Commies

[YasudaCollector]

I know its probably really difficult to tell, but are these Ohio clays or German clays? It seems like there's a ton of variation in these guys (and commies in general). 

[akroorka]

Hard to tell the difference between any clays.

There is one expert that I know of.

@akronmarbles----

Marble--On!!

[Ric]

@YasudaCollector Congratulations! You have earned an elite membership in The Society of Clay Marble Sorters!

Worldwide membership has now doubled - who knows where we'll go from here!

But seriously, clay marbles range from difficult to impossible to sort, let alone attribute to a particular company, although it sure can be fun trying. Over the years I have come across many groups of clay marbles in larger collections, and I always do my best to sort them. In my experience, when you find a larger group of clays in one collection, you can often sort at least some of them, more or less - success seems largely lot-dependent. But if you do this often enough you can assemble some pretty nice groups of clay marbles, some of which may look very similar or not to other groups you've assembled over the years. I know this probably seems odd to many people but I've never met a marble I didn't care to sort - even a commie, it's one of my favorite things to do!

It could be fun to post some pictures of common clay marbles. It would be interesting to see the different marbles and groups that people post. I know there are some really nice clay marbles out there. Maybe we'll get to see some of them!

And your thread has the perfect title, and a beautiful opening photo of clay marbles too!

I'll bet I could match a few of them. 😉