marblemanvintagemarbles Posted January 29 Report Share Posted January 29 9/16" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I'llhavethat1 Posted January 29 Report Share Posted January 29 Old German Handmade. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Posted January 29 Report Share Posted January 29 Indeed...shots of the pontils?... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodleloaf Posted January 29 Report Share Posted January 29 Yep - from the look of it polished to the point of removing the pontils. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akroorka Posted January 29 Report Share Posted January 29 8 hours ago, Noodleloaf said: Yep - from the look of it polished to the point of removing the pontils. I think that "Buffed" is the right word here. Marble--On!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marblemanvintagemarbles Posted January 30 Author Report Share Posted January 30 I couldn't see any pontil marbles on it and it made me just unsure i felt like it was a German marble but never seen one like this before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted January 30 Report Share Posted January 30 Heavily polished handmade. Look at the glass flow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akroorka Posted January 30 Report Share Posted January 30 6 minutes ago, Alan said: Heavily polished handmade. Look at the glass flow. It is still out of round Alan that is why I will stick with buffed. Maybe "heavily buffed"😁. I consider a polished marble to be quite round and out of place in the scheme of things relevant to the original. I get what you are saying though-- Great opinion for sure Alan. I am not great at handmades. Just a play on words imho. Marble--On!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted January 30 Report Share Posted January 30 19 minutes ago, akroorka said: It is still out of round Alan that is why I will stick with buffed. Maybe "heavily buffed"😁. I consider a polished marble to be quite round and out of place in the scheme of things relevant to the original. I get what you are saying though-- Great opinion for sure Alan. I am not great at handmades. Just a play on words imho. Marble--On!! I use the longstanding definitions of 'buffed' and 'polished' that have been in the hobby for some time. "Buffed" indicates that polishing has been done but remnants of the pontils remain. "Polished" indicates that the polishing effort removed the pontils, as in this case. It could have originally been any one of 5-6 types, evidenced by the sole remaining white bands. I have my fact-free guess, but there is no way of knowing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted January 30 Report Share Posted January 30 If the pictures are correct, I'm not sure it's round. I'd like to see more pics that confirms it is round🔥 RAR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akroorka Posted January 30 Report Share Posted January 30 2 minutes ago, Alan said: I use the longstanding definitions of 'buffed' and 'polished' that have been in the hobby for some time. Like I said Alan, I do not know Hand-made marbles and the terminology involving them. We will both agree that this one was once a cool marble that had some work done to it. Hand-made vs Machine-made terminology is just different from what it should be in all of our minds. It (the marble) was saved, and it is deserving of some of what we are visiting here together. A re-worked marble—not an original finish. Still not too shabby imho. Thanks for the info and this may be an enlightening post for many involving the machine-made vs the hand-made Polishing info that many may not have found elsewhere. You keep me on my toes, and I appreciate it. I just love this stuff—learning from others. Marble—On!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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