marblenewbie Posted January 10, 2023 Report Share Posted January 10, 2023 Thinking Vitro on the left at .61. Middle thinking Akro Cork at .62, but does it fall into a category? Right looks Jabo, but two distinctive cut lines leans me to older something at .54. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted January 10, 2023 Report Share Posted January 10, 2023 The left one looks foreign to me, the center does look like an Akro Corkscrew, and the third looks like a JABO to me too - cut-lines do appear on them sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akroorka Posted January 10, 2023 Report Share Posted January 10, 2023 1 minute ago, Ric said: The left one looks foreign to me, the center does look like an Akro Corkscrew, and the third looks like a JABO to me too - cut-lines do appear on them sometimes. X2 the one one the right may be an Akro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted January 10, 2023 Report Share Posted January 10, 2023 @akroorka I'd be surprised to see transparent red on a near peewee Akro but I sure haven't seen them all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akroorka Posted January 10, 2023 Report Share Posted January 10, 2023 4 minutes ago, Ric said: @akroorka I'd be surprised to see transparent red on a near peewee Akro but I sure haven't seen them all. You are right one Ric--under 5/8" for an Akro is just a rare thing to find until later in the history of the company. Akro did sell double zero marbles but I have yet to see a box marked as such other than game marbles. Finding a 9/16", or a 00 sized Akro corkscrew or "older patch" is not a common thing for me--maybe one in a thousand. I hunt for 9/16" Akros--not an easy find, if ever you want a trade, this will do it for me. I keep all 9/16" Akros aside because I have an end-game for them--regardless of the condition. The more common "Oxblood Patches" (white based) that we are all very familiar with are more often than not found at 9/16" rather than 5/8". I have often wondered if these were not Master Glass vs Akro----times will tell. I just love this stuff. Marble--On!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted January 10, 2023 Report Share Posted January 10, 2023 4 minutes ago, akroorka said: You are right one Ric--under 5/8" for an Akro is just a rare thing to find until later in the history of the company. Akro did sell double zero marbles but I have yet to see a box marked as such other than game marbles. Finding a 9/16", or a 00 sized Akro corkscrew or "older patch" is not a common thing for me--maybe one in a thousand. I hunt for 9/16" Akros--not an easy find, if ever you want a trade, this will do it for me. I keep all 9/16" Akros aside because I have an end-game for them--regardless of the condition. The more common "Oxblood Patches" (white based) that we are all very familiar with are more often than not found at 9/16" rather than 5/8". I have often wondered if these were not Master Glass vs Akro----times will tell. I just love this stuff. Marble--On!! Oh boy, I'll have to look in my Akro stash - I set the small ones aside too. I'll see what I can dig up but it may take a while, I have more marbles than I know what to do with and finding them could take awhile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted January 10, 2023 Report Share Posted January 10, 2023 1000x with Ric ! I’m going back to my Pee Wee’s and dig out the Akro’s or are yet to be ID 🔥 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jzoook6 Posted January 10, 2023 Report Share Posted January 10, 2023 These babies are .50/ .51--- @marblenewbie Does the right one have yellow under that red? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheese Posted January 10, 2023 Report Share Posted January 10, 2023 16 minutes ago, akroorka said: The more common "Oxblood Patches" (white based) that we are all very familiar with are more often than not found at 9/16" rather than 5/8". I have often wondered if these were not Master Glass vs Akro----times will tell. These? I've seen them in the original 100 count Akro box. I think it even stated their size on the box as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akroorka Posted January 10, 2023 Report Share Posted January 10, 2023 1 minute ago, cheese said: These? I've seen them in the original 100 count Akro box. I think it even stated their size on the box as well. Yep--those. If you have a box-----measure them. Marble--On!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akroorka Posted January 10, 2023 Report Share Posted January 10, 2023 5 minutes ago, Jzoook6 said: These babies are .50/ .51--- @marblenewbie Does the right one have yellow under that red? Akro put a pee-wee with every Popeye box that they sold as far as I have been able to research. They were all patches as far as my research has gone. Very similar to yours. Marble—On!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marblenewbie Posted January 10, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2023 Well, sorry I missed this discussion as it was early lights out last night!! The right one definitely has red over yellow but I can't add much more to the discussion. Thanks for the input, everyone. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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