building a tumbler

[buzzkutt033]

hey Mike. you certainly are making a valid point and you may be correct. it has however, all the earmarks of an overtumbled soda.i look for the rounding off of the embossing which i see in that example. and the sheen of the glass is " off ".i have an easy rule of thumb. i can always put it back in the cannister for a day or two, but once the glass is cut off, it's gone forever. as i gained experience, i became aware of different ways to deal with different types of issues with glass. not all 19th century glass is created equal. some is harder and some is more porous etc. using a trained pro is always a good option for cleaning the top shelf stuff.....

 

[hemihampton]

I've dug some bottles with very weak embossing. I got a nice 1890's blob A. Funke Detroit clear quart size soda bottle I dug recently, I wanted to tumble it but the embossing is so very weak that no way I could ever tumble it with out being accused of overtumbling it, looks overtumbled out of the ground. LEON. P.S. Some pics below.