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Help please with missing blob! - 6/18/2007 8:54:27 PM    tfredrich   Posts: 167 Joined: 10/9/2003 Status: offline I was really hoping someone out there might be able to locate a blob in a similar color and attach it to this super rare Wisconsin beer. This bottle is fairly common in amber but very rare in honey or yellow amber. This is somewhere in between. I often see bottles come up in similar shades on Ebay and even know this is a quart it has a thinner neck and I feel a larger pint bottle blob would sit nicely on the neck. It is a 2 of a kind bottle so I would love to have it cleaned and then repaired. Can anyone help? Thanks! Tom Attachment (1) Post #: 1

RE: Help please with missing blob! - 6/18/2007 9:21:48 PM    tfredrich   Posts: 167 Joined: 10/9/2003 Status: offline Here is a shot of the other bottle in this lighter color. It shows the shape and size of the blobs that adorned these Eaton quarts. They are Wisconsin Glass Company bottles and all of these quarts were blown in the same mold and have identical blobs. If someone can repair this one I am not too picky on an exact match except in color mostly as I wouldn't want it to be super noticeable colorwise. Thanks! Tom Attachment (1) (in reply to tfredrich) Post #: 2

RE: Help please with missing blob! - 6/24/2007 8:02:22 AM    Bottle tumbler   Posts: 370 Joined: 4/5/2004 From: Noxen pa Status: offline both of them would be even lighter if tumbled. I dont have a top to put on it yet, but i will keep looking. i do tumble bottle for others, www.bottletumbling.com rick (in reply to tfredrich) Post #: 3

RE: Help please with missing blob! - 6/25/2007 7:18:42 AM    tfredrich   Posts: 167 Joined: 10/9/2003 Status: offline Hi Rick! Thanks for the reply. I would be happy to send the bottle out to you for a tumble and hopefuly if you can find a blob a repair too! Let me know. Tom (in reply to tfredrich) Post #: 4

RE: Help please with missing blob! - 6/26/2007 10:36:29 AM    Bottle tumbler   Posts: 370 Joined: 4/5/2004 From: Noxen pa Status: offline sure send it out. I am looking now for a top. I have several frinds who save them. rick (in reply to tfredrich) Post #: 5

RE: Help please with missing blob! - 6/26/2007 9:17:07 PM    tfredrich   Posts: 167 Joined: 10/9/2003 Status: offline Hi Rick, I plan to get the bottle out to you. Two things, first, the blob does not have to be the exact color. Anything close will suffice as it will always be a repaired piece, and will always stay in my collection and not be sold. Therefore I am OK with it just simply being fixed. Second can you ballpark a price for the cleaning and then repair so I can plan for it. Thanks! Tom (in reply to tfredrich) Post #: 6

RE: Help please with missing blob! - 6/27/2007 11:22:02 AM    Bottle tumbler   Posts: 370 Joined: 4/5/2004 From: Noxen pa Status: offline sent a private message to your email rick (in reply to tfredrich) Post #: 7

RE: Help please with missing blob! - 7/3/2007 8:06:36 AM    tfredrich   Posts: 167 Joined: 10/9/2003 Status: offline Hi Rick! I have a nice yellow blob beer on the way which should work perfectly for the repair. Even if the blob is slightly smaller because this is a pint bottle I am getting, that is fine. The actual Eaton quart does have a smaller blob anyway. Can I get your address to send these bottles out sometime next week? I will also include the $60.00. I really hope it tumbles up nicely and the blob looks good. I will be happy either way as at least now I can display the bottle! Happy 4th! Tom (e-mail me at tfredrich@hotmail.com) (in reply to tfredrich) Post #: 8

RE: Help please with missing blob! - 7/3/2007 9:04:38 AM    Bottle tumbler   Posts: 370 Joined: 4/5/2004 From: Noxen pa Status: offline thanks alot looking forward to surprising you on the color when it's done. rick < Message edited by Bottle tumbler -- 7/3/2007 9:05:09 AM > (in reply to tfredrich) Post #: 9

RE: Help please with missing blob! - 7/8/2007 4:16:24 AM    druggistnut Posts: 370 Joined: 1/7/2006 From: Otisville, Michigan Status: offline Tom, I have a perfect quart blob & neck for you. Where do you want it sent? Bill _____________________________ Michigan drugstore bottles/dose glasses, jugs, etc... Any paper from Mich drugstores, pre 1900. Mich. blob beers/sodas, hutches. Anything unusual from Michigan, i.e., paper from bottlers, etc... Buy or trade President-Flint, Michigan FOHBC Club (in reply to tfredrich) Post #: 10

RE: Help please with missing blob! - 7/8/2007 8:50:51 AM    Bottle tumbler   Posts: 370 Joined: 4/5/2004 From: Noxen pa Status: offline he said he sent them out ot me, so if he wants to just send it my way, kerns glass cleaning rr 1 box 101 noxen pa 18636 (in reply to druggistnut) Post #: 11

