Dano320 Posted June 30, 2022 Report Share Posted June 30, 2022 Hello everyone. I'm new to the site and looking for some opinions on what I have. I believe they are maglight clambroth. But I've had a couple places tell me it's not what I believe and I wanted to come to the pros of this game as far as I'm concerned. I have numerous of these plus lots of other marbles I need answers on. Thanks for your time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dano320 Posted June 30, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2022 I have this maglight marble and I really don't know what it would be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted June 30, 2022 Report Share Posted June 30, 2022 Its not a Clambroth. Maglite or other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhomer2172 Posted June 30, 2022 Report Share Posted June 30, 2022 Agree, not an Indian and not a clam broth and not a maglight, not even handmade German. The first couple may be torch made modern, can’t really tell from the hazy pics. Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted June 30, 2022 Report Share Posted June 30, 2022 Welcome to Marble Connection. The first two are modern Asian machine-made marbles. The last is also modern. Mexican or Asian. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dano320 Posted June 30, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2022 8 hours ago, Steph said: Welcome to Marble Connection. The first two are modern Asian machine-made marbles. The last is also modern. Mexican or Asian. Quick question Steph. They have ponsil marks on both sides where the bands connect. Does machine made marbles have ponsil marks the same as glass so? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted June 30, 2022 Report Share Posted June 30, 2022 26 minutes ago, Dano320 said: Quick question Steph. They have ponsil marks on both sides where the bands connect. Does machine made marbles have ponsil marks the same as glass so? Those are machine-made cutlines, not pontils. The marble-making machinery has shears. The shears cut off the globs of molten glass which become the marbles. That gives a cutline on the top and the bottom of the marble. Or if the glass is more of a stream than a glob like your last marble, it will result in a swirl. There will still be two cuts on a swirl. But sometimes the cut marks will get wrapped up inside the marble so you can't always see it. But with your first two marbles, we have a nice, clear top and bottom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted June 30, 2022 Report Share Posted June 30, 2022 Some more examples of machine-made Asian marbles with shear marks which are sometimes mistaken for pontils. Seams, cutlines and poles, and photo tips - Marble I.D.'s - Marble Connection 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dano320 Posted June 30, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2022 50 minutes ago, Steph said: Some more examples of machine-made Asian marbles with shear marks which are sometimes mistaken for pontils. Seams, cutlines and poles, and photo tips - Marble I.D.'s - Marble Connection Thank you sir. I'm understanding a little more now. Greatly appreciated. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akroorka Posted June 30, 2022 Report Share Posted June 30, 2022 Welcome to the board Dano320. Marble—On!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted June 30, 2022 Report Share Posted June 30, 2022 4 hours ago, Dano320 said: Quick question Steph. They have ponsil marks on both sides where the bands connect. Does machine made marbles have ponsil marks the same as glass so? As noted - those aren't pontils. Pontils don't look like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad G. Posted June 30, 2022 Report Share Posted June 30, 2022 Hello Daniel, All machine-made marbles have 2 cut marks(shear marks, sometimes visible sometimes not) where the hot glob of glass was cut (sheared) @ each end coming out of the tank before hitting the rollers to be better shaped into a sphere. Handmades have pontils. Time in the hobby is your best friend, if I was to explain torchmades, contemporary, antique, cane cut, sulphides (single gather) transitional, etc... I would still be hitting keys hours from now. Patience please the slower you learn things hopefully the more engrained & easy to understand it will become, almost 3 decades and I learn something new almost every day. "All" the marbles you have presented are machine-made and have no pontils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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