orbboy Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 Hard to count inhand but when counted in editing program I am pretty sure there are 26 outer lines. Anyone have one this caged? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 I got hung up on this type once, so I have a few. Never once did it occur to me to count the threads of the outer cage! But I will, this very evening. I will say, off the top of my head, comparing just my recollections of my "caged candy-stripe" marbles, yours looks really really really caged to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winnie Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 I not even want to try to count my caged ones,but i think you win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopacki Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 I think the most I have seen is 18 on a marble I owned, I sold it at Tucson last year so I can't count them now. I have one for this years Tucson and will count it, I don't think it has as many. This is by far the most I personally have seen .......... Very cool !! All my best .......... Danny Just counted the one upstairs ............. it has 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IowaMarble Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 What is the consensus on how many lines it takes to be considered "caged"? I had always heard 12 lines. Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FISHSLAYERMARRBLEGRIFF Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 If it looks caged,its caged,,,,, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 What is the consensus on how many lines it takes to be considered "caged"? I had always heard 12 lines. Thoughts? I don't think I've heard a minimum number associated with "caged" before, but then I may not have been paying much attention. 12 sounds reasonable. Although I suppose there might be occasions when fewer would still give a caged look to whatever was inside . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 Those are like Venetian blinds on yours, Dave! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FISHSLAYERMARRBLEGRIFF Posted December 12, 2014 Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 If my memmory is still in tact,I think Bob Block had an "established" number of outer line for a marble to be caged,but that was for a clamsbroth. If I were to apply some creative thinking,its an outer lattacino marble! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orbboy Posted December 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 I think I read somewhere that 12 was considered "caged"?? Thanks Steph. It is a crazy little marble. Here are some more from the group. 16 - 18 bands on the first 4 yellow then white ones. Then 18 on the alternatering yellow white single one. The worker was a busy beaver that day I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I'llhavethat1 Posted December 13, 2014 Report Share Posted December 13, 2014 I've heard the 'rule of thumb' about 12 lines as well. some give the illusion of more..especially with a tight twisting action. 26 lines lines is nuts, haven't seen one with that many before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 I guess I've come to agree about "cages" having a minimum number of lines. When I got my oldies out, I picked out 12 immediately that I considered "caged." 10 "candy stripe" solid cores and two double-ribbon cores. They all had 16-18 fine outer lines. As I was putting them back, I began thinking about the other marbles with outer ribbons that I hadn't thought of as caged. There were lots of them -- latticinio cores, divided cores, etc. None had more than 12 outer ribbons. Plus, color came into play with them. Al of my caged marbles had one-color cages. The ones with 12 or less outer ribbons sometimes alternated colors, or were thicker than caging threads . . . . So, Orbboy, that's a heck of a caged candy stripe you've got there. I haven't seen one with more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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