RE: Help please with missing blob! - 7/8/2007 10:46:33 AM    GuntherHess Posts: 5160 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: offline one thing you might want to consider on replacement tops like this... you could use a clear top which is a lot easier to find. then color it with a color glass coating to match the bottle color. that way you might end up with a better display match with a lot less trouble. _____________________________ Looking for Frederick Maryland and Dr Fahrney Bottles 2008 Medicine Bottle Price Guide on CDROM http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bottles/BottleBook2008.htm email http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bottles/email.jpg (in reply to Bottle tumbler) Post #: 12

RE: Help please with missing blob! - 7/28/2007 9:34:41 PM    tfredrich   Posts: 167 Joined: 10/9/2003 Status: offline Hi Bill! I sent the quart from Watertown and a pint beer along with it to be cut up for the repair, however if Rick's address is OK with you (posted in this thread) could you send the blob and neck to him, That way he could decide which is best to use as this is his area of expertise. I would gladly reimburse the postage to you if you want to give me your address. Thanks so much! Tom (in reply to tfredrich) Post #: 13

RE: Help please with missing blob! - 7/29/2007 11:23:11 AM    druggistnut Posts: 370 Joined: 1/7/2006 From: Otisville, Michigan Status: offline Tom, It's boxed and will be on its way to Rick, tomorrow. I took a picture of it and will post it in a minute, as soon as I find what file it went to. Bill _____________________________ Michigan drugstore bottles/dose glasses, jugs, etc... Any paper from Mich drugstores, pre 1900. Mich. blob beers/sodas, hutches. Anything unusual from Michigan, i.e., paper from bottlers, etc... Buy or trade President-Flint, Michigan FOHBC Club (in reply to tfredrich) Post #: 14

RE: Help please with missing blob! - 7/29/2007 11:51:54 AM    druggistnut Posts: 370 Joined: 1/7/2006 From: Otisville, Michigan Status: offline Here it is. I'm sure it will look great, after Rick does the repair and tumbles it. Bill Attachment (1) _____________________________ Michigan drugstore bottles/dose glasses, jugs, etc... Any paper from Mich drugstores, pre 1900. Mich. blob beers/sodas, hutches. Anything unusual from Michigan, i.e., paper from bottlers, etc... Buy or trade President-Flint, Michigan FOHBC Club (in reply to druggistnut) Post #: 15

RE: Help please with missing blob! - 7/30/2007 7:49:36 AM    Bottle tumbler   Posts: 370 Joined: 4/5/2004 From: Noxen pa Status: offline thanks for sending it. i will let you know when it gets here. rick k. (in reply to druggistnut) Post #: 16

RE: Help please with missing blob! - 8/1/2007 2:54:45 PM    Bottle tumbler   Posts: 370 Joined: 4/5/2004 From: Noxen pa Status: offline it is here safe and sound, they both look real close, i have to clean it up and see how the color matches. rick (in reply to Bottle tumbler) Post #: 17

RE: Help please with missing blob! - 8/1/2007 10:40:21 PM    tfredrich   Posts: 167 Joined: 10/9/2003 Status: offline Bill, Thanks again for taking the time to mail the blob out to Rick! It is people like you who make collecting bottles what it is! FUN ,ENJOYABLE, and EXCITING! I cannot wait to get this bottle back now! Tom (in reply to tfredrich) Post #: 18

RE: Help please with missing blob! - 8/14/2007 8:53:45 PM    Bottle tumbler   Posts: 370 Joined: 4/5/2004 From: Noxen pa Status: offline Just about done. 3 more days and it will be on it's way home. I will have rick post pictures here. This is his wife Mary. Rick is out of it this week, his neck is really giving him trouble, It is from the car accident 4 years ago. And get this. funny thing it has been 4 years and now, state farm insurance wants an independent medical evaluation, They are the other side of this lawsuit.Why not 4 months after it happend when he couldn't hardly walk. Rick said, they like playing ball, But in his day he always struck them out. Thanks for your support.. Mary (in reply to tfredrich) Post #: 19

RE: Help please with missing blob! - 8/15/2007 1:28:37 PM    druggistnut Posts: 370 Joined: 1/7/2006 From: Otisville, Michigan Status: offline Mary/Rick, Be careful. I was an insurance agent way back. You can bet they either have had folks watching Rick, or will. If they see him digging bottles, they'll document/photograph it and have that evidence to use against his claim. Maybe he should just do repairs for a while, until the claim is settled? I am going through the exact same thing right now. I have a lot of metal in me now and a couple more surgeries pending, and it is tough (physically) for me to dig. BUT...., we all know how it works on you, not being able to dig.  I generally have kept my digging to late nights for the last year. That makes it a lot easier for me to spot anyone lurking/following me. It's also a lot cooler. You can never explain how you can dig bottles but not work, right?  They don't care that Rick or I might be in a lot of pain that we work through. It is just the bad impression it gives. I felt guilty about it, for a while, but came to the conclusion that my entire life has changed and I won't ever be able to go back to my full time job in the military (the requirements are beyond my limitations now). That doesn't mean that I can't perform other physical activities (like digging). Good luck, Rick. Bill _____________________________ Michigan drugstore bottles/dose glasses, jugs, etc... Any paper from Mich drugstores, pre 1900. Mich. blob beers/sodas, hutches. Anything unusual from Michigan, i.e., paper from bottlers, etc... Buy or trade President-Flint, Michigan FOHBC Club (in reply to Bottle tumbler) Post #: 20

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