BENgineer Posted August 25, 2022 Report Share Posted August 25, 2022 I'm not sure which company made this one, but it appears to be a Swirl Flame. I believe either CAC or Alley based on my research, but not sure the best way to tell. Does anybody know and/or can help with how to tell the difference? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Posted August 25, 2022 Report Share Posted August 25, 2022 Imho ..I believe it is a 🔥.... or really really close....😃 I think it has to have at least 4 flame tips to officially qualify 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BENgineer Posted August 25, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2022 4 minutes ago, Tommy said: Imho ..I believe it is a 🔥.... or really really close....😃 I think it has to have at least 4 flame tips to officially qualify The tips seem to almost dissappear into the marble. Not sure what else it'd be with my limited knowledge at this point in the hobby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da Roberto Posted August 25, 2022 Report Share Posted August 25, 2022 Flame Alley 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BENgineer Posted August 25, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2022 10 minutes ago, Da Roberto said: Flame Alley Are there any "tips" 😁 you can give me on spotting the difference between CAC or Alley marbles like one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad G. Posted August 25, 2022 Report Share Posted August 25, 2022 x2, agree w/ Alley 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carowill Posted August 25, 2022 Report Share Posted August 25, 2022 Alley x 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carowill Posted August 25, 2022 Report Share Posted August 25, 2022 CAC flames tend to be wider and spaced apart further than Alley and taper more. Also, the Christensen white is usually much whiter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BENgineer Posted August 25, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2022 3 minutes ago, Carowill said: CAC flames tend to be wider and spaced apart further than Alley and taper more. Also, the Christensen white is usually much whiter. Great info! Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Posted August 25, 2022 Report Share Posted August 25, 2022 Oh yea Alley 🔥.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvrons Posted August 25, 2022 Report Share Posted August 25, 2022 CAC Flames 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carowill Posted August 25, 2022 Report Share Posted August 25, 2022 WOW!! 😳 Beautiful examples of CAC flames! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BENgineer Posted August 25, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2022 Yes, that helps a lot. I can see why it's not a CAC now! Some people are saying it needs to have 4 flame tips to be considered a flame. Not sure on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremysvt Posted August 25, 2022 Report Share Posted August 25, 2022 Alley swirl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted August 25, 2022 Report Share Posted August 25, 2022 Look out for Ron’s Flames. They will burn your fingers🔥 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvrons Posted August 26, 2022 Report Share Posted August 26, 2022 Back when I started collecting marbles a flame needed three flame tips together to be considered a flame. Not one tip one one side and two tips on the opposite side. Then the number of tips for a flame was bumped up to four and I see some now posting and saying five tips to be a flame. Some Alleys and CAC will have numbers of flames on both sides of the marble. Some can have 12-15-18-20+ different flame tips. The number of flame tips required to be a flame is up to each collector, buyer or seller. If you have two marbles for sale marked flame. One has three tips and one has ten tips, guess which one I will buy. A name should not sell a marble. But many collectors buy names. Most of us do it at some time or another. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicagocyclist Posted August 26, 2022 Report Share Posted August 26, 2022 It's an interesting content. I've heard this upping of the number of tips required to be called a Flame quite a number of times now and I've actually said it myself. It's a curious thing. The three tips I hope would be cheaper and the 10 tips will probably have a price tag on it that would cause me to pause. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicagocyclist Posted August 26, 2022 Report Share Posted August 26, 2022 21 hours ago, wvrons said: CAC Flames I think this is is why everyone wants their marble to be a CAC but when you see an actual CAC, you know the chances of that happening is pretty rare! Wow. I seem to saying wow alot tonight. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted August 26, 2022 Report Share Posted August 26, 2022 Agree. Kind of the opposite of the slag thing: lacking any characteristic traits, odds are it`s an Akro, since they made more marbles than most. With CAC , they made so few marbles that if in doubt, odds are that it`s not a CAC. Unfortunately. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted August 26, 2022 Report Share Posted August 26, 2022 1-2 is a Spark and 3-4 is a Flicker 🔥 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicagocyclist Posted August 26, 2022 Report Share Posted August 26, 2022 1 hour ago, ann said: Agree. Kind of the opposite of the slag thing: lacking any characteristic traits, odds are it`s an Akro, since they made more marbles than most. With CAC , they made so few marbles that if in doubt, odds are that it`s not a CAC. Unfortunately. Agreed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhomer2172 Posted August 26, 2022 Report Share Posted August 26, 2022 AKRO flame? Hmmmmmmm that’s the first time I’ve heard that possibility. Isn’t that usually said about a nondescript slag? jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted August 26, 2022 Report Share Posted August 26, 2022 Akro flame? Where did somebody say that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akroorka Posted August 26, 2022 Report Share Posted August 26, 2022 2 hours ago, ann said: Akro flame? Where did somebody say that? Not me, Akros need no flames, They are all just killer. Marble--On!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted August 27, 2022 Report Share Posted August 27, 2022 Akro has the Comet 💫 🔥 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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