wvrons Posted July 3, 2021 Report Share Posted July 3, 2021 I agree, the best one that I have ever seen. I have hand it in hand. It is even better in hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted July 7, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2021 I take it cased are HTF vs. the ones that aren't. Y/N ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted July 9, 2021 Report Share Posted July 9, 2021 What does cased mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Posted July 9, 2021 Report Share Posted July 9, 2021 2 hours ago, Brock said: What does cased mean? Earlier in this thread you will see where Ron makes reference to boxed Sparklers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mibcapper Posted July 9, 2021 Report Share Posted July 9, 2021 59 minutes ago, William said: Earlier in this thread you will see where Ron makes reference to boxed Sparklers thank you for comments ... no, not ... boxed .... cased refers to the marble being " layered" in a final coat of clear glass. you can view the marble at different angles and see clear atop of the color striping. i hope this is explained correctly, as i'm not very good at times in .. explaining. but, what i really like about it is .. it has no fractures. sparks were suseptable, sp. ... fractures because of the glass being used. open for corrections ..... bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted July 9, 2021 Report Share Posted July 9, 2021 1 hour ago, mibcapper said: thank you for comments ... no, not ... boxed .... cased refers to the marble being " layered" in a final coat of clear glass. you can view the marble at different angles and see clear atop of the color striping. i hope this is explained correctly, as i'm not very good at times in .. explaining. but, what i really like about it is .. it has no fractures. sparks were suseptable, sp. ... fractures because of the glass being used. open for corrections ..... bill Cheers. Nice marble good to know the case is not cracked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvrons Posted July 9, 2021 Report Share Posted July 9, 2021 Being cased usually refers to handmade marbles. This is where usually a clear extra layer of glass is applied over top of the colors, making the colors look deep into the marble and also protecting the colors with a outer layer of clear. The colors of some hand mades new and old can be in layers. Add a color, add more clear, add a color add more clear, add a color and more clear. This gives the marble depth, more 3D. I am not sure if a machine made marble could be cased as most know that marble term. When a machine made marble leaves the furnace and before hitting the rolls. I don't know of any way to add another extra outside layer of clear glass to it. The Akro Sparkler colors were added or injected into the hot glass stream or glob much like a Cat Eye is made. Some of those colors stay near the surface or go deeper, in Cat Eyes or Sparklers. Some Cat eye vanes come to the outside edge of the marble and some stay more inside. The Cat Eye marbles where the vanes stay more inside and do not come to the outside edge. These are not considered cased. Sorry Bill, you said open for discussion. But I think you were probably told cased as to help the sale. Cased or not ? It is still the best Akro Sparker that I have seen. It is mint, lots of very quality clear glass and full of colors any way it is turned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenvwbug Posted July 9, 2021 Report Share Posted July 9, 2021 Here’s 2 pictures,when I got this huge lot,and a closer one of random 100..enjoy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mibcapper Posted July 9, 2021 Report Share Posted July 9, 2021 26 minutes ago, greenvwbug said: Here’s 2 pictures,when I got this huge lot,and a closer one of random 100..enjoy eeeeeeeeeeeeee gadzzzzzz .................. billy is dreaming ..... ........ whole production of akro sparklerzzzzzz ......... outstanding .... bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted July 9, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2021 Daaaaaaang ! That's NUTZ 🚀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted July 9, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2021 Maybe with a little Green VW luck comes my way. I only need one Sparkle to keep in my VW glove box. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Posted July 10, 2021 Report Share Posted July 10, 2021 8 hours ago, mibcapper said: thank you for comments ... no, not ... boxed .... cased refers to the marble being " layered" in a final coat of clear glass. you can view the marble at different angles and see clear atop of the color striping. i hope this is explained correctly, as i'm not very good at times in .. explaining. but, what i really like about it is .. it has no fractures. sparks were suseptable, sp. ... fractures because of the glass being used. open for corrections ..... bill Gotcha, I overlooked that one earlier in this thread. Thanks for clarifying 😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Posted July 10, 2021 Report Share Posted July 10, 2021 5 hours ago, wvrons said: Being cased usually refers to handmade marbles. This is where usually a clear extra layer of glass is applied over top of the colors, making the colors look deep into the marble and also protecting the colors with a outer layer of clear. The colors of some hand mades new and old can be in layers. Add a color, add more clear, add a color add more clear, add a color and more clear. This gives the marble depth, more 3D. I am not sure if a machine made marble could be cased as most know that marble term. When a machine made marble leaves the furnace and before hitting the rolls. I don't know of any way to add another extra outside layer of clear glass to it. The Akro Sparkler colors were added or injected into the hot glass stream or glob much like a Cat Eye is made. Some of those colors stay near the surface or go deeper, in Cat Eyes or Sparklers. Some Cat eye vanes come to the outside edge of the marble and some stay more inside. The Cat Eye marbles where the vanes stay more inside and do not come to the outside edge. These are not considered cased. Sorry Bill, you said open for discussion. But I think you were probably told cased as to help the sale. Cased or not ? It is still the best Akro Sparker that I have seen. It is mint, lots of very quality clear glass and full of colors any way it is turned. And thank you for the explanation of process! 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Posted July 10, 2021 Report Share Posted July 10, 2021 Double ingot 3/4 sparkler.... I got some 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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