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bigjohn691500 · Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 254

crappy photos but still fun, pelt, Akro and a cool looking master,,,, bj

roany poany · Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:52 pm Post subject:

I'm liking me some of that oxblood in the background.
thanks for sharing BJ.
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harbor · Joined: 29 Dec 2007 Posts: 180 Location: Big Sky Country

A very cool Master, bj, and they are my faves. I would not have known the second was an Akro. Thanks for the schoolin'!
catherine
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bigjohn691500 · Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 254

well thats my fault, it should read (blue) akro, (red) pelt and the master,,, i got to get better pics of them,, bj

thanks buddy,, believe it or not that one came from the great state of mass., bout 3 yrs ago at an auction i went to,, had 7 or 8 bros and sisters

bigjohn691500 · Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 254

Im trying out a new light sourc, I think thats been my problem for a while, maybe these photos will look a bit better,,bj

buddy, there 6 of them from that group , everyone of them had rust stains on them and a couple still do, i need to give em a bath in acid for a while

roany poany · Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 12:33 am Post subject:

Ponkochan · Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 12:37 am Post subject:

Killer Akro, exquisite Master Sunburst & primo Pelt Rainbo!! Very Happy

All super nice examples.

Is the Akro a powder blue & taupe (not sure what color that is in the narrow ribbon) Popeye?
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bigjohn691500 · Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 254

i use that toilet bowl cleaner, but i forget the name of it,, shoot, they make it right just north of me here in indiana,, but its like lime away,,and it doesnt eat the glass

that powder blue mib ive had it for a few years and technically it doesnt qualify as a popeye, 2 colors with whispy white,, the whispy is the blue strings and it does have a secondary color , in my opinion i think its a very early form of the popeye type it sure is built like one except for the whispy white,, powder blue , i think, is an early color for akro, you dont really see it often in later colors, does anyone?,, maybe im wrong on that,,, bj

more of a "sandy taupe"

Ponkochan · Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 2:40 am Post subject:

It's most definitely a hard to find Akro! I couldn't tell if the wispy was in the white or not. Wink

Heck, I haven't seen that color blue in many Akro corks period.
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sandycattzz · Joined: 04 Aug 2007 Posts: 843 Location: with Waldo

I was wondering the same thing Lizzy was on that Powder Blue one being a popeye.
Very Unique for sure!!!
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