Fire1981 Posted March 31, 2023 Report Share Posted March 31, 2023 Whatta think? Is this a messed up Akro🔥 RAR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akroorka Posted March 31, 2023 Report Share Posted March 31, 2023 This is a tuff one--lets lock out Jaybo for sure--the dimples make me say that. This is a 30's type marble imho. Marble--On!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted March 31, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2023 Yep ! Old glass for sure 🔥 RAR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted March 31, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2023 It feels like Akro glass🔥 RAR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akroorka Posted March 31, 2023 Report Share Posted March 31, 2023 34 minutes ago, Fire1981 said: It feels like Akro glass🔥 I just wish that I could feel it but I agree. Marble--On!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvrons Posted April 1, 2023 Report Share Posted April 1, 2023 Akro error. But I cannot tell you what Akro glass feels like. It should feel like glass. But many people mistake stone marbles for glass marbles. Identification by feel of the glass is totally new to me. I learn something every day. I have plenty of questions about the feel of glass. I worked at Fenton Art Glass in 1971. I have been watching and helping make glass marbles for over twenty years. Talked with many machine made marble company owners and employee's. But no one, not a single one of them ever told me they could identify glass by feel. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted April 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2023 Vacor Orange Peel in hand and a faceted agate in the other would be easy. Jabo soft glass with the little white specks would be easy for me to feel. It would be fun to do a Blind glass in hand test. 🔥 RAR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvrons Posted April 1, 2023 Report Share Posted April 1, 2023 I would like to be there to witness a few blind in hand test. I have lots of different marbles with white specks on them. What does Akro glass feel like ? I have lots of Vacor marbles that has no orange peel at all. I have stone marbles that have no facets. Put a Jolly Roger Akro which most or all have orange peel in one hand and a Vacor with orange peel in the other hand, the same size and separate them correct over and over. Can you separate a Alley Jolly Green Giant with the same size Jabo. Both can have the "soft glass" with the many white specks ? I understand that most anyone can feel orange peel, etc. But I don't understand what Akro glass feels like ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted April 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2023 I think maybe it’s like having a handmade in hand and a machine made in the other. So I’m looking at the color combo and the flow of the surface glass and it’s texture. Some opaque marbles feel like chalk to me🔥 RAR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvrons Posted April 1, 2023 Report Share Posted April 1, 2023 I can separate old handmades and machine mades blind. If you are blindfolded, you are not looking at colors or the flow of the surface glass. The surface of good quality marbles should all be smooth. A texture would be mean a problem for most marble makers. Most chalk is not as smooth as most glass of any type. Most quality mint range Akro, CAC, Peltier, NLR, etc. even Vacors. should feel slick or oily. Most mint marbles may feel a lot different than the same near mint marble. But it is not because of the glass, it is because there is a problem with the marble. Do Akros feel like chalk ? Same question. What does a Akro feel like ? How does ten different Akro marbles feel different than ten different Peltier marbles ? Can you feel the difference between Akro marble glass and Akroware glass ? Can you feel the difference between Akro and Houze glass ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted April 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2023 I can’t differentiate 100% of the time. I just chase the marble around in my fingers and see if the surface texture makes a difference in the ID. Kinda like big European Sparklers. There just something about the surface glass that would separate them from a greasy contemporary of the same size. 🔥 RAR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted April 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2023 I guess I’ll spin this and say it tastes like an Akro. If you think about a Lifesaver I doubt you are thinking about the token Man Overboard doughnut they throw you. 🔥 RAR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted April 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2023 OK! I guess “feels like” was a total train wreck. 🔥 RAR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted April 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2023 So ! Does anyone have any ideas? Messed up Akro or ???? 🔥 RAR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akroorka Posted April 2, 2023 Report Share Posted April 2, 2023 On 3/31/2023 at 8:03 PM, wvrons said: Akro error. But I cannot tell you what Akro glass feels like. Ok Ron and Fire--"I wish that I had it in hand"--. Does that make it better? Slow down and take a deep breath--glass does feel like glass--no matter the maker. ( I may be able to feel an Akro though---) Marble--On!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted April 2, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2023 I’ll stick to the Pepsi Challenge. This one was bunk🔥 RAR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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