ann Posted October 24, 2022 Report Share Posted October 24, 2022 I don`t think Akro had names for any of its snakes - except maybe "spirals." I`ve seen them as Rootbeer too, but I don`t use it myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted October 24, 2022 Report Share Posted October 24, 2022 14 minutes ago, ann said: I don`t think Akro had names for any of its snakes - except maybe "spirals." I`ve seen them as Rootbeer too, but I don`t use it myself. Right. The clear base with colored ribbons were Spirals to Akro. Calling it snake lets you include the yellow ones too, so that's cool ... whatever Akro called them. Funny aside, in the 1980's some prominent people were calling all corks spirals. So I'm still not sure when the name "corkscrew" came into marble collectors' lexicon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akroorka Posted October 24, 2022 Report Share Posted October 24, 2022 33 minutes ago, Steph said: some prominent people were calling all corks spirals. This is what Akro called corkscrews--spirals--am I wrong?? I have seen them labeled as such in 100 count boxes. Marble--On!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad G. Posted October 24, 2022 Report Share Posted October 24, 2022 1 hour ago, akroorka said: This is what Akro called corkscrews--spirals--am I wrong?? I have seen them labeled as such in 100 count boxes. Marble--On!! Some factory names as well as some collector names from MSCA, I posted this on the prior page also. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted October 25, 2022 Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 I separate the spiral (snake) more distinctly than that. The white (or, more usually, colored) snake is not very much inside the trans. glass. What shows as white on an Onyx (always white, never colored) is a wider cork that can nearly fill the marble - but it never completely does. If it did, it would be an Auger. Looked at from the pole, if the pole is open, it`s an Onyx. If it`s closed, it`s an Auger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted October 25, 2022 Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 4 hours ago, akroorka said: This is what Akro called corkscrews--spirals--am I wrong?? I have seen them labeled as such in 100 count boxes. Marble--On!! As Chad's MSCA snippet indicated it's _one_ of the names Akro used. (Laughs quietly at the MSCA's ironically erroneous "Aces with fluorescent base glass" reference.) A page from an Akro circular. This is from a circular which featured "The New Akro Carnelian". But it recycled this old "The Akro Line Is Complete" section which showed up in earlier ads. (So it is also amusing and ironic.) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave 13 Posted October 25, 2022 Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 On 10/24/2022 at 12:20 PM, Peltier Mibber said: Sweet! Thx 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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