Fire1981 Posted Saturday at 10:43 PM Report Share Posted Saturday at 10:43 PM It seems like I see brown ones 99% of the time here. So here I go again. Does anyone have examples of blue, purple,white or green ones? I know there are no red ones. I’m trying to get better at figuring out what traits sets them apart from the Akro Slags🔥 RAR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted Sunday at 03:08 PM Author Report Share Posted Sunday at 03:08 PM Anyone ??? 🔥 RAR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Posted Sunday at 03:17 PM Report Share Posted Sunday at 03:17 PM 7 minutes ago, Fire1981 said: Anyone ??? 🔥 RAR I got a big green one that I posted in the Slags and Swirls Saturday thread... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royal3 Posted Sunday at 04:45 PM Report Share Posted Sunday at 04:45 PM Big blue MFC 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted Sunday at 04:59 PM Author Report Share Posted Sunday at 04:59 PM Is the hand gathered 9 in the last pic a common trait? Or is there another one that takes Akro out of the running 🔥 RAR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royal3 Posted Sunday at 07:39 PM Report Share Posted Sunday at 07:39 PM Take whatever I say with a grain of salt, please…I’ve jokingly said I tell marbles apart by “smell” as I do it more by feel than anything after looking at these things for so many years, and I’ve forgotten a lot over the years. I’ll trust others to correct my errors. Akro did make hand-gathered slags early on, I believe just at their Akron plant. Their white for me tends to be more ‘ethereal’ i.e. less present and heavy than MFC’s, and thus whispier in the base glass. MFC slags were afaik all hand-gathered and machine-rounded, the process invented by M.F. Christensen, and have either a left-(harder to find) or right-hand twist and single cut line. The heavier white tends flow more on the surface and produce stronger, tighter, and frankly more interesting twist patterns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crashbelt Posted Sunday at 08:16 PM Report Share Posted Sunday at 08:16 PM Pretty sure these are MFCs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marboman Posted Sunday at 08:16 PM Report Share Posted Sunday at 08:16 PM I'm thinking Mfc here, horizontal flow, prominent cut line opposite the nine ☺️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamrock Marbles Posted Sunday at 08:42 PM Report Share Posted Sunday at 08:42 PM 3 hours ago, Royal3 said: Big blue MFC Beautiful!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad G. Posted yesterday at 03:50 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 03:50 AM Not mine but here are examples of all the colors you asked for 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marboman Posted 18 hours ago Report Share Posted 18 hours ago Great pic's Chad, and I see you have included the rare very very hard to find white MFC slag. If I read my copy of M.F. Christenson and the Perfect Glass Ball Machine by Micheal Cohill, the white slag marble was only run once. If I still had my copy I could tell you the date, but I sold it😒. I have some pictures I saved for reference. The first two pictures are from my collection, the rest are from the before mentioned book. Fire I hope you don't mind, I think we've moved beyond blue slags.☺️ last two pics are various oxbloods and some original packaging. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVacorFan Posted 17 hours ago Report Share Posted 17 hours ago Those are certainly unique, don't think I've seen those before... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted 16 hours ago Author Report Share Posted 16 hours ago WOW ! I appreciate all of the info everyone has provided here. I now have a better understanding of the MFC methods and traits of a MFC slags. Resorting my slags will be easier and tons of fun. Thanks again !!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 RAR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royal3 Posted 15 hours ago Report Share Posted 15 hours ago Well, I guess we can put this “short tail” behind us then😉 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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