As always - what a wonderful hobby. I have concentrated on the hand blown with a blow-pipe glass, because I had a lot of experience as an applications engineer in the ABM world of glass making. After retirement from there, I really got into studying and reading books about the old world of making glass items. Now I hve nearly 2000 samples of the hand made glass, and i have two people pushing for a book on them. Just writing descriptions on them is a big project. I sure enjoy this bottle forum and where possible helping new collectors. RED M