Mborda Posted July 3, 2013 Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 Whatcha think? I love the Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted July 3, 2013 Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 I'm thinking maybe Alley .....? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sissydear Posted July 3, 2013 Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 I second Steph's Alley ID. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted July 3, 2013 Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 I think maybe Alley too . . . I can't say I've ever seen an Akro swirl outside of the -ades and the oxbloods. But I could easily be wrong. Anybody? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted July 3, 2013 Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 There was at least one different swirl type from the digs. I'm remembering red, green and white ..... Edit: yup, I checked my dug Akro box and I have a couple of the red/white/green swirls (in really lousy shape ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mborda Posted July 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2013 ah, Alley. Thanks! Monique (and believe it or not, I am actually learning!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted July 4, 2013 Report Share Posted July 4, 2013 It's not so hard to believe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 I checked my dug Akro box and I have a couple of the red/white/green swirls (in really lousy shape ) Kool! Are they really swirly, or not so much? Does one color predominate, or . . . ? Do they resemble anybody else's swirls? I guess Akro wasn't happy with them, since they don't seem to have been distributed. Maybe they didn't see the point as long as they had a marble (the corkscrew) that nobody else could reproduce . . . ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 Pretty swirly. I can't guess whether they were even meant to be swirls or if they started out as something else. Seems kinda odd how the red and green are split up on the smaller one. Don't know what that might signify though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 Oh, how weird. They look kinda Christmas-tree-ish, don't they. Oh hey, forget I even said that! I don't wanna go there. I see exactly what you mean by "I can't guess whether they were even meant to be swirls or if they started out as something else. Seems kinda odd how the red and green are split up on the smaller one. Don't know what that might signify though." They don't look anything like I halfway expected them to look -- although I would be hard-pressed now to tell you exactly what I expected. More CAC-ish, maybe? > head scratching< Gonna take some time to absorb these . . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 I agree with Alley for the OP, and here are a few more dug Akro swirls for comparison - they are such outliers. Although, it wouldn't surprise me if there are buckets of them out there somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winnie Posted July 9, 2013 Report Share Posted July 9, 2013 That middle one is nice Ric,if you didn't tell it's a dug Akro,i would think it's a nice Alley or other WV swirl or even an Euro swirl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted July 9, 2013 Report Share Posted July 9, 2013 with a thin stream and no spin to the cup a swirl would be the result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted July 9, 2013 Report Share Posted July 9, 2013 Pondering on your comment and the glass quality made me think .... maybe they were trying to make the corks shown in the 2nd post here: http://marbleconnection.com/topic/17742-master-marble-boxes-filled-with-akro-agates/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted July 9, 2013 Report Share Posted July 9, 2013 Any reason they couldn't be rejects from a patch run gone bad? The colors match some of Akro's patches too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted July 9, 2013 Report Share Posted July 9, 2013 Sounds possible too ..... thanks for putting me back on the fence, Ric. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted July 10, 2013 Report Share Posted July 10, 2013 patch marbles would involve using a very wide stream and possibly no cup, so much more unlikely. It is one of the reasons a Master swirl is so unlikely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steves mibs Posted July 11, 2013 Report Share Posted July 11, 2013 hey all AKRO did package and sell swirls they are found in the HOT SHOT bags I have the pic somewhere I do have a box full of swirls that came from the digs just a little info for everyone steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted July 11, 2013 Report Share Posted July 11, 2013 There has been a lot of discussion on whether those bags contained only Akro marbles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted July 11, 2013 Report Share Posted July 11, 2013 Thanks for showing those, Steve. I too wonder whether Akro packaged those Hot Shot bags. They were so big on branding it seems strange there is no mention of "Akro" on the bags. In addition, I've wondered if those bags are related to the Big Shot mesh bags, which were filled with WV swirls. Some Big Shot bags were jobbered by Pressman and others were packaged by Heaton Agate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted July 11, 2013 Report Share Posted July 11, 2013 Here's an interesting N Shure Co. ad from 1939. It shows a 25 count Hot Shot bag. Although, they are selling 30, 60 and 100 counts with "assorted sizes and types", which doesn't really seem like something Akro would normally do, does it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted July 11, 2013 Report Share Posted July 11, 2013 Hot Shot was an Akro brand. They advertised it in circulars. I think this is the opposite side of the bag Steve showed: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted July 11, 2013 Report Share Posted July 11, 2013 Oooh, I didn't see your ad when I posted, Ric. Nice to see something so late. If you ever see something from the 1940's, please post it! (please oh please oh please :)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steves mibs Posted July 11, 2013 Report Share Posted July 11, 2013 hey all thanks steph for the extra info I have the exact marbles that are in the hot shot bags that I dug at AKRO a few years back from a very deep hole I will try to post a few pics soon as I can dig them out steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted July 11, 2013 Report Share Posted July 11, 2013 That would be great, Steve. I'd sure like to see them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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