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clear base bubbled light green corkscrew

 
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Doogle



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 4:31 am    Post subject: clear base bubbled light green corkscrew Reply with quote

This is pretty! 5/8"s corkscrew with an opaque lime green. Nice bubbles. Is this another Akro?






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PostPosted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 10:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yup! And a pretty one too!
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 12:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

If it is a corkscrew it is an Akro
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 1:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Type commonly called a snake
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Doogle



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 4:33 pm    Post subject: corkscews Reply with quote

Okay, Galen, I have it through my thick marble head that Akro was the only company with a patented spinning cup to make the corkscrew marbles. I am guessing that the patent held long enough, or the other companies didn't want to spend the time in developing their own type machines. Also, didn't the bottom drop out of the marble industry with all the imports and other competition? Anyway, that was the last time you well ever read a post from me asking who made corkscrews. Really.

The term "snake" is one I have not grasped yet. I know, the books are needed, and I will soon be biting the bullet and getting a few. I take the mental vision of a snake twisting in a free-floating form around a transparent marble, but am not sure if that is accurate. Also, on some of the corks, the ends look like pointed hooks, or rounded snake heads, or both.

I had written in the first draft of this thread to include the description of "snake" in the text, but deleted it.

Now...Galen, peace....are all snakes corks? And were they all Akro? Is the basic building componets the same marble as a corkscrew, only with transparent based glass with the snake floating either on the surface or deeply within the marble? What about the corks that have the color vien starting from the central core and continuing all the way through the entire marble? Still corkscrews?

I have TONS of photos that I would like to post, but I don't want to be a marble hog. Suggestion: when a member responds to a newbie like me, if they could also include an example of the marble in question that they personally own, it would be very helpful.

I am kind of disappointed with the lack of new marble pictures.....but the text is greatly needed also...just like Playboy--I only pick one up to read the articles.

Arrgh! We need some pirate emoticans!

ps: I am in the market for marble books. If any members have some used ones for a reasonable price (competitive with amazon.com) send me a pm, please.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 8:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Not all snakes are Akro corkscrews, Unless they are marbles.(LOL) sorry just had to make a joke. Snakes is a collector term usually used for a corkscrew that is mostly on the surface of transparent glass. It is a collectors term. When the corkscrew runs from the surface into the center it is called an auger(by the folks that use snake). If you can see Ytansparent inside the cork looking from the top or bottom I do not call it is an Auger(think old drill bit)Here is an Auger. I actually rarely(if ever use either term).

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