Akro bricks?

[Steph]

Akro made bricks, right?  I'm not sure why I have this niggling doubt about that, but I do.   I know Akro sold MFC bricks.  And I know that Akro procured MFC's recipe for oxblood.  (Procured it in an unethical manner.)    But for some reason doubt has slipped into my head about whether they used MFC's recipe to make bricks. 

If they did indeed make bricks, then are we able to tell the difference between an MFC brick and an Akro brick?  

[Fire1981]

Aren’t MFC’s Bricks know to have white in their Bricks. Maybe Akro left the white out🔥

RAR🍿🍿🍿

[Chad G.]

I've always heard the same and seen many examples of both. Supposedly Akro bricks don't have the distinct 9 pattern like most MFC along w/ the lack of white in the base ??  Just what I've been told and seen, so mostly an opinion.

[akroorka]

14 hours ago, Steph said:

Akro made bricks, right?

As my memory serves me----Akro made hand-gathered and machine made "Bricks". 
I would not be surprised if they used many of the glass recipes from MFC.
Here are a few halves from an Akro dig site.
Marble—On!!
 

[Shamrock Marbles]

1 hour ago, akroorka said:

As my memory serves me----Akro made hand-gathered and machine made "Bricks". 
I would not be surprised if they used many of the glass recipes from MFC.
Here are a few halves from an Akro dig site.
Marble—On!!
 

Would love to look at those up close.  At 35k feet, it looks like a compatibility issue.

In a sphere, the distance from the center to any surface is basically equal.  What causes asymmetrical stress is usually an internal aberration (think refractory or an air bubble).

In many CA Guinea fragments, you can see fracture planes emanating from an internal air bubble.

[westcoast_dave]

this is a non-handgathered brick with 2 cutlines similar to those you see on akro patch marbles.