Glass bar manufacturer?

Cartwright Thompson · Post by **Cartwright Thompson** » 20 May 2023 2:19 am

I bought this bar here on the forum and really like it. Can anyone tell me me who might have made it? It’s about 3 1/2” x 7/8”
Thanks

Jon Light · Post by **Jon Light** » 20 May 2023 2:58 am

Possibly a crystal glass bar from Diamond?

https://www.diamondbottlenecks.com/Deba ... harya.html

Cartwright Thompson · Post by **Cartwright Thompson** » 20 May 2023 6:24 am

Thanks Jon, that looks like it might the one

Jon Light · Post by **Jon Light** » 20 May 2023 6:35 am

fwiw, I've got a blue crystal Diamond bar -- not signature series -- and it does not have a hollowed out end. So either they've changed, the signature series is different from the regular, or we're looking at another maker.

Jouni Karvonen · Post by **Jouni Karvonen** » 20 May 2023 8:59 am

Fresh from
https://www.diamondbottlenecks.com/CrystalToneBars.html

Jerry Overstreet · Post by **Jerry Overstreet** » 20 May 2023 9:23 am

Loni Spector used to build those Slipperyslides in that fashion too. Dig that peppermint stick look.

Mark Evans · Post by **Mark Evans** » 22 May 2023 4:25 am

Another ‘glassy’ option is this Luns Salida stone slide from Rocky Mountain slides. Some near transparent Colorado stone. I cannot say if it more or less fragile than glass. Great tone

Glenn Wilde · Post by **Glenn Wilde** » 24 May 2023 7:45 pm

I have a Silica Sound #114 that's brass filled glass and it's great, nice tone and easy to hold. Check out their site.

Ian McWee · Post by **Ian McWee** » 27 May 2023 3:10 am

Hi All,

That is indeed one of our Diamond Bottlenecks Red 'swirl' solid crystal tone-bars.

Jon ~ if the blue bar doesn't have an indent on the base end it's not one of ours - the only way this could occur is if you bought it used and the original owner specified no indent to be added.

We have a totally new, heavy solid glass tone-bar range up on our website following the retirement of our original maker, & Jouni has the very first piece from this range. Please feel free to check out the new bar range on our site.

Cheers all ~ with best regards,

Ian (Diamond Bottlenecks)

Jon Light · Post by **Jon Light** » 27 May 2023 3:29 am

Hey Ian. I definitely bought "a" bar from you quite a while ago. I also inherited a bunch of miscellaneous non-steel bars last year from my dear friend Stu (to confuse matters).
On closer inspection I see that there is an indent which is filled with...something. Epoxy?
I'm pretty sure this is one of your Diamonds.
None of which is important....sorry for the drift.

Ian McWee · Post by **Ian McWee** » 27 May 2023 4:03 am

Hey Jon!

Great to hear back from you ~ no my friend, we've never added epoxy or any other 'non-glass' product inside our bars.

Is the bar you have a 'swirl' pattern similar to the OP's photo or plain 'un-patterned' - if it's patterned then that 'epoxy' will be the center glass 'core'.

Hope this helps Jon ~ with best regards,

Ian.

Jon Light · Post by **Jon Light** » 27 May 2023 4:23 am

Ian -- we pursue this out of curiosity on both of our parts --

This bar is 3.5" long x .94" wide and weighs 4 oz (114g).
The messy appearance of the filler was from me poking at a tiny void with a sharp object resulting in some chipping of the filler substance. Because poking at unknown substances with sharp objects is always a smart thing to do.

Ian McWee · Post by **Ian McWee** » 27 May 2023 4:46 am

Hi Jon!

Oh my ~ that is indeed one of ours!!

We occasionally have visiting glass-blowers using the facilities here in our Glass Center & they pop into our workshop to check out the services we offer to the glass industry. A couple of these guys loved our sliding glassware and offered to make up a bunch of bars & slides as a 'thank you' for making them welcome.....this is one of the pieces from a visiting glass-blower! That bar you have there has got to be around ten years old!!

Thanks for sharing the photo Jon ~ brought back fond memories of those early bars!!

Cheers!

Ian.

Jon Light · Post by **Jon Light** » 27 May 2023 4:54 am

Cool!