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1 hour ago, Ric said:

The spiral is really nice, WIlliam! The second one looks a lot like a Vitro Tiger Eye to me.

It was IDd as an Akro last year so I went with it? Thanks, that spiral is one of my favorites but I should have waited for this nice bright sunshine that's beaming down now!

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17 minutes ago, hdesousa said:

Here's an interesting Akro box where someone carved a niche for a pocketknife under the wooden header.

This is very nice. Thank you for sharing it. It's interesting to me that the finger notch in the wooden header apparently doesn't go all the way through it.

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3 hours ago, hdesousa said:

Here's an interesting Akro box where someone carved a niche for a pocketknife under the wooden header. image.thumb.png.15f14af559808c47642bce0bcbd0ee79.pngimage.thumb.png.6c848d353745c68270f3050c75977c87.png

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That’s a pretty nice set there hdesousa. 
The style/size numbers are unique as is the wooden insert. I wonder what a #39 is?
The knife looks like it may be from the same makers as the smaller box that you posted last week.
The box, with the inserts, took more time to make than the marbles did. 
The insert looks handmade/crude, perhaps the knife is original. If the paper covers the edge of the “notch” I would say it is so.
Very nice!
Marble—On!!
 

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When I saw them for the first time I knew nothing about marbles but I knew those were awesome. Now I realize how awesome to find them in their condition....

Thanks again to everyone for the knowledge you have given I consider myself privileged to have and continue to learn from some of the great marbleholics of our time ......

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16 hours ago, akroorka said:

That’s a pretty nice set there hdesousa. 
The style/size numbers are unique as is the wooden insert. I wonder what a #39 is?
The knife looks like it may be from the same makers as the smaller box that you posted last week.
The box, with the inserts, took more time to make than the marbles did. 
The insert looks handmade/crude, perhaps the knife is original. If the paper covers the edge of the “notch” I would say it is so.
Very nice!
Marble—On!!
 

My guess is that 39 stood for 9/16" (00) game marbles.

The 50's are moss agates and the 40's royals.

The second numeral is the size.  e.g. 56 would be a #6 (1") moss agate, 42 would be a #2 (3/4") royal, etc..

The exception would be "9" in 39 instead of "00".

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