SplattmanSS Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 I have approximately 30 of these, all peewee sized and cat's-eye designed interiorly.. My question is why the "frosted" surface? I looked at my limited reference sites, thinking they might be newer by Vacor or Mega...no luck. They are all 3 or 4 vane, some with hybrid colorations... The answer is probably very easy, but I can't find it....Who made these? Thanx again, Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest marbleus1 Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 Not Vacor but foriegn. David oops sorry didnt read the INTRO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SplattmanSS Posted November 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 Thanx David.....I searched every Vacor/Mega site I could find...Nada I saw a couple of auctions/BIN listing's on Ebay and found similar listed as "Beach" marbles....If I had a couple I would have thought that as well, but 30 or so isn't a couple... Maybe they were intentionally frosted in a rock tumbler or something?? (Thinking out loud). Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest marbleus1 Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 They are intentionally frosted by the manufacturer, I have similar styles somewhere. I have always considered them foriegn (maybe Euro) but have never found any info on them. David When I think on it seems like I have seen Czech (like) frosted marbles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Marbles Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 I've seen aquariums do this to mibs. Final polish or (buffing) usually will bring them back to life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tankgrrl29 Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 those are cool - the inside construction looks slightly older (60-70's?) supposedly fenton frosted some vitro marbles; do the insides look like vitro cats? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost "R" Marbles Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 Steve, how about this site? The picures do not give great detail but they look close. I have seen frosted cats eyes from mega. Some type of acid washed or etched finish. IMHO Ron Frosted cats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 fwiw, the 4-vane lavender cats at the site ron points to make me think those at that site are modern mk's under the frosting. I don't think the hybrids in Steve's bunch would be mk. who has made multicolor peewee cats? that might be a starting place. -steph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roany poany Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 My Grand-daughter gave me this tin of choking hazards for Christmas last year. It contained some frosted cats kinda like what Steve is showing, except mine are 5/8". I am thinking modern MKs? and a non-frosted one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 If the white-ish based rainbows in that tin have the lavender I think I'm seeing, then I'd guess MK was at least a major contributor to whoever jobbered the lot (is 'jobber' the right verb here??????) but steve, at least some of yours still look different inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SplattmanSS Posted November 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 those are cool - the inside construction looks slightly older (60-70's?)supposedly fenton frosted some vitro marbles; do the insides look like vitro cats? Some do have a resemblence to Vitro's Chris, but not all...even stranger is the fact they are a "mixed" lot as well...all makers....MK..Vitro..Pelt,etc.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 They sure looked mixed. They also look unevenly aged. Not like I remember any of my artificial "beach glass" looking after I took it out of my rock tumbler after any stage. It's a real puzzle that they're all peewees from apparently different makers. I'm done guessing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest marbleus1 Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 Mixed makers sure changes my opinion. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 okay, i'm back, but this is not a guess. at least not one i get credit for. I was looking back at william's remark about aquariums. I think it sounds really plausible as an explanation for the assorted types and uneven wear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duffy Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 maybe they was used in an air tank (scuba) compressor for water filters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fininn Posted November 14, 2006 Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 As the marbles are from a variety of makers and the frosting is not uniformly smooth (note the numerous tiny dings), I would have to say they are nothing more than marbles that saw a lot of action on cement playground slabs (remember the game 4 square was usually played on cement). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted November 14, 2006 Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 I have talked to the folks at Fenton. They never frosted or made marbles. Peace,Galen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SplattmanSS Posted November 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 Thanx for all the replies..... In my opinion, it looks like these were intentionally frosted by whoever distributed them. Maybe they came as a set from an individual distributor?.... I can't agree that these were nothing more than well-played-with on a cement slab because the entire surface is frosted and it would have taken a great deal of time on a cement slab to cause that much surface damage to so many.. The couple that Roany shows are the closest in comparison, surface wise...Which strengthens my "set" opinion.. It still puzzles me why all are the same size yet, by differant makers I'll final polish a couple this weekend and post pics so we can see the interior design.... Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tankgrrl29 Posted November 14, 2006 Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 the aquarium theory sounds best in my mind so far. the 'frosting' on yours doesn't look quite as 'clean' as the ones buddy showed. maybe someone collected peewees and thought they looked nice in the fish tank? i wonder if they ever could've been sold as a substitute for gravel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jormibnut Posted November 14, 2006 Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 the aquarium theory sounds best in my mind so far. the 'frosting' on yours doesn't look quite as 'clean' as the ones buddy showed. maybe someone collected peewees and thought they looked nice in the fish tank? i wonder if they ever could've been sold as a substitute for gravel? If you've ever fished any marbles out of a creek where they've been rolling around in sand for years they'll look something like that. Art Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roany poany Posted November 17, 2006 Report Share Posted November 17, 2006 Art makes a good point about marbles rolling around in the sand. Del's ship wreck marbles looked the pretty much the same. 100years+current+sand = haze However, given the "Mixed makers "and time factor(far from a 100 years), I would hazzard a guess that those have been in somebody's hobby rock polisher. I borrowed a rock polisher when I first started collecting and thought I'd give em a whorl and shine em up.. A couple of days later I had a dozen frosted peewee footballs. Steve's coulda been tumbled in a finer grit and kept their "roundness"?... just sayin' anyway, here's some Chezk marbles that have a slight haze on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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