Steph Posted June 15, 2015 Report Share Posted June 15, 2015 I have a brick. I'm happy with my brick. Not in the best shape, but that's okay, coz now I can hold him and not worry about messing him up. I have a brick! Woohoo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disco005 Posted June 15, 2015 Report Share Posted June 15, 2015 Awesome! congrats ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted June 15, 2015 Report Share Posted June 15, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbobam Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 Looks nice! And, as always, my personal tendency is to feel more attachment to less-than-perfect marbles which can be handled in a relaxed manner. The 100% perfect marbles make me nervous. A marble that got 'swatted' across the floor by a cat has a 'memory'. ( : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted June 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 Exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted June 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 Is there any way to know whether it's more likely to be Akro or MFC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausman Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 Steph. Here are seven bricks listed as christensens: http://www.ebay.com/itm/400938043552?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausman Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 Here is an mfc brick that I won at Morphy's: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausman Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 This is a mfc brick I got from Bob Block: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted June 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 My seller said Akro on mine. I asked why -- like if she knew it was dug or something. No, not dug that she knew of. She just thought it looked Akro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted June 17, 2015 Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 I only let myself have three bricks, knowing I could all-too-easily get trapped into buying way too many -- a solid one, one with white, and one with black. Unfortunately, I don't live in the green brick universe. I keep all three of them in my hand-gathered box, but as a category in themselves -- not with my MFCs or my Akros. 'Cause I don't know which they are, although I suspect MFC. But I've never seen in person the only for-sure-MFC bricks I know of, which are Michael Cahill's (the photos in Cahill's book are not great). Oh -- and those moss agate bricks. Nobody else made those. And I know that Akro had seven of MFC's formulas for bricks -- they're in Henry Hellmers' batch book as opaque carnelians and are attributed to Horace C. Hill. So any distinguishing features might have to be the gather pattern or the cut-off area? As opposed to the glass? Dunno. Does anybody have a working theory? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted June 17, 2015 Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 I found one of the moss agate ones -- Craig's, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheese Posted June 18, 2015 Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 Cool brick! I still haven't acquired one. I can see what Ann says about bricks being a type that could easily turn into a separate collection of it's own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I'llhavethat1 Posted June 19, 2015 Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 Congrats on the brick. Without a bit of damage they probably wouldn't have garnered the name to begin with, just adds character Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted June 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disco005 Posted June 20, 2015 Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 I got one today! My first as well - You were my inspiration Steph I also (intentionally) bought my first Oxblood today. I'll see if there is another thread I can post that one in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausman Posted June 20, 2015 Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 Here is a an Akro agate brick 11/16" that I got from Marble Alan four years ago. It has white swirls on a very dark "oxblood" base, with a shallow crease serving as the cut line. These were Alan's pictures. I do miss him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausman Posted June 20, 2015 Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 I got one today! My first as well - You were my inspiration Steph I also (intentionally) bought my first Oxblood today. I'll see if there is another thread I can post that one in. Cool brick!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disco005 Posted June 20, 2015 Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 These were Alan's pictures. I do miss him. I miss him too. I liked to visit with him, and all his cats and Molly! She was so cool. So was he. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted June 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 Love 'em! Neat that you actually got to visit with, Alan, Jess. I shared a few emails. That's all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disco005 Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 He was the coolest. No one like him. I feel very fortunate to have spent the time I did with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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