yes, augurs do originate in the center and can extend all the way to the sides, but don't always. Onyx always have colored transparent glass with a white cork. Spirals have transparent clear class with a colored cork and some have transparent colored glass with a colored cork. The red ones inside red glass are especially pretty as are the transparent violet with yellow corks. I don't agree with the specials post. Having "specials" labeled on the boxes like a name makes me think the company was calling them "specials". Even in the salesman's sample boxes. The ad in the publication might have been marbles they were having a "special sale" on. Keep in mind that kids named a lot of marbles too. "Snakes" and "spirals" may have been the same marble. Weldon called spirals snakes. Of course he wasn't an authority. LOL! Also keep in mind that some names depended on what part of the U.S. you lived in. They were regional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted December 25, 2011 Report Share Posted December 25, 2011 Seeing how Akro was very proficient on advertising and describing their marble types and having never seen any Akro material that describes "Special" as a certain type of marble at this point in time I whole heartily agree with Steph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